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Doyle: Major parts of Johnny Depp film to be shot in WisconsinAssociated Press - January 9, 2008 10:05 AM ET
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Actor Johnny Depp will soon be in Wisconsin to play John Dillinger, the Depression-era bank robber.
Governor Doyle says NBC Universal will shoot major parts of the new film "Public Enemies" in Wisconsin. It's the first major production to come to Wisconsin since new tax incentives for the film industry took effect January first.
"Public Enemies" is expected to start filming in March. It's directed by Michael Mann, a University of Wisconsin graduate.
Depp plays the robber whose Midwest crime spree ended when FBI agents shot him to death in Chicago in July 1934.
The governor's announcement didn't say where the $100 to $300 million film would be shot. But, about 20 communities are believed to have been under consideration.
Business leaders in Baraboo confirmed last month that a Mann representative had been in town.
Baraboo National Bank CEO Merlin Zitzner says filmmakers were drawn to the city because its courthouse square retains a vintage look, and his bank's exterior hasn't changed much since the 1930s.
From the Capital Times
Doug Moe: Dillinger episode here might have Depp appealDoug Moe — 12/29/2007 8:01 am
BARABOO IS buzzing with the news that a big-budget movie, starring Johnny Depp and directed by UW-Madison graduate Michael Mann, may film in the city. The movie is about 1930s gangster John Dillinger, who used to wind down from the stress of robbing banks and killing people by relaxing at a northern Wisconsin resort known as Little Bohemia.
If it happens -- and it's always a big if until the cameras start rolling -- it will not be the Baraboo area's first big-screen appearance. The 1994 movie "I Love Trouble" shot both in downtown Madison and Baraboo. It starred Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts as competing Chicago reporters, and it proved to be as dumb as its title. I remember John Roach saying "I Love Trouble" sounds like a movie that should have a talking Volkswagen in it.
The Madison scene involved a car (in a nonspeaking role) trying to run over Nick and Julia on King Street as they came out of a restaurant. The Baraboo area scene included Roberts' character swimming in Devils Lake, and the rumors started flying that she was skinny-dipping. The state Tourism Division publicly refuted the claim. A spokesperson said: "At no time was either Julia or her stand-in nude."
It was around this time that Roberts gave an interview to Entertainment Weekly and said: "I get the worst locations ever."
The Depp/Mann film -- titled "Public Enemies" -- is reportedly eying the Baraboo National Bank as the scene of a Dillinger robbery.
I have a humble suggestion for the filmmakers, an idea that would, as was the case with "I Love Trouble," bring them not only to Baraboo but also to Madison.
One of the more entertaining episodes of the Dillinger gang's Midwest rampage of 1933-34 came in April 1934 when federal authorities raided Little Bohemia. Dillinger and his gang escaped after an extended gun battle, but the feds busted three women who were traveling with the gang.
The authorities brought the women to Madison, which put the city in a total tizzy. It was bigger than Julia Roberts swimming nude. I think Michael Mann might want to include it as a way to get some women into the cast of the new movie.
The front page, top line Capital Times headline from April 25, 1934, screamed: "'Molls' Under $150,000 Bail." The secondary headline read: "Dillinger Girls Camera Shy -- Hide Pretty Faces From Photographers."
The three women -- Marie Conforti, Jean Crompton and Helen Gillis (Gillis was married to Dillinger accomplice "Baby Face" Nelson) -- wound up spending a month in the Dane County Jail, which made Madison officialdom highly nervous. The City Council voted to spend $2,000 on machine guns to defend the jail against an attempt by Dillinger to break them out, which never came.
On May 26, the three woman pleaded guilty to harboring the gang and were given a suspended sentence by Federal Judge Patrick Stone.
On their release, a Capital Times reporter, Selma Sable Parker, wife of the paper's hard-nosed city editor, Cedric Parker, caught up with the women and filed the following report: "Turn a woman loose, and she's bound to go shopping! The Dillinger girls proved that when they spent their first free hours in Madison buying hats, shoes, bags and perfume for their trip to Chicago on the train." The molls bought Parker a potato salad lunch and one of them told her: "Everybody in Madison has been very nice to us, except the federal men, and you really can't blame them."
It would make a nice scene in the new movie, if the new movie happens, and if it happens in Wisconsin. According to the show business paper Variety, Depp and Mann shook on the deal earlier this month. That same story said filming would begin March 10 in Chicago.
Wisconsin locations would make sense in that case. But anything in a movie is subject to change. A few years ago, Chris Kerwin, the longtime Monroe Street antique retailer, had the director Steven Soderbergh in her new shop in Woodstock, Ill. Soderbergh thought he might use the shop in "Oceans 12," but in the end, he didn't. Maybe Kerwin could get another shot with "Public Enemies." I wonder how John Dillinger felt about antiques.
From emma a Baraboo newscast from WMTV about the filming possiblities for their lovely town. and from 3CK the Lt. Govenor confirms the filming plans.
From Fox News 11 Wisconson
New Johnny Depp Movie Could be Filmed in Baraboo
Last Edited: Thursday, 27 Dec 2007, 8:50 AM CST
Created: Thursday, 27 Dec 2007, 7:56 AM CST
BARABOO (AP) - Don't look now, but star actor Johnny Depp could be showing up in the small Wisconsin city of Baraboo if producers settle on a downtown bank to film a crime by Depression-era robber John Dillinger, played by Depp.
Gene Dalhoff of the Baraboo Area Chamber of Commerce says Universal Pictures contacted the group earlier this month. A representative told him Baraboo is among 20 communities in Wisconsin being scouted as potential filming locations for director Michael Mann's "Public Enemies."
Baraboo National Bank CEO Merlin Zitzner says he got a call from a representative of Mann, saying the bank is being considered for filming a robbery. He says the bank and Baraboo's courthouse square have a vintage look that makes them appealing to the filmmakers.
"Public Enemies" is envisioned as a screen adaptation of Bryan Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34." It describes the FBI's transformation when confronted with crime sprees of Dillinger, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd and Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis.
Dillinger and his gang pulled off bank robberies across the Midwest and used a northwoods Wisconsin lodge as a hideout. Dillinger's crime wave ended when he was slain by FBI agents in Chicago in July 1934.
From FDL Reporter
Lieutenant governor confirms movie starring Johnny Depp may film in Wisconsin
(excerpt)
Filmgoers could soon see a lot of Wisconsin at the cinema
The Associated PressMILWAUKEE — Tax breaks for film production are already paying off and they haven’t even started: The makers of a big-budget Johnny Depp film are looking at locations in Wisconsin.
The incentives, touted as some of the best in the nation, go into effect Tuesday. “This is now a very attractive place,” said Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, who is in negotiations with NBC Universal. “We hope this will be the one that we will be able to claim as the way we open the doors in Wisconsin to the industry.” Lawton said the movie is “Public Enemies.” According to movie web site IMDb.com, Depp will be notorious gangster John Dillinger and will be directed by Michael Mann, who has already visited the state.
The site gives writing credit to Bryan Burrough, who authored “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34.”
Under the law, a film production company qualifies for a tax credit of 25 percent of the wages paid to employees to produce a film, video, electronic game, broadcast advertisement, or television production in Wisconsin. The package also includes credits for sales tax, construction, wardrobes, clothing and visual effects.
Scott Robbe, executive director for Film Wisconsin Inc., which promotes Wisconsin to film makers, and Lawton previously said an announcement would happen soon about a big-budget movie, between $100 and $300 million, filming in Wisconsin but wouldn’t give any details. But the Baraboo News Republic in southern Wisconsin reported in Thursday’s editions that filmmakers are looking at a local bank. The deal is not yet finalized, while the studio is making sure sites are perfect, Lawton said. An NBC Universal spokesman had no comment Thursday.
Lawton said the makers have scouted at least 20 Wisconsin sites and NBC Universal executives could decide on locations by mid-January. Lawton didn’t know the sites or how much of the movie would be filmed here. Robbe said they’ve had many inquiries since the bill was signed in May 2006. Some 46 states and Canada have incentives but Wisconsin’s is among the best, Robbe said. Robbe said the film industry brings in jobs, promotes tourism and feeds local businesses like restaurants, lumber yards and car rentals. The state could earn $100 million next year from the TV, film and video gaming industry, he said.
From dane101
ohnny Depp to hide out in Wisconsin?
Submitted by Jesse Russell on Thu, 2007-12-27 15:00. Arts | FilmWord is that director Michael Mann is preparing to bring a film crew to Wisconsin next year. The Baraboo New Republic broke the story yesterday and it has since been picked up by the Associated Press. According to the story Mann is scouting nearly 20 locations in Wisconsin as potential backdrops for his American gangsters flick about the 1933-34 crime wave of John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson, and "Pretty Boy" Floyd. That crime wave has been accredited with forcing the FBI to essentially reboot and move in a new direction. Early reports have Johnny Depp cast as Dillinger for the film which will start production in Chicago on March 10 (hmmm...right around the time of the 2008 Wisconsin Film Festival. Could we possibly see a surprise appearance from the actors or director?)
It should be noted that any deals are not yet final, but from what we hear a pen is hovering very close to a dotted line.
The screenplay is based on a book by Bryan Burroughs titled, Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34. Burroughs also wrote the critically acclaimed Barbarians at the Gate.
Wisconsin can thank the new tax breaks for filmmakers that will go into effect in Wisconsin starting with the new year for helping coax Hollywood to use the state. Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton heavily lobbied for the tax breaks earlier this year as she saw it as an opportunity "to inject new, substantial revenue into our state's economy." To find out what else is coming to Wisconsin check out the "Film Wisconsin" website.
Another reason Wisconsin is appropriate is that Dillinger has a history with our state. You can visit one of his hideouts, the Little Bohemia Lodge, up in Manitowish Waters. According to Wikipedia:
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In April, the gang settled at a lodge hideout called Little Bohemia owned by Emil Wanatka, in the northern Wisconsin town of Manitowish Waters. The gang assured the owners that they would give no trouble, but the gang monitored the owners whenever they left or spoke on the phone. Emil's wife Nan and her brother managed to evade Baby Face Nelson, who was tailing them, and mailed a letter of warning to a U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago, which later contacted the FBI. Days later, a score of FBI agents led by Hugh Clegg and Melvin Purvis approached the lodge in the early morning hours. Two barking watchdogs announced their arrival, but the gang was so used to Nan Wanatka's dogs that they did not bother to inspect the disturbance. It was only after the FBI mistakenly gunned down a local resident and two innocent Civilian Conservation Corps workers (as they were about to drive away in a car) that the Dillinger gang were alerted to the presence of the FBI. Gunfire between the groups lasted only momentarily, but the whole gang managed to escape in various ways despite the FBI's efforts to surround and storm the lodge. Agent W. Carter Baum was shot dead by "Baby Face" Nelson during the gun battle. Barney G. Louis Boeding accompanied him during the robberies.
From WBAY
Baraboo seen as possible filming site for Depp movie
Associated Press - December 26, 2007 8:35 PM ETBARABOO, Wis. (AP) - Don't look now, but star actor Johnny Depp could be showing up in the small Wisconsin city of Baraboo if producers settle on a downtown bank to film a crime by Depression-era robber John Dillinger, played by Depp.
Gene Dalhoff of the Baraboo Area Chamber of Commerce says Universal Pictures contacted the group earlier this month. A representative told him Baraboo is among 20 communities in Wisconsin being scouted as potential filming locations for director Michael Mann's "Public Enemies."
Baraboo National Bank CEO Merlin Zitzner says he got a call from a representative of Mann, saying the bank is being considered for filming a robbery. He says the bank and Baraboo's courthouse square have a vintage look that makes them appealing to the filmmakers.
"Public Enemies" is envisioned as a screen adaptation of Bryan Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34." It describes the FBI's transformation when confronted with crime sprees of Dillinger, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd and Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis.
Dillinger and his gang pulled off bank robberies across the Midwest and used a northwoods Wisconsin lodge as a hideout. Dillinger's crime wave ended when he was slain by FBI agents in Chicago in July 1934.
Information from: Baraboo News Republic, http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr
From Moldavia
Johnny Depp is set to shoot another upcoming movie “Public Enemies”.The new role of the actor will be to play John Dillinger, considered the most notorious gangster of the era.
The drama, based on the 2004 novel of the same name, is set during the 1933-34 crime wave, where J. Edgar Hoover's FBI was on the prowl for such infamous criminals like Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.
The director of the movie is Michael Mann is ready to begin shooting in Chicago in March 2008. Mann wrote the script, based on Bryan Burrough’s 2004 tome.
Recently Depp presented his late movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This is a 2007 film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler musical of the same name. The film stars Johnny Depp in the title role, in his sixth collaboration with director Tim Burton.
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