This isn't really news but it's a cute report about Johnny and his affect on the people who lived in the area of PE filming.
http://www.review-news.com/main.asp?SectionID=60&SubSectionID=126&ArticleID=3776&TM=53563.28
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Sam Sarkar and "Caliber" at Comic Con
All eyes have shifted to San Diego and Comic Con as Radical Publishing showcases Caliber, written by Sam Sarkar and illustrated by Garrie Gastonny. Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil will be bringing this western gunslinger's tale to film with a new take on the Arthurian legends. Caliber is to be directed by John Woo. Sam was present yesterday and graciously signed books and posted for photos with fans! What a great guy he is! Sam has more appearances slated for this weekend.
Copyright Radical Publishing
JDR has several people there and they are reporting in so be sure to keep a sharp eye on this thread on our main JohnnyDeppReads forum through out the Comic Con weekend for everyone's reports, scans and photosfound here.
Copyright Radical PublishingJDR has several people there and they are reporting in so be sure to keep a sharp eye on this thread on our main JohnnyDeppReads forum through out the Comic Con weekend for everyone's reports, scans and photos
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
FBI 100 The Last Steps of John Dillinger
From the FBI's files on John Dillinger:
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/july08/dillinger_072208.html
FBI 100
The Last Steps of John Dillinger
07/22/08
The Biograph Theater as re-created for the upcoming movie Public Enemies, directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
One of the most famous cases in our 100-year history celebrates an anniversary today: On July 22, 1934, the gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago, moments after leaving the Biograph Theater, where, ironically, he had watched a gangster film starring Clark Gable.
John Dillinger, Public Enemy #1
In the Depression years of the early 1930s, Dillinger’s bank robberies, shootouts, and jailbreaks earned him nationwide notoriety, but to the Bureau, he was just Public Enemy #1. And after months of pursuing him, a tip led Melvin Purvis, Special Agent in Charge of our Chicago office, to the Biograph on a hot Sunday night.
The day before, Purvis and Special Agent Samuel A. Cowley, who had been appointed by Director J. Edgar Hoover to head the Dillinger investigation, had met with a woman calling herself Anna Sage, a friend of Dillinger’s girlfriend, Polly Hamilton. She was hoping that her cooperation with the authorities would earn her reward money and keep her from being deported to her native Romania. She told Purvis that Dillinger planned to take both her and Hamilton to a Sunday evening movie at the Biograph or the Marbro.
Stakeouts were arranged for both theaters. A hand-written document from our Dillinger file, a diagram of the Biograph, illustrates the placement of some 20 men around the theater and across the street. The diagram shows the letters “A,” “B,” and “C” outside the theater box office, with an “X” next to each letter. A legend identifies the significance of the letters: “Dillinger companion,” “Dillinger,” “informant.”
A diagram of the stakeout of the Biograph Theater from our Dillinger files
The informant—Anna Sage—called Purvis at 8:30 p.m. that Sunday to say they were going to the Biograph. Two hours later, Dillinger emerged from the theater with his two companions. Purvis, standing nearby, lit a cigar. It was the signal for his men to move in. As they did, Dillinger realized what was happening and reached for his pistol. Agents fired, and Dillinger was hit. He staggered, then fell.
Dillinger’s death signaled the beginning of the end of the Gangster Era, but the nation’s fascination with those times lives on. A new movie about Dillinger, directed by Michael Mann, is scheduled for release next July. The film, Public Enemies, stars Johnny Depp as Dillinger and Christian Bale as Purvis.
Mann, a Chicago native, spared no expense to re-create the Biograph Theater and the look and feel of 1930s-era Chicago for the film. “Getting it visually right requires a lot of dedication,” he explains, thanking us for our “spectacular cooperation” in helping to make the film authentic.
The actual Colt .380 that Dillinger reached for as agents were closing in
Ross Rice, our spokesman in the Chicago field office, says that when he compared the movie sets with archival photos from those days, “you couldn’t tell the difference. I felt like I was stepping back in time.”
On Lincoln Avenue, where the Biograph still stands, the film crew “essentially rented out the entire block,” Rice says. The façade of every building was redone to look exactly as it did on that steamy night when Dillinger went to see Manhattan Melodrama. Attention was paid to every detail, from the streetlights to the trolley tracks right down to replacing the bricks on the street.
Mann says the film also strives for “period-accurate psychology,” to help illuminate inner thoughts and motivations of Purvis and Dillinger. That process included talking with agents while doing research for the film. Their “zeal and passion,” Mann says, helped him understand just how badly Purvis wanted to catch Public Enemy #1.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/july08/dillinger_072208.html
FBI 100
The Last Steps of John Dillinger
07/22/08
The Biograph Theater as re-created for the upcoming movie Public Enemies, directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
One of the most famous cases in our 100-year history celebrates an anniversary today: On July 22, 1934, the gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago, moments after leaving the Biograph Theater, where, ironically, he had watched a gangster film starring Clark Gable.
John Dillinger, Public Enemy #1
In the Depression years of the early 1930s, Dillinger’s bank robberies, shootouts, and jailbreaks earned him nationwide notoriety, but to the Bureau, he was just Public Enemy #1. And after months of pursuing him, a tip led Melvin Purvis, Special Agent in Charge of our Chicago office, to the Biograph on a hot Sunday night.
The day before, Purvis and Special Agent Samuel A. Cowley, who had been appointed by Director J. Edgar Hoover to head the Dillinger investigation, had met with a woman calling herself Anna Sage, a friend of Dillinger’s girlfriend, Polly Hamilton. She was hoping that her cooperation with the authorities would earn her reward money and keep her from being deported to her native Romania. She told Purvis that Dillinger planned to take both her and Hamilton to a Sunday evening movie at the Biograph or the Marbro.
Stakeouts were arranged for both theaters. A hand-written document from our Dillinger file, a diagram of the Biograph, illustrates the placement of some 20 men around the theater and across the street. The diagram shows the letters “A,” “B,” and “C” outside the theater box office, with an “X” next to each letter. A legend identifies the significance of the letters: “Dillinger companion,” “Dillinger,” “informant.”
A diagram of the stakeout of the Biograph Theater from our Dillinger files
The informant—Anna Sage—called Purvis at 8:30 p.m. that Sunday to say they were going to the Biograph. Two hours later, Dillinger emerged from the theater with his two companions. Purvis, standing nearby, lit a cigar. It was the signal for his men to move in. As they did, Dillinger realized what was happening and reached for his pistol. Agents fired, and Dillinger was hit. He staggered, then fell.
Dillinger’s death signaled the beginning of the end of the Gangster Era, but the nation’s fascination with those times lives on. A new movie about Dillinger, directed by Michael Mann, is scheduled for release next July. The film, Public Enemies, stars Johnny Depp as Dillinger and Christian Bale as Purvis.
Mann, a Chicago native, spared no expense to re-create the Biograph Theater and the look and feel of 1930s-era Chicago for the film. “Getting it visually right requires a lot of dedication,” he explains, thanking us for our “spectacular cooperation” in helping to make the film authentic.
The actual Colt .380 that Dillinger reached for as agents were closing in
Ross Rice, our spokesman in the Chicago field office, says that when he compared the movie sets with archival photos from those days, “you couldn’t tell the difference. I felt like I was stepping back in time.”
On Lincoln Avenue, where the Biograph still stands, the film crew “essentially rented out the entire block,” Rice says. The façade of every building was redone to look exactly as it did on that steamy night when Dillinger went to see Manhattan Melodrama. Attention was paid to every detail, from the streetlights to the trolley tracks right down to replacing the bricks on the street.
Mann says the film also strives for “period-accurate psychology,” to help illuminate inner thoughts and motivations of Purvis and Dillinger. That process included talking with agents while doing research for the film. Their “zeal and passion,” Mann says, helped him understand just how badly Purvis wanted to catch Public Enemy #1.
John Dillinger killed 74 years ago today
Yup....74 years ago today, John Dillinger was shot to death outside of the Biograph theater in Chicago after watching "Manhattan Melodrama" starring Myrna Loy, William Powell and Clark Gable. He was betrayed by his lady friend at the time, the infamous woman in red.
The film based on Bryan Burrough's book Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp, as the doomed gangster John Dillinger, wrapped filming June 30 of this year and is scheduled for a July 01, 2009 release. Public Enemies is directed by Michael Mann for Universal and also stars Marion Cotillard as Evelyn Frechette and Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
Author Ellen Poulsen has a nice write up about that night here:
http://www.geocities.com/ellen_poulsen/lori.html
http://www.geocities.com/ellen_poulsen/lori.html
Not sure who owns the rights to the photo above.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Stephen Dorff comments on Public Enemies and Johnny Depp
Stephen Dorff comments about working on Michael Mann's Public Enemies and Johnny Depp in this interview. The Public Enemies comments can be found at the bottom of the interview, if you just wish to read his thoughts about Public Enemies.
http://shareddarkness.com/2008/07/20/stephen-dorff-felon.aspx
http://shareddarkness.com/2008/07/20/stephen-dorff-felon.aspx
Sam Sarkar confirmed as Caliber's screenwriter
This article originating from Radical Publishing and Mania confirm that Sam Sarkar is the Caliber screenwriter! Caliber is a project for Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil. Go here to read more about this fabulous and anxiously awaited project. As we told you yesterday, John Woo will direct.
http://www.mania.com/Gianluca/blog/07/2008/john-woo-attached-to-direct-film-adaptation-radical-publishings-caliber_blog_580.html
http://www.mania.com/Gianluca/blog/07/2008/john-woo-attached-to-direct-film-adaptation-radical-publishings-caliber_blog_580.html
And this is also a must read, it's an interview with Sam Sarkar about Caliber!
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=313250786&blogID=397668480
And remember that Sam is to appear at San Diego's Comic-Con later this week.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=313250786&blogID=397668480
And remember that Sam is to appear at San Diego's Comic-Con later this week.
Caliber cover art copyright Radical Publishing.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
John Woo tapped to direct Infinitum Nihil's Caliber
John Woo has been tapped as director for the adaptation of Sam Sarkar's graphic novel series Caliber. Radical Publishing's Caliber puts King Arthur and his knights in the Pacific Northwest of the 19th century as gunslingers and gives a whole new take on the meaning of the word "caliber".
Infinitum Nihil is listed with Barry Levine's Radical Comics and Lion Rock ( run by Woo with partner Terence Chang) as co-producers for Caliber according to Variety http://www.variety.com/VR1117989053.html
Infinitum Nihil is listed with Barry Levine's Radical Comics and Lion Rock ( run by Woo with partner Terence Chang) as co-producers for Caliber according to Variety http://www.variety.com/VR1117989053.html
Sarkar is also Director of Development for Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil production company.
Look for Sarkar to appear at the upcoming Comic-Con in San Diego this week promoting Caliber.
Go here for more info: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci08_prog_fri.php
Caliber cover images: Radical Publishing Company.
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