Three of our library people were among the crowds who went to Crown Point this past week to see Johnny Depp working on the new Michael Mann picture Public Enemies, and to shake his hand!!!
The movie is about John Dillinger's nation-wide crime wave in the early 1930’s and stars Depp as Dillinger. The Indiana portion will include scenes shot at the Crown Point jail from which Dillinger famously escaped. (Although the East Chicago bank where Dillinger shot an officer during a robbery is now a Walgreens store, according to the Post-Tribune.)
Other films shot on location in Indiana in recent years include Rain Man, Hoosiers, A League of Their Own and The Insider. The Filmed in Indiana page from the FILM Indiana website lists many other movies shot in Indiana. FILM Indiana also provides information about film festivals around the state as well as job opportunities on upcoming movie shoots.
Emily, Rayann and Angela, who work at the Rensselaer Library, drove up after work one evening to get a glimpse of the popular actor.
"He seemed to really appreciate his fans," said Angela, who noted he made a point of rolling down his window and waving as his car went by the spectators. At one point, she and Rayann were about two to three feet from the star.
Emily and her daughter found themselves in exactly the right place when Johnny made his way along the barricade to meet the fans.
"He took my hand, then he looked up to see whose hand he had," she said with a huge grin, remembering the moment. "I said, 'Hi Johnny.'"
This post is in no way related to or inspired by the life-sized cut-out the office still has of Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean.
