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Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime drama 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.
Jul 1, 2009 · IMDb rating, cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more for the action biography crime film Public Enemies, directed by Michael Mann and starring Christian Bale and Johnny Depp. The film depicts the FBI's manhunt for notorious American gangster John Dillinger and his associates in the 1930s.
John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd ride the Depression-era crime wave with FBI agent Melvin Purvis hot on their trail. Watch trailers & learn more.
In 1933, in the fourth year of the Great Depression, bank robber John Dillinger challenges the law with his gang and is considered Public Enemy #1. J. Edgar Hoover goes to the Congress asking for financial support to the agency and assigns the Agent Melvin Purvis responsible for Chicago area.
From award-winning director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) comes the film inspired by one of the country's most captivating and infamous outlaws John Dillin...
Jun 29, 2009 · Roger Ebert praises Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" for its realistic and disciplined portrayal of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger and his nemesis Melvin Purvis. He contrasts the film's refusal to sentimentalize or mythologize the characters with the way we depend on myth to sentimentalize our outlaws.
In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of...
