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Offline Charon

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« on: February 27, 2008, 05:25:48 PM »
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Johnny Depp goes 'Public'
Actor steps up to 'Enemies'
By DIANE GARRETT, MICHAEL FLEMING

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Michael Mann and Johnny Depp will make "Public Enemies" for Universal.

Meeting hours before the Hollywood premiere of Depp’s "Sweeney Todd," the director and actor shook hands on a deal that triggers a March 10 start for "Public Enemies" in Chicago.

Drama is 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. Mann wrote the script, based on Bryan Burrough’s 2004 tome.

Depp will play John Dillinger, considered the most notorious gangster of the era. Mann and his Forward Pass will produce with Kevin Misher and his Misher Films. Tribeca’s Jane Rosenthal will be exec producer.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977137.html?categoryid=13&cs=1


I don't know. A quick google shows that a lot of people are raving about this casting, but my first thought was -- WTF?

Swishy pirate Dillinger? Crybaby Dillinger? Sweeny-Wonka Dillinger? I just don't see it. But, it might be the first role in which, to me, Depp lives up to his hype if he can pull it off.

Christian Bale will be Purvis.

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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2008, 05:32:55 PM »
I think it's a perfect choice.
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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2008, 05:43:08 PM »
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Originally posted by Charon
I don't know. A quick google shows that a lot of people are raving about this casting.....


keyword: Johnny Depp


"people" would rave if Depp starred in a movie about the life and times of Carrot Top.

personally....I think they blew it by not selecting Billy Bob Thorton for the role.















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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2008, 05:43:41 PM »
I think Depp might do well. He's been quite good at adapting to totally different kind of characters in his past movies. Sometimes when watching his movie I've wondered if it's really the Depp I knew from another movie.
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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2008, 08:56:08 AM »
the appeal and charisma that dillinger had was not from being pretty or metrosexual.    depp can't help but let the metrosexual out.

It is a disapointing choice..  someone like lee marvin in his youth would have been perfect.

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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2008, 11:07:12 AM »
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It is a disapointing choice..  someone like lee marvin in his youth would have been perfect.

lazs


Marvin even looked like him back in "The Wild One" days.
Speaking of which, I was in a tobacco shop the other day and there was a young lady, about 20-22 with a Hollister Ca. T shirt on.
I was waiting on my change and she saw me grinning and wanted to know what was so amusing. I told her I was just thinking to myself about her Hollister shirt.
I told her history was made there. I got this blank Duh look. :)
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« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2008, 11:28:43 AM »
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I told her history was made there. I got this blank Duh look. :)

this?

http://www.tophatters-mc.com/hollister1947rally.htm

funny, they dont mention this in the city history...

http://hollister.ca.gov/site/index.asp
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« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2008, 12:06:02 PM »
Depp will be great.
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« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2008, 03:59:15 PM »
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Originally posted by Fishu
I think Depp might do well. He's been quite good at adapting to totally different kind of characters in his past movies. Sometimes when watching his movie I've wondered if it's really the Depp I knew from another movie.


i agree100% thats what makes him a very interesting Actor.
knowing him as a charismatic Pirate, cant wait to see him acting as a real Gangster.

beside that Indy 4 is OTW :)
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« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2008, 04:32:16 PM »
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Originally posted by Airscrew
this?

http://www.tophatters-mc.com/hollister1947rally.htm

funny, they dont mention this in the city history...

http://hollister.ca.gov/site/index.asp


Yeah. It was blown completely out of proportion by the media and the movie "The wild One".

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:) Never again..lmao..:)

I beleive this year will be the 60th annual rally. It was canceled in `06, but is back in business.
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« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2008, 04:36:19 PM »
Pfffft...you ****in' 1%ers!!!
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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2008, 05:34:41 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2008, 05:41:44 PM »
Could be worse.
they could have picked the ultimate in over rated actors
Tom Cruise.

Depp I think is pretty versatile.

I've seen him in a few things that kinda surprised me.

Be intersting to see how he pulls it off
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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2008, 05:42:33 PM »
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Originally posted by Gh0stFT
cant wait to see him acting as a real Gangster.


Donnie Brasco is a great movie, he plays an undercover cop working for Al Pacinio. While not a really a gangster, good gangster flick.
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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2008, 06:57:10 PM »
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Depp I think is pretty versatile.

I've seen him in a few things that kinda surprised me.

Be intersting to see how he pulls it off


I certainly do not dislike Depp myself and have enjoyed a number of his roles. In fact, I look forward to seeing Sweeny Todd. Nothing has blown me me away so far though. I do think he's rather full of himself as an "Artiste" but I find his pretensions more amusing than off putting.

Still, the Dillinger angle seems to be a bit off to me.

Charon
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