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Johnny Depp Filming New Movie in Indiana
Monday, 24 Mar 2008 (Video on the website)Filming in Crown Point
Chicago -- It’s time for lights, cameras and action in Crown Point, Indiana. Hollywood crews and stars are in town shooting a movie that's brought a lot of excitement to the town. But as Darlene Hill reports, some business owners say they ready for a wrap.
From the Times Online
A video of Johnny
Johnny's on the square
By: John J. Watkins
Actor Johnny Depp is in Crown Point to shoot scenes for the movie "Public Enemies." Depp is playing John Dillinger in the movie. Scenes of his escape from the old Lake County Jail are being filmed at the jail.
and also from the Times Online
It's official: Johnny's on the square
BY LAURI HARVEY KEAGLE
lkeagle@nwitimes.com
Monday, March 24, 2008
CROWN POINT | While most of the Region was still sound asleep in warm beds, some 75 area residents gathered under a bright moon in 20 degree temperatures early Monday in hopes of doing a little star gazing.
Movie star gazing, that is.
Actor Johnny Depp is playing John Dillinger in the biopic "Public Enemies" filming this week in the outlaw's old haunts in downtown Crown Point.
The fans got their wish just before 11 a.m., when a black Ford Expedition pulled up in front of the old sheriff's house on Main Street and out popped Depp.
The crowd of more than 100 -- some of whom had been waiting for nearly 12 hours -- erupted into loud cheers as Depp dashed into the old sheriff's house.
Nicole Vega, 15, of Crown Point and her sister Megan, 22, came downtown around 4 a.m.
"It's the most fascinating thing in Crown Point since Dillinger broke out of jail and (Rudolph) Valentino got married at the courthouse," Nicole Vega said. "I just hope I get to see Johnny Depp. Even if I don't, this is still the most exciting thing to happen on my spring break."
While word in and around the set was that filming would be taking place solely indoors, those who braved the chilly early morning temps weren't about to budge. The onlookers saw a lot of trucks and trailers, crews bustling about in and out of the old sheriff's house and the Hall of Justice, some Crown Point police officers and guards from a private security firm.
A group of 10 people gathered behind the Hall of Justice building at 5 a.m. after seeing trailers they thought could possibly be housing Depp or other stars from the movie move into the parking lot at The Super Bowl bowling alley.
Katy Krekel, 20, traveled Sunday from Louisville, Ky. with her 13-year-old sister, Anna, to watch some of the filming. The sisters arrived in Crown Point at 7 p.m. and slept in their car.
"It's Johnny Depp," Katy said. "I've been a fan since I was 5."
The pair traveled to Wisconsin last week to watch some of the filming there and got to see Depp filming a chase scene.
"We saw him drive by in an old car, and then they were pulling the car on like a big flat-bed and they were filming that," she said.
Anissa Gray of Crown Point brought her 11-year-old daughter, Marissa Kozlowkski, downtown around 5:30 a.m.
"I have an 8-month-old, so I figured if I didn't get her up for this, the baby would get me up anyway," Gray said. "I've been in Chicago and New York when they were filming movies, and I wanted her to see what it is like."
A group of three Merrillville High School students got to the square around 4:30 a.m. The thespians said they were excited about seeing the movie making process.
Unlike their Crown Point school counterparts, the Merrillville students were not on spring break. They had to report to class at 7:45 a.m.
"We're just waiting for the cameras to swoop in that are worth more than, like, all the money I can ever make," said Alyssa Shirk, 16, of Hobart
Her friend, Patricia Millard, 15, said she admires Depp's acting chops.
"He's a wonderful actor and enhances every film he's in," she said.
Some fans were less interested in the acting or the film making process, like the girls with signs adorned with glitter paint pressed against the snow fence reading, "Johnny, hug me please! You're beautiful!" and "I love Johnny."
Still, Crown Point police said there were no problems overnight into Monday morning. Several joked that they were thankful for the overtime pay they were getting working in and around the set, paid for by the movie production company."It's good for the city," Crown Point Police Cpl. Larry Gonzalez said. "We had people starting to line up around 12:30, but they've all been fine."
Gonzalez said he got to take a tour of Dillinger's old jail cell in the sheriff's house.
"They've got it all remodeled and really looking nice," he said. "The time and effort they took in cleaning it up is going to benefit the city for years to come.
"We should be thankful for this project."
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Oshkosh to take up resolution to help with Depp's movieAssociated Press - March 23, 2008 10:25 AM ET
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - Filming for Johnny Depp's new movie has already begun in the state and now Oshkosh is figuring out how it can help.
Filming for "Public Enemies" is set to take place in the city in mid-April. It started in Columbus last week.
On Tuesday, the Oshkosh Common Council will take up a broad resolution to allow Universal Studios to film in the city. It'll also direct city staff to work to accommodate the film company's needs.
The movie stars Depp as bank robber John Dillinger.
Acting City Manager John Fitzpatrick says the city is starting to get an idea of what the studio will need permission to do.
He says city officials also have been in contact with officials from the city of Columbus about the filming that was done there last week. It drew large crowds and meant for significant street closures and additional security needs.
From The Times Online
Film should tell true story of Public Enemy No. 1BY MARK KIESLING
Sunday, March 23, 2008Everyone is waiting for Johnny Depp to come to Crown Point this week to film his John Dillinger flick, some eagerly and others anxiously.
(Read stories, watch videos, view slideshows and more.)
The excitement is easily understood.
While other Hollywood stars play the same type of character regardless of the film (think Sylvester Stallone or Hugh Grant), Depp is chameleonlike, bringing something new to each role and never letting us know whether any part of it is him.
Some local folks are wondering what kind of Dillinger that Depp will bring to the big screen in "Public Enemies," which will re-enact Dillinger's infamous 1934 Crown Point jail break using the actual jail and Lake County sheriff's house as sets.
Highland resident Diane Wszolek wonders because the death of her grandfather, a man she nor her mother ever knew, is attributed to Dillinger even though the bank robber was never charged with the murder.
East Chicago police Officer Francis L. Mulvihill died on May 24, 1934, in a hail of machine gun bullets while responding to a call of suspicious men near the old Cudahy meat-packing plant on the city's east side.
His partner, Officer Martin J. O'Brien, also was killed. Both deaths are blamed on the Dillinger gang, if not the man himself, by the Officer Down Memorial Page, a national Web site dedicated to fallen police officers.
"It happened so long ago that people don't know what it was, that Dillinger went down in history as this nice guy who robbed banks who really didn't want to hurt anybody," said Wszolek, 51. "And people buy into that."
Her mother was 4 months old the day Mulvihill, 28, and O'Brien, 44, were killed. It was five months after Dillinger and his gang had held up the First National Bank of East Chicago. Officer William P. O'Malley was killed during the holdup.
Dillinger escaped from the Crown Point jail on March 3, 1934, and was shot and killed by agents of the FBI and the East Chicago Police Department in Chicago on June 22 of that year.
"I know there was no proof" Dillinger killed Mulvihill and O'Brien, Wszolek said. "But in the end, it was all attributed to the things that were going on at the time with Dillinger.
"It brings up a lot of bad memories, it's hard to wrap my mind around a (celebration) of a man who killed my grandfather. That's the concern our family has. It's not that we don't want this movie made, not at all. The fact that Johnny Depp is going to be here, the fact that they're going to show our area in a movie, that's fine.
"But I'd like someone to be a voice that says, 'Take one minute out to remember those families who had their lives changed forever because of what happened back then,' " she said.
Dillinger was charged with the murder of O'Malley after the East Chicago robbery but was never brought to trial or convicted.
Wszolek said she understands the whole "Robin Hood" mentality that surrounded Dillinger, a country boy who robbed banks during the depth of the Great Depression, when banks were the enemy and hard-working people were losing their homes and farms to foreclosures.
"I fully empathize with those farmers who were losing their farms, and I can see where they thought Dillinger was standing up for the farmers by going after the banks," she said. "But how does that make it right for (Dillinger) to shoot Officer O'Malley in front of the bank? How do you attack a bank? It was innocent people who got hurt, and there is never a voice for the victims."
Others await the film with some trepidation for other reasons.
Crown Point native Charles "Bud" McFadden was 10 when Dillinger broke out of the jail and escaped in Sheriff Lillian Holley's new V-8 Ford, the hottest car of its time.
Today McFadden, 84, is a volunteer with the Lake County Historical Society, located in the old county courthouse a few doors away from the jail.
"I hope it's done correct," he said. "There was a film about Dillinger that showed the front of the jail with the street sandbagged and the National Guard standing guard, and I don't remember that at all. I was in school about four blocks away at the time, and I don't know how I could have missed that."
He said his memories of that day are few, but he does recall newspaper vendors on the courthouse square hawking "extra" editions put out with details of the escape.
He has no objection to the film being made.
"It's history, it really happened as far as history is concerned," he said. "I think it can be done without glorifying the criminals.
"You don't know what's true and what's not. I was in the Army with a fellow who bunked next to me who was from Mooresville (Ind.), Dillinger's hometown, who said while the FBI and everyone else was looking for Dillinger he would stand on a street corner in Mooresville and no one would ever bother him."
Both Wszolek and McFadden acknowledge the public's fascination with the outlaw, while tending to push virtue to the rear.
"The news people want to read is the bad news," said Joe Wszolek, Diane's husband. "It's a societal issue. Maybe people want to read bad news because they can feel better about themselves, that they weren't the ones robbed or murdered. Myself, I'm more fascinated by people who walked on the moon or something like that."
McFadden said, "I realize it was history and people are so interested in it.
"But I can't think why Dillinger should be the one people are interested in after all these years, but at the historical society we keep getting calls -- I've gotten a call from London, England, looking for information on John Dillinger."
From The Kane County Chronicle
Actor Depp set to come to Aurora
By ERIC SCHELKOPF - eschelkopf@kcchronicle.comAURORA – The City of Lights should be glowing a little brighter next month when Hollywood star Johnny Depp comes to town.
Depp plays John Dillinger in the movie “Public Enemies.” The movie deals with federal agents trying to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
The Paramount Theater will stand in for Chicago’s Biograph Theater.
Filming at the theater is slated for April 6 and 7.
Dillinger was killed by federal agents as he stepped out of the Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934.
“They liked the beauty and historical accuracy of the theater for the time period,” Paramount executive director Diana Martinez said. “It is very exciting for the city of Aurora.”
The Paramount Theatre opened Sept. 3, 1931.
Designed by nationally renowned theater architects C.W. and George L. Rapp, the theater captures a Venetian setting portrayed in the art deco influence of the 1930s.
Dave Fulton, publicist for “Public Enemies,” said he could not discuss details of the film.
“We have not seen a signed contract [with the Paramount]. We feel it is a little premature to comment on this,” Fulton said.
Fulton also said he could not discuss when Depp would be at the Paramount for filming.
“We are not allowed to talk about specific dates because of security details,” Fulton said.
“Public Enemies” also stars Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis. Academy Award-nominated director Michael Mann is heading up the film.
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