Public enemies [videorecording] / a Universal Pictures presentation in association with Relativity Media ; a Forward Pass/Misher Films production in association with Tribeca Productions and Appian Way ; a Michael Mann film ; produced by Kevin Misher, Michael Mann ; screenplay by Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman ; directed by Michael Mann.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
Based on the book by Bryan Burrough. Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Jason Clarke, Rory Cochrane, Billie Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Lang, John Ortiz, Giovanni Ribisi, David Wenham. Special features: Feature commentary with Michael Mann; "Larger Than Life Adversaries" (10 min.); Previews (8 min.).
Contents:
Prison break -- Running from the law -- Making money -- Billie -- Modern methods -- You're with me now -- Giving the slip -- Sending for backup -- Behind bars -- People's hero -- Busting out -- Bad for business -- Times change -- Let 'em have it! -- What if? -- Captured -- Inside information -- What's the score? -- Bye bye blackbird -- End titles.
Summary:
1933. It is the fourth year of the Great Depression. For John Dillinger, Alvin Karpis and Baby Face Nelson, it is the golden age of bank robbery. After serving a ten-year prison sentence, John Dillinger embarks on a cross-country bank-robbing spree with help from his associates: faithful driver Red Hamilton, cocky lookout Homer Van Meter, and murderous hothead Baby Face Nelson. He relocates to Chicago, where he meets hatcheck girl Billie Frechette and falls in love, but struggles to reconcile his new romance with his life on the run. Meanwhile, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover has enlisted Special Agent Melvin Purvis to use the latest techniques and equipment to catch Dillinger-Public Enemy Number One-even as Purvis realizes that doing so may stretch his principles to the breaking point.
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