'Public Enemies' Gets Poster, New Images
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The first official poster (remember the unofficial, fan-made one?) for Public Enemies has arrived over at MSN (along with a host of new images), and the first thing I thought of was how similar it was to one of The Dark Knight's Joker posters (see above), minus a crazed look from Enemies star, Johnny Depp. Perhaps Universal is looking to borrow some awesomeness from last summer's biggest movie in the hopes that Public Enemies becomes this summer's most talked-about piece of coolness.
Directed by Michael Mann (Heat), Public Enemies tells the real-life story of gangster John Dillinger (Depp), and how, due to his (and his pal's) multi-state crime spree during the 1930s, the US government had no choice but to create the FBI -- whose top agent, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), was the one assigned to finally track down Dillinger and bring him to justice. The film also stars Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Billy Crudup and more. This is a very cool story, and for those who do not know it, might I suggest locating the History Channel program in your channel guide that talks all about the formation of the FBI and the chase to nab Dillinger -- it's called 18 Months of Mayhem; find more info on it here.
Check out a larger image of the poster and a couple images below, then head over to MSN to see the rest. Public Enemies hits theaters on July 1.
Updated: Check out the ET promo for the Public Enemies trailer debut below ...
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-03-2009 @ 11:27AM
William Goss said...
Oddly enough, I think I prefer the fan-made one...
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3-03-2009 @ 11:55AM
WJDR said...
It will be good to finally see johnny depp in a role without a lot of makeup on, it's been awhile since that.
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3-03-2009 @ 12:46PM
robert said...
poster is ok but i'm not a big fan of the triangle of text emanating from his crotch
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3-03-2009 @ 3:18PM
Anne said...
The text location is very interesting - Dillinger had a rep for being very well-endowed. The expression on Depp's face looks like some pix I've seen of Dillinger - he was cool and suave, not wild-eyed and crazy.
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3-03-2009 @ 7:13PM
David said...
I wonder why Christian Bale doesn't get his name above the title. Something contractual with Depp, perhaps? I remember reading years ago that Tom Cruise had it in his contract that his name was the ONLY one to go above a title, and Gene Hackman had it in HIS contract that HIS name had to go above the title of any film he starred in. So when those two items clashed when they made "The Firm" together, Cruise had more clout -- it had to be "TOM CRUISE - THE FIRM" -- and so Hackman decided to take his name off the film altogether.
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3-04-2009 @ 1:17AM
Greg said...
I like the fan made one better.
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