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1 THE DEPARTED . BY. W i l l i a m Monahan B a s e d on FADE UP ON. THE SOUTH BOSTON HOUSING PROJECTS. A maze of buildings a g a i n s t t h e harbor. CLOSE ON: YELLOW. Yellow r i p p l e s p a s t t h e camera and when i t c l e a r s we s e e through d i e s e l smoke: A BUSING PROTEST i n progress. The SCHOOLBUS, f u l l of black kids, i s h i t with bricks, rocks. A. b r i e f , v i o l e n t , d e s t r u c t i v e barrage. The surging, r i o t i n g , crowd i n t h e s t r e e t i s so I r i s h t h a t it might a s well have been photographed i n B e l f a s t . Placards of t h e period a r e displayed. TITLE: TV IMAGES. I n a TV CLIP, B i l l y Bulger addresses t h e crowd (CAPTURED. CONTEMPORARY AUDIO AND IMAGE) Go t o r e g u l a r l y scheduled programming: JOHN LEMON i s hosting "The Mike Douglas Show".

2 An OLD WOMAN with bad dentures and ROSARY BEADS t u r n s t h e show o f f . EXT. THE STREET. DAY. YOUNG COSTELLO, i n h i s prime a t thirty-odd, walks through t h e crowd, unconcerned with it: h i s neighborhood, h i s people. He i s wearing double-knits, a white b e l t and shoes, but t h e l a s t thing you would EVER do i s laugh a t him. He goes i n t o an I C E. CREAM SHOP.. INT LUNCH COUNTER. DAY. COSTELLO comes i n . The shop i s one t h a t s e l l s papers, sundries, fountain f r o n t s a bookie operation. YOUNG COSTELLO. ( l e a n i n g over c l u t t e r e d counter). Hi. The frightened p r o p r i e t o r hands over money. F i f t y bucks, a hundred, doesn't m a t t e r . Y O a J G COSTELLO (CONT'D).

3 Riots. Disasters..the world goes on. You a l l r i g h t ? (CONTINUED). 2. CONTINUED: COSTELLO is never the threatener. His demeanor is gentle, philosophical. Almost a shrink's probing bedside manner. He has great interest in the world as he moves through it. As if he originally came from a different world and his survival in this one depends on close continual observation and analysis. PROPRIETOR. (observed, analysed). I'm all right. YOUNG COLIN looks up. CLOSE ON his eyes. He is fourteen or fifteen, but small for his age. Bookish. COSTECLO takes a propane lighter, and, strangely, pays for it ( )and waits for change. He lights a MORE cigarette with the lighter. YOUNG COSTELLO. I thought for a minute you thought I was in prison or something.

4 How's your mother? PROPRIETOR. She's good, Jjnnny, she's good. COSTELLO, through the smoke of his More, sees: I\ - YOUNG COLIN (about 14) staring at the local hero. COSTELLO. You Johnny Murphy' s kid? COLIN nods. YOUNG CONNOLLY. Who you live with, your grandmother? COLIN nods. COSTELLO takes three loaves of bread and some soup off the shelves and puts them in Colin's bag. He reaches up above and behind the counter and takes down some cigarettes. He goes over to the fridge and puts two half gallons of milk in the bag. He adds a couple of comic books. When the PROPRIETOR looks at him, he takes out the money he put in his pocket and gives back half. YOUNG COSTELLO. You do good in school ? (CONTINUED). CONTINUED: (2). YOUNG COLIN nods, h o l d i n g t h e b i g bag o f l o o t.

5 YOUNG COSTELLO (CONT ' D). T h a t ' s good. You keep d o i n g good i n s c h o o l . I d i d good i n s c h o o l . T h a t ' s what t h e y c a l l a paradox. Looks i n t e n t l y a t COLIN t o s e e i f he g e t s i t . C o l i n does YOUNG COSTELLO (CONT 'D). You e v e r want t o l e a r n a l i t t l e e x t r a money,you come by L s t r e e t . You know where I am on L s t r e e t . COLIN nods: everybody d o e s . He pushes o u t w i t h t h e bags of groceries. The PROPRIETOR c a n do s h i t about it YOUNG COSTELLO watches YOUNG COLIN go o f f down t h e s l m y s t r e e t , p u t s o u t h i s MORE i n a f o l d e d aluminum-paper a s h t r a y of t h e p e r i o d , and t h e n s i t s down by a man (BILLY CONNOLLY.)

6 SR). A sad, e l e g a n t , working man. The way you c a n g e t them i n Boston. IQo f 2 0 0 and s t i l l working f o r t h e phone company. YOLTNG COSTELLO (CONT ' D ). S t i l l up t h e a i r p o r t ? B I L L Y CONNOLLY SR. You know i t . YOUNG COSTELLO. You s t i l l on t h e s t r a i g h t and narrow? BILLY CONNOLLY SR. The s t r a i g h t i s n ' t narrow. (. YOUNG COSTELLO. How's your k i d ? I been away. BILLY CONNOLLY SR. H e ' s w i t h h i s mother. Up t h e North Shore. YOUNG COSTELLO. You d o n ' t s e e him? BILLY CONNOLLY SR. No, i t ' s n o t l i k e t h a t . I s e e him. (CONTINUED). CONTINUED : ( 3 ). YOUNG COSTELLO. What i s i t l i k e ? BILLY CONNOLLY SR. d (pays h i s check). N t h i n g ' s b e t t e r than anything e l s e ydu might have t o put up with.

7 1 YOUNG COSTELLO. ~ d can u t e l l a mick because he wJkes up every day and smells t h e cdffin. BILLY CONNOLLY SR. You're r i g h t about t h a t . I N T . A CHURCH. MORNING. YOUNG COLIN, t h e good boy, t h e v e r y good boy, i s s e r v i n g a t a f u n e r a l Mass. Various views of t h e church. We s e e t h e OLD. WOMAN from scene 1 ( C O L I N ' S GRANDMOTHER). Stained-glass l i g h t . The a l t a r is s t i l l wreathed i n t h e smoke of incense. PRIEST (V. 0. ). (we have a sense of l i t u r g y r a t h e r than coherent speech) , 0 God, t o whom mercy and f o r g i v e n e s s belong, h e a r our p r a y e r s on behalf of your s e r v a n t Thomas, whom you have c a l l e d o u t of t h i s world; and because he p u t h i s hope and trust i n you, command t h a t he be c a r r i e d s a f e l y home t o heaven and come t o e n j o y your e t e r n a l reward.

8 CLOSE on COLIN'S face. PRIEST (VO) (CONT'D). We a s k t h i s through our Lord J e s u s C h r i s t , you Son, who l i v e s and r e i g n s with you and t h e Holy S p i r i t , on God, f o r e v e r and e v e r . A liturgical b e l l tings. EXT. SOUTHIE. VARIOUS. The neighborhood. W e won't be h e r e long. This i s n ' t where C o s t e l l o ends up. I t ' s where goes o c c a s i o n a l l y . (CONTINUED ). 5. CONTINUED: I t ' s where he began. Liquor s t o r e s with shamrocked signs. Catholic SCHOOLKIDS playing i n an a s p h a l t e d schoolyard. COSTELLO ( ). Back i n t h e day, we had t h e Church. But t h a t was only a way, t h e f i r s t way, t o say we had each o t h e r . Back i n t h e day, t h e Knights of Columbus were head-breakers.

9 True knights. They took t h e C i t y . MEN FISHING near C a s t l e I s l a n d . COSTELLO (CONT ' D). Twenty years a f t e r an Irishman c o u l d n ' t g e t a job, we had t h e presidency. A YELLOW SCHOOLBUS goes p a s t , b a t t e r e d by rocks. COSTELLO ( ) (CONT' D). That's what t h e niggers don't r e a l i z e . I f I got one t h i n g a g a i n s t t h e black chaps i t ' s t h i s . No one gives it t o you. You have t o t a k e i t . Fuckin' t a k e i t , o r s h u t t h e fuck up. I N T . THE AUTOBODY SHOP. CONTINUOUS WITH VO. COSTELLO i s t a l k i n g informally. YOUNG KIDS. Useful young men. YOUNG COLIN, t h r e e years o l d e r , i s among them. YOUNG COSTELLO. i n h i s white b e l t and white shoes, h i s Quiana shirt, preens i n t h e mirror.

10 YOUNG COSTELLO. Church wants you i n your p l a c e . What s o r t of man wants t o be kept i n h i s place? YOUNG MISTER FRENCH i s drinking a Coke. MISTER FRENCH young and o l d w i l l always be drinking Coke. MISTER FRENCH i s C o s t e l l o ' s highly i n t e l l i g e n t contemporary and muscle. YOUNG COSTELLO (CONT ' D ). Do t h i s d o n ' t do t h a t , kneel, stand, kneel, s t a n d .. I mean i f you go f o r t h a t s o r t of t h i n g .. YOUNG COLIN, t h e r e c e n t a l t a r boy, v i s i b l y d o e s n ' t go f o r t h a t s o r t of t h i n g . (CONTINUED). CONTINUED : ( 2 ). YOUNG COSTELLO (CONT'D). I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t t o do f o r you. A. man has t o m a k e his own w a y . (a b e a t ).