public enemies

 

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Directed by	Michael Mann
Screenplay by	Ronan Bennett Ann Biderman Michael Mann
Based on	Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34 by Bryan Burrough
Produced by	Michael Mann Kevin Misher
Starring	Johnny Depp Christian Bale Marion Cotillard Billy Crudup Stephen Dorff Stephen Lang
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Edited by	Paul Rubell Jeffrey Ford
Music by	Elliot Goldenthal
Production companies	Relativity Media Forward Pass Misher Films TriBeCa Productions[1]
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 19, 2009 (Chicago) July 1, 2009 (United States)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80–100 million[2][3]
Box office	$214.1 million[3]

Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman. It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34. Set during the Great Depression, the film chronicles the final years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), Dillinger's relationship with Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard), as well as Purvis' pursuit of Dillinger's associates and fellow criminals Homer Van Meter (Stephen Dorff) and Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham).

Burrough originally intended to make a television miniseries about the Depression-era crime wave in the United States, but decided to write a book on the subject instead. Mann developed the project, and some scenes were filmed on location where they occurred, though the film is not entirely historically accurate. Released on July 1, 2009, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $214 million  worldwide.