Public Enemies Trailer!
Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for their gangster action-thriller, “Public Enemies.”
The movie revolves around Dillinger (Johnny Depp), a famous gangster who the federal government attempts to take down in the 1930s. Channing Tatum will play outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd, Giovanni Ribisi will play Alvin Karpis, Stephen Dorff will play Homer Van Meter, and Jason Clarke will play John “Red” Hamilton. That quartet comprised a Dillinger gang that knocked off banks all over the Midwest during the Depression.
Christian Bale will play Melvin Purvis, who was tapped by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to lead a manhunt that established the FBI as the country’s first federal police force after the G-Men killed Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in 1934.
Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” which also stars David Wenham, Marion Cotillard, Branka Katic and Billy Crudup is set for release on July 1, 2009.
Public Enemies First Poster
The first poster for Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” is online. Check out the latest photos from the movie below.
The film is based on Brian Burrough’s book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34″ set during the great crime wave of 1933-34, when the government’s attempts to stop Depression-era criminal legends such as John Dillilnger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd transformed J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI into the country’s first federal police force.
Michael Mann is directed the movie from the script, based on Burrough’s book. Johnny Depp stars as John Dillinger, considered the most notorious gangster of the era and Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” which also stars David Wenham, Marion Cotillard, Branka Katic, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Billy Crudup is set for release on July 1, 2009.
Movie stills and photos from the set you can find at “Public Enemies” FF Movie Page
