The Departed

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• Martin Scorsese wanted to shoot the film in Boston, where the story is set. But due to concerns on setting up production and politics, the producers chose New York City to double for Boston because of the state's 15% tax credit. The bulk of the movie was shot in New York City while a six-week shooting schedule was split in two for Boston, shooting the first half in June and the second half in August. After the success of this film, Massachusetts created a 25% tax credit for filmmaking.
• Movie Goof (revealing mistake): SPOILER: After Costello is shot and killed, his flip-style cell phone rings, even though it is open. In reality, there would be no ring, only a tone in the earpiece, letting the user know there is an incoming call.
• The real mob boss Frank Costello was a contemporary of Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, in New York City.
• SPOILER: At the beginning of the film Frank Costello instructs the store clerk to fill a white paper bag with various groceries for the kid Colin Sullivan, notably a couple of loaves of bread and a couple of quarts of milk. In the last scene of the film we see adult Colin Sullivan walking into his apartment with a white paper bag full of groceries, two of the items you can see in the bag during this scene are a couple of loaves of bread and a couple of quarts of milk.