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Universal Pictures has released the trailer for Michael Mann's
Public Enemies. You can click here to watch the trailer in High
Definition.
Starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale & Marion Cotillard, the film
hits theaters on July 1st, 2009!
Official synopsis: In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale & Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI & its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), & a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. No one could stop Dillinger & his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm & audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression.
But while the adventures of Dillinger’s gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) & Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw’s capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing “Clark Gable of the FBI.’’ However, Dillinger & his gang outwitted & outgunned Purvis’ men in wild chases & shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) & orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous “Lady in Red’’ to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI & their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.
