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Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger

  • 20142014
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Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (2014)
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A look at James 'Whitey' Bulger, one of the most infamous criminals in American history.A look at James 'Whitey' Bulger, one of the most infamous criminals in American history.A look at James 'Whitey' Bulger, one of the most infamous criminals in American history.
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    • Joe Berlinger
  • Stars
    • Stephen Rakes
    • James 'Whitey' Bulger
    • Tommy Donahue
    • Joe Berlinger
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    • Stephen Rakes
    • James 'Whitey' Bulger
    • Tommy Donahue
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    • 14User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
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    Assistant United States Attorneys and Bugler Prosecutors Zachary R. Hafer (left), Brian T. Kelly (center), and Fred M. Wyshak, Jr. (right) on the set of WHITEY: United States v. James J. Bulger. Directed by Joe Berlinger for RadicalMedia and CNN Films.
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    Stephen Rakes
    • Self - Bulger Extortion Victim
    James 'Whitey' Bulger
    James 'Whitey' Bulger
    • Self - Defendant
    Tommy Donahue
    • Self - Son of Victim Michael Donahue
    David Boeri
    David Boeri
    • Self - WBUR Senior Reporter
    Steve Davis
    • Self - Brother of Victim Debra Davis
    Dick Lehr
    Dick Lehr
    • Self - Author…
    Shelley Murphy
    • Self - Boston Globe Reporter
    Patricia Donahue
    • Self - Wife of Victim Michael Donahue
    J.W. Carney Jr.
    • Self - Bulger Defense Attorney
    • (voice)
    Kevin Cullen
    • Self - Boston Globe Coulmnist
    Kevin Weeks
    Kevin Weeks
    • Self - Former Member, Winter Hill Gang
    Bob Long
    • Self - Det. Liut. Inspector, Massachusetts State Police, Retired
    T.J. English
    • Self - Author…
    Angela Clemente
    • Self - Forensic Intelligence Analyst
    Bob Fitzpatrick
    • Self - Former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC)
    Zachary R. Hafer
    • Self - Asst. United States Attorney, Bulger Prosecutor
    Maryann Davis
    • Self - Wife of Steve Davis
    David Wheeler
    • Self - Son of Victim Roger Wheeler
      • Joe Berlinger
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    • Trivia
      Jack Nicholson's character in The Departed (2006) is based on James 'Whitey' Bulger.
    • Quotes

      Self - Son of Victim Michael Donahue: The FBI - they haven't been on our side since the day they killed my father. It took them four and a half hours to come to my house to tell my mother whether my father was dead or alive. They covered up the murder of my father. Helped pretty much to set it up. It's shameful. It's shameful. I think the FBI is worse than the mafia. They're the most organized crime family on the planet, who can do whatever they want, change the laws when they want, and they're not to be screwed with, to be honest with you. We've seen that first hand.

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    8/10
    Who's in Charge Here?
    Greetings again from the darkness. Definitely one of the best documentaries at this year's Dallas International Film Festival, this is one detailed and informative expose' that focuses not just on bad guy Whitey Bulger, but a seemingly corrupt system that allowed him to maintain his power.

    Joe Berlinger is an award-winning and very prolific documentarian, and he certainly goes all in here with an overwhelming amount of information, detail and speculation. The film begins with the 2011 arrest of Whitey Bulger after 16 years on the lam. We then explore the trial, as well as the background of Bulger's 30 years of power in South Boston (after his release from Alcatraz).

    The interviews are fascinating. We get first person responses from attorneys, thugs from the Bulger syndicate, as well as many of the victim's family members ... some still so desperate for justice after decades of pain.

    The Bulger defense team claimed immunity due to his status as an FBI informant. Of course, this claim opens up the real intrigue here ... how deep did the corruption go with local law enforcement, the FBI and the judicial system? Was Bulger empowered by those who should have been protecting the citizens and pursuing him? Many questions are asked, and the likely answers do not quell conspiracy theorists.

    While some documentaries seem a bit thin as they stretch material, Mr. Berlinger's approach is to supply much information, many details, and an endless stream of interviews ... all to force us to wonder if Whitey Bulger's reign of southie crime was permitted, even encouraged, by those we thought were the good guys.
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      • June 27, 2014 (United States)
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      • CNN Films
      • RadicalMedia
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
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