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Public Enemies (2009)
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
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Melvin Purvis -
Charles Makley -
'Red' Hamilton -
John Dillinger -
Baby Face Nelson -
Harry 'Pete' Pierpont -
Turnkey -
Homer Van Meter -
Ed Shouse -
Guard Dainard
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Carol Slayman -
Walter Dietrich -
Alvin Karpis -
Jim Leslie -
Earl Adams
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Director:
Michael MannWriters:
Ronan Bennett (screenplay), Michael Mann (screenplay), Ann Biderman (screenplay), Bryan Burrough (book)All Cast & Crew
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1 win & 14 nominations.Reviews & Commentary
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In a Senate hearing scene, when asked how many people he has arrested personally, J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) sheepishly admits, "I have never arrested anybody." In real-life, this was a point of embarrassment to Hoover, and he decided to correct it. On May 1, 1936, FBI ... ...
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Senator Kenneth McKellar:
Why do we need this?
J. Edgar Hoover:
Because criminals flee in fast automobiles across state lines, thereby defeating local jurisdiction because there is no federal police force to stop them.
Senator Kenneth McKellar:
By my tally, your bureau wants to spend more taxpayer's dollars catching ...
Goofs
Baum is playing the recording of Dillinger and Berman's "phone call conversation" to Purvis. The close-up shows an acetate recorder with the disc rotating anti-clockwise and acetate swarf on the disc as the cutting head is lowered. There is a clamp or weight on the disc spindle. The wider shot shows the disc rotating clockwise with a tone arm tracking it and no sign of the cutting head, the spindle clamp or the swarf. The close-up is clearly of the recording being made (which supposedly happened 27 minutes earlier), but played backwards.
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Genres
Biography | Crime | Drama | History | RomanceDetails
Release Date:
1 July 2009Language
English
Country of Origin
USA, JapanBox Office
Budget:
$100,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$25,271,675 (USA) (5 July 2009)
Gross:
$97,104,620 (USA) (28 July 2012)
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