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Public Enemies
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*Public Enemies* is a 2009 American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann. The screenplay was written by Ronan Bennett, Ann Biderman, and Mann, who also served as a producer. The cast includes Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, and Jason Clarke. Dante Spinotti directed the photography, while Nathan Crowley was the production designer. Elliot Goldenthal composed the score. The film was produced by Relativity Media and TriBeCa Productions, and distributed by Netflix.
The narrative focuses on organized crime and John Dillinger, with scenes set in Wisconsin and Chicago. Filming took place in Chicago and Arizona. The movie has a runtime of 140 minutes and is presented in English. It received an R rating.
Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 6.9 based on 335,272 votes, a Metascore of 70, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 68%. The film had a budget of 100,000,000 and generated revenue of 214,104,620. It received one win and fourteen nominations.
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Film · TMDB
6.7Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as John Dillinger
- Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis
- Marion Cotillard as Billie Frechette
- Jason Clarke as 'Red' Hamilton
- Rory Cochrane as Agent Carter Baum
- Billy Crudup as J. Edgar Hoover
Themes
- escape
- gun
- gangster
- machinegun
- horse race
- biography
- prison guard
- prison escape
- bank robbery
- surveillance
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
333,880 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
70/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 14 nominations total
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Encyclopedic overview
Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime film directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman. It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's 2004 non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34. Set during the Great Depression, the film chronicles the final years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), Dillinger's relationship with Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard), as well as Purvis' pursuit of Dillinger's associates and fellow criminals John "Red" Hamilton (Jason Clarke), Homer Van Meter (Stephen Dorff), Harry Pierpont (David Wenham), and Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham).
Burrough originally intended to make a television miniseries about the Depression-era crime wave in the United States, but decided to write a book on the subject instead. Mann developed the project, and some scenes were filmed on location where they occurred, though the film is not entirely historically accurate. Public Enemies premiered in Chicago on June 19, 2009, and was released on July 1, 2009, by Universal Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $214.1 million worldwide against an $80–100 million budget.
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