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  • 2021
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My Name Is Bulger

Summary Bill Bulger, now 85, was State Senate President for almost 20 years in Massachusetts. His older brother James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was a Boston gangster who was murdered in prison on October 30th 2018, aged 89. My Name Is Bulger weaves its way through the stories of both brothers and their respective rises and falls. Featuring intimate interv...

Directed By: Brendan J. Byrne

  • 2021
  • TV-MA
  • Discovery+
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2021
  • TV-MA
  • Discovery+
  • 1 h 30 m

My Name Is Bulger

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Summary Bill Bulger, now 85, was State Senate President for almost 20 years in Massachusetts. His older brother James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was a Boston gangster who was murdered in prison on October 30th 2018, aged 89. My Name Is Bulger weaves its way through the stories of both brothers and their respective rises and falls. Featuring intimate interv...

Directed By: Brendan J. Byrne

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Jun 17, 2021
The most remarkable thing about Brendan J. Byrne’s documentary — for anyone who’s followed Bill Bulger’s career it’s shocking, really — is the degree of cooperation Byrne got from the Bulger family for this joint portrayal of the two brothers. It started out as a profile of Bill, Byrne says, but he quickly realized he couldn’t tell the story of the younger brother without also telling the story of the older.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
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Jun 17, 2021
Mr. Bulger does a fine enough job defending his own legacy, being, at age 87, a still-charismatic figure and one who refuses to condemn his brother, or even concede that the family knew everything about its black sheep’s nefarious career.
By John Anderson FULL REVIEW
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Jun 17, 2021
The “nothing to see here” focus gives the homey-feeling film the whiff of a sanctioned production.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Below the Radar, Fine Point Films
Release Date Jun 17, 2021
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating TV-MA
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Website https://www.abacusmediarights.com/programme/17/my-name-is-bulger
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