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The scene where Dillinger is killed was also filmed on the same Chicago street where he met his end decades earlier.īryan Burrough, who wrote the book Public Enemies, called the movie “the most historically accurate Dillinger.” And the movie was filmed at the sites of some of Dillinger’s exploits, including the Little Bohemia Lodge in Wisconsin and the supposedly unbreakable jail in Crown Point, Indiana. While some details aren’t accurate, the basic facts of Public Enemies are based on real life. Other scenes, such as one where the FBI beats Dillinger’s girlfriend Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard) aren’t mentioned in the non-fiction book on which the movie is based. While Dillinger helped plan the break out, he wasn’t present when it happened. And as the Chicago Reader pointed out, the daring prison escape that opens the film didn’t go down exactly as depicted on screen. However, in the movie, he’s shown killing many more, noted Slate.Īccording to Slate, Public Enemies also mischaracterizes the relationship between Hoover (Billy Crudup) and FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), who was not actually in charge of the investigation when Dillinger was killed. And in real life, Dillinger is believed to have murdered just one person. For example, Dillinger’s fellow criminals George “Baby Face” Nelson and Homer Van Meter are shown being killed before Dillinger, when in reality they died after him. Like most films based on real-life events, Public Enemies tweaks some facts. RELATED: Winona Ryder Talks About Her Experience with Johnny Depp Amid His Legal Battle with Amber Heard ‘Public Enemies’ made some changes to Dillinger’s story Johnny Depp | Katsumi KASAHARA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images That night, he was shot to death by law enforcement officers outside of Chicago’s Biograph theater. On July 22, 1934, a friend of his girlfriend tipped off the feds about Dillinger’s whereabouts. But after driving a stolen car across state lines, his crimes came under the jurisdiction of the FBI, then headed by zealous anti-crime crusader J. He landed behind bars twice, but both times was able to escape. 1.ĭillinger and his associates robbed banks across the country, and his exploits turned him into something of a folk hero in a country struggling with massive economic devastation.
He then embarked on a brief but memorable crime spree that eventually resulted in the FBI dubbing him Public Enemy No. Born in Indianapolis in 1903, he and an accomplice robbed a man in 1924, a crime that landed him prison. RELATED: 5 of the Best Films About Real-Life Gangstersĭillinger was a Depression-era criminal who gained infamy as a bank robber and a thief.
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But what’s fact and what’s fiction in this biographical drama? Who was John Dillinger? John Dillinger mug shot | NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Most people know that the movie about gangster John Dillinger (played by Depp) is based on a true story. Public Enemies landed on Netflix on May 16 and quickly climbed into the streaming service’s top 10. box office.īut perhaps it’s time to give this film a second look. It brought in less than $100 million at the U.S. Despite plenty of star power ( Johnny Depp, Christian Bale) and a marquee director (Michael Mann), the movie earned middling reviews. Public Enemies wasn’t a huge hit at the box office when it hit theaters in 2009.
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