Public Enemies is a Johnny Depp film about the life of gangster John Dillinger, directed by Michael Mann, based on the book by Brian Burrough and also starring Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard LiliTaylor Brian Crudup and Stephen Dorff http://inadepptrance.wordpress.com/feed/











 

PUBLIC ENEMIES 

2009

John Dillinger









 






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Director: Michael Mann

Writers:
  • Brian Burrough (book)
  • Ronan Bennett  (screenplay)
  • Michael Mann and Ann Bidrman (revised screenplay)




 


With : Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Billy Crudup, Giovanni Ribisi, Lili Taylor, Stephen Dorff, Jason Clarke, Branca Katic 

Rate: R
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book that forms the basis for the script Book read by Johnny during the shooting of PE Book about the women of the Dillinger Clan



SYNOPSIS

 In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the incredible and true story of legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger (Depp)the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoovers fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public.

No one could stop Dillinger. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyonefrom his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillingers ganglater including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham)thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaws capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger Americas first Public Enemy Number One.

Hoover sent in Purvis, the dashing Clark Gable of the FBI. However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) who were real gunfighters and orchestrating epic betrayals from the infamous Lady in Red to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nittiwere Purvis and the FBI able to close in on Dillinger.


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QUOTES FROM JOHNNY DEPP

[Looking at a huge filmposter showing himself]
"Well, that's entirely too large, is it not?"
[Later] "That is... not my fault. I didn't do it!"
Den Of Geek, July 2009

[On "his first machine gun"]
"I butted it up against the tree 'cause it tends to ride up on you," says the 46-year-old actor, who relives the moment, complete with shooting sounds. He begins clapping his hand on the top of his imaginary gun. "My pop came in and grabbed it, so it didn't go anywhere."
Chicago Tribune, June 2009

"I always do sketches. Don't know why. Just to kind of get an eyeball on the guy first."
Chicago Tribune, June 2009 

"Hearing [a recording of] Dillinger's pop ... these are guys I know. I knew him then."
Chicago Tribune, June 2009 

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As a result of the writers' strike, director Michael Mann was able to cast Johnny Depp and Marion Cotillard once their respective projects had been postponed. Depp was preparing to film Shantaram (2011) with Mira Nair while Cotillard was rehearsing for Rob Marshall's musical, Nine (2009).

Leonardo DiCaprio was initially attached to star in a leading role when this project was put into development in 2004.

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“My grandfather, who I was very close to as a kid, had run moonshine into dry counties like Robert Mitchum in that movie Thunder Road, and my stepfather also had been a bit of a rogue and done burglaries and robberies and had spent some time in Statesville Prison in Illinois where we ended up shooting some of the film. There was some kind of inherent connection I had.”
Telegraph (UK), June 2009

“My stepdad was an inspiration to me. I knew about his past and I remember when I was growing up him referring to it as his college years. When I got older and asked him what college he had attended, he said it was Statesville Prison. So for me to be able to get that much closer to him now, especially since he’s passed on, was huge for me. He did what he did and I’m proud of him for doing what he had to do to survive. And he and my grandfather were great inspirations for me for Dillinger.”
Telegraph (UK), June 2009

"I wanted to salute my grandfather through Dillinger and salute Dillinger through my grandfather."
Chicago Tribune, June 2009 

"John Dillinger in 1933, when the banks were the enemies and the government were… I mean J. Edgar Hoover was teetering on criminal himself. So John Dillinger, as the common man, stood up and said, ‘No, no, I’m not gonna take it. I’m gonna get what I believe is mine."
Digital Journal, July 2009

“John Dillinger was that era’s rock and roll star. He was a very charismatic man and he lived the way he wanted to and didn’t compromise. I feel he was a kind of a Robin Hood because he truly cared about people. He knew time was short and I believe he had found himself and was at peace with the fact that it wasn’t going to be a very long ride, but it was going to be a significant ride.”
Telegraph (UK), June 2009

"Today, if there was a Robin Hood-type guy out there -- we are in an age where we sell our privacy to television. Everyone out there has a camera, and a cell phone and a BlackBerry, and in less then 10 seconds it's on the Internet. So he would have been sold out just like that today,"
Chicago Tribune, June 2009 

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While filming on location in Oshkosh, WI, a boy aged 11 told Johnny Depp he loved his fedora hat and would like to have one like it. Depp told the boy he would see what he could do about that. After filming finished, Depp sent the boy the hat in the mail.

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"That was one of the amazing things that Michael Mann provided us with, that level of authenticity, to be able to break through the exact doors that John Dillinger broke though. As opposed to shooting on some soundstage because it was cheaper or handier to the studio. Michael was a real stickler for that thing, and I will thank him forever for that."
Den of Geek, July 2009

"Michael Mann is intense, and as long as you sort of walk into the ring ready for that, it's all fine. He is painting the picture, and that's the one thing that takes a bit of getting used to. I'm definitely not good at just being a color on the palette, you know. I need a brush in my hand sometimes."
Chicago Tribune, June 2009

"I have a tremendous amount of respect for Michael, as a human being but also as a filmmaker - he's not joking, you know. He truly means it."
Den Of Geek, July 2009

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John Dillinger was actually left-handed. The gun held by Johnny Depp is backwards.

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"Obviously he's [Christian Bale] a very gifted actor, and very talented. When we saw each other, which wasn't very much, we talked about our kids, just talked about being dads. And that's where we really connected."
Den Of Geek, July 2009

''Marion really worked hard on that accent, and I think the way she speaks in the film adds so much to the personality of the character she plays,'' Depp said. ''You can see why Dillinger fell in love with her so easily.''
Chicago Sun Times, June 2009

“We would sometimes speak French to each other on the set, esp ecially when we didn’t want anyone else to know what we were saying!”
Chicago Sun Times, June 2009

 

QUOTES FROM OTHERS

"I will tell you there were scenes and moments it was complete and total rapport, and other times I'm seeing it one way and we're butting heads a little bit."
Michael Mann, Chicago Tribune, June 2009 

"When we were shooting Manhunter, they [the FBI] were still sensitive about Hoover and I thought I was going to run into the same thing. Now it’s completely ancient history, and so we had immense cooperation from the FBI in every aspect we wanted.”
Michael Mann, CanMag, June 2009

'Johnny's French is excellent. But I could not let myself lapse into speaking a lot of pure French with Johnny. I was working so hard to really perfect the accent of my character Billie Frechette, and that was not easy. She was of mixed heritage - both French and Native American - and supposedly had an accent that was quite different.'
Marion Cotillard, Chicago Sun Times, June 2009

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When Dillinger's body was lying in the street outside the Biograph theater, many by-standers dipped handkerchiefs in his blood to keep as a souvenir.
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"I wish to not talk unless we're doing the scene. I enjoy it that way. Johnny seemed happy to do it that way, too. So we really didn't get to know each other better between each take."
Christian Bale, Chicago Sun-Times, June 2009

"We didn't know each other in the slightest. In fact, I met him at the script reading. We chatted for five or 10 minutes. Then we met again on the set during our two scenes together."
Christian Bale, Chicago Sun-Times, June 2009




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Shooting in Columbus, Wisconsin, March 2008


Grouphug Dillinger Clan



Gorgeous villain in Milwaukee

 

 


 

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