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Reynar_Tedros Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 11/29/08 12:39pm Subject: RE: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Stills of Depp and Bale
	Awesome. Can't wait for a trailer. -----signature----- Now playing: Forza Motorsport 3, inFamous, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Waiting on: Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Max Payne 3
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/3 7:04pm Subject: RE: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Stills of Depp and Bale - Date Edited: 1/3 7:06pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	From EW: "PUBLIC ENEMIES In theaters July 1 You could say being an outlaw runs in Johnny Depp's blood. After all, his grandfather ran moonshine on the back roads of Kentucky during Prohibition. So it shouldn't come as any surprise that the actor jumped at the chance to play John Dillinger in Public Enemies. ''Dillinger was one of those guys, like Charlie Chaplin and Evel Knievel, that I was fascinated with at a young age,'' says Depp. ''And because of my grandfather, the character was pretty easy for me to connect to. In a way, this movie was a salute to him.'' Based on a book by Bryan Burrough, Enemies is a cat-and-mouse thriller about the early days of the FBI, and one agent's pursuit of the Depression-era bank robber whose dizzy reign of stickups and near escapes ended in a hail of bullets outside of Chicago's Biograph Theater in 1934. Dillinger lived fast, died young, and left not only a handsome corpse but a legacy as one of the most notorious criminals of the 20th century."\ Directed by Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider), and costarring Christian Bale as the dashing federal agent Melvin Purvis, Public Enemies might sound like a blood-soaked chapter of ancient history. But the film's themes couldn't be more timely: Dillinger was sticking up banks at a time when people weren't exactly rooting for the banks. As a result, he became something larger than life—a rock star with a tommy gun. ''Some people might disagree, but I think he was a real-life Robin Hood,'' says Depp, who just finished playing the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, due 2010. ''I mean, the guy wasn't completely altruistic, but he went out of his way not to kill anybody. He definitely gave a lot of that money away. I love the guy.'' Still hip-deep in the editing stage of the film, which he's readying for its July 2009 release, Mann remains in awe of his two leading men. ''Johnny has courage and immense power. It's all about the spontaneity of the moment for him. Christian works in a totally different way. He becomes the character so totally that he's that person 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The accent, everything.'' Mann shot on the actual locations where Dillinger and Purvis made headlines, because, he says, ''when your hand touches the same doorknob Dillinger's did, it starts to talk to you.'' The director even managed to get his hands on a still-preserved suitcase left behind by Dillinger after one of his narrow getaways. ''All of the dress shirts were still folded perfectly,'' says Depp. ''It was a real insight into the guy. Because everything was ready to go at a moment's notice. It was just economical and beautiful.'' Depp even got to wear the pair of pants that Dillinger had on when he was finally caught and riddled with bullets. ''It was amazing,'' he says. ''And—get this—we're the same size!'' Like we said, the man was born to play the part."
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Rouge Null Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 1/3 9:23pm Subject: RE: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	Zaz posted: Depp even got to wear the pair of pants that Dillinger had on when he was finally caught and riddled with bullets. Is it just me, or is that a little sick? -----signature----- I have a strong sense of justice. I believe in vigilantism. I'm not entirely sane. ... ...This is going to end badly.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/3 9:29pm Subject: RE: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	It's not just you.
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Hammurabi Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 1/3 10:04pm Subject: RE: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	Eh, I don't see what the big deal is. -----signature----- i never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death
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goraq Registered: May '08	Date Posted: 1/10 4:57am Subject: RE: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	Leelee Sobieski is int,i hadnt seen her since Eyes Wide Shut. -----signature----- ,,Power is tearing human minds apart and putting them back together in new shapes of your own choosing. ,,
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Reynar_Tedros Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 1/10 10:03am Subject: RE: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	Trailer please. -----signature----- Now playing: Forza Motorsport 3, inFamous, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Waiting on: Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Max Payne 3
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Vincent-Kenobi Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 3/3 3:14pm Subject: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	[link=http://movies.msn.com/galleryfeature/public-enemies/?silentchk=1& http://movies.msn.com/galleryfeature/public-enemies/?silentchk=1& [/lin k] -----signature----- "A film is first and foremost a dream."- Jean-Pierre Melville
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 3/3 8:14pm Subject: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	Those still photos are excellent. Michael Mann is a fine filmmaker, this may be his biggest film. The starpower alone will make it a "must see."
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Vincent-Kenobi Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 3/4 12:04pm Subject: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	Trailer -----signature----- "A film is first and foremost a dream."- Jean-Pierre Melville
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The2ndQuest Title: Manager: -Literature -LACWAC -Games Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 3/4 10:55pm Subject: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	Looks good. Definitely being sold by the cast, though- anyone else in those roles and it wouldn't be a must-see. -----signature----- "When your future self tells you to do something, YOU DO IT." K'Kruhk, 140 ABY:"Why haven't I come forth earlier to share my Jedi knowledge with Skywalker? Well, it's kinda a long story, see, I had this freaking sweet hat..."
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Mastadge Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 3/5 8:07am Subject: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Preview
	Cast doesn't impress me, but the trailer does. -----signature----- "This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, More beautifully, More devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
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Chancellor_Ewok Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 3/5 4:23pm Subject: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Trailer
	Vincent-Kenobi posted: Trailer Frak.Yes. -----signature----- http://tlongpublications.wordpress.com/ http://tlongportfolio.wordpress.com/ http://thestarsailors.wordpress.com/
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 3/5 8:28pm Subject: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Trailer
	That's a great trailer. I'm there on the day it opens.
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gonzoforce Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 3/5 8:35pm Subject: Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" Trailer
	looks good, Depp looks like he's having a great time. It looks like a 1930's version of Heat, which isn't much of shock, since Michael Mann directed it. -----signature----- "The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli" - George Costanza "My name is George, I’m unemployed and I live at my parents" - George Costanza "You're an anti-dentite" - Cosmo Kramer
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