Now Playing: “Public Enemies”

Public Enemies was released in theaters today and I think it looks like an incredibly intriguing and interesting film.  Based on the non-fiction book Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34 by Bryan Burroughs, it tell the story of FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) who “set his sights on American gangsters John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum) in an attempt to curb a rampant Midwest crime spree during the 1930s.”  The film was directed by Michael Mann and was filmed mostly in Wisconsin.

I think that casting for this movie …read more