jpw43 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) Here's a link to the IMFDB page about all the firearms used in the movie. http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Public_Enemies Edited July 7, 2009 by jpw43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee P Six Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 John Dillinger was 31 years old when his was killed, but in photographs looked to be 40-50. John Depp is 46, but looks to be 31. A fun movie that will be a hoot to play frame by frame on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Well piss! Price of the 1907's will jump up again. I've been trying to find good Winchester 1907's for several years now. I've had about 10 or 12 in the past ten years now. I got two from the PD in Wv when I bought that M1 from them. I love these guns. I'm down to two right now. They are heavy, bitch mag to load and dead nuts on for a gun that is up to 100 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndArmored Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Well piss! Price of the 1907's will jump up again. I've been trying to find good Winchester 1907's for several years now. I've had about 10 or 12 in the past ten years now. I got two from the PD in Wv when I bought that M1 from them. I love these guns. I'm down to two right now. They are heavy, bitch mag to load and dead nuts on for a gun that is up to 100 years old. Sad but true - Using my 1897 Winchester, I routinely beat skeet shooters armed with Benelli's and other modern guns. I bought my first pre-1900 shotgun through the mail and paid $75 for it (ahh, those were the days...) But once Cowboy Action Shooting started become a force to be reckoned with, those guns and those prices vanished like campaign promises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpw43 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Apparently, Johnny Depp had some previous Thompson experience! http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/...0,5850069.story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorcar Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Notice how the reporter politely call Depp a liar about his Thompson experience as a child? "I believe as talented an actor as he is, Johnny Depp was using some of his improvisational skills when he told Rachel Abramowitz that he fired a relative's Thompson machine gun when he was 5 or 6 years old ("The Outlaw," June 28). Depp was born in 1963, and ever since the National Firearms Act of 1934, it has been illegal for civilians to own fully automatic weapons in this country without being specifically licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department, a complicated process in which permission is rarely given. Movie studios may possess such weapons, but they have been specially altered with gas and spring devices that permit them to shoot only blanks. " I sent her a few thoughts on how he may have really had this happen with a vet bring back or any registered gun and cleared up her understanding of the NFA laws. Within ten minutes I got the following reply; "I appreciate your letter!!!!!! I assumed that it was either a historical artifact or "illegal" gun not that depp was a liar." I just couldn't leave it alone..... :soap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3BigDaddy Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Notice how the reporter politely call Depp a liar about his Thompson experience as a child? "I believe as talented an actor as he is, Johnny Depp was using some of his improvisational skills when he told Rachel Abramowitz that he fired a relative's Thompson machine gun when he was 5 or 6 years old ("The Outlaw," June 28). Depp was born in 1963, and ever since the National Firearms Act of 1934, it has been illegal for civilians to own fully automatic weapons in this country without being specifically licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department, a complicated process in which permission is rarely given. Movie studios may possess such weapons, but they have been specially altered with gas and spring devices that permit them to shoot only blanks. " I sent her a few thoughts on how he may have really had this happen with a vet bring back or any registered gun and cleared up her understanding of the NFA laws. Within ten minutes I got the following reply; "I appreciate your letter!!!!!! I assumed that it was either a historical artifact or "illegal" gun not that depp was a liar." I just couldn't leave it alone..... :soap: Good job Bro..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpw43 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I tried to straighten her out, too. But I see the article hasn't changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I tried to straighten her out, too. But I see the article hasn't changed. I wrote her yesterday myself, probably only confused her with facts and truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjb1 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 This may sound odd, but I have always thought it was a good thing that most of the press and public thought that owning Thompsons and other full-autos was "illegal". If they thought it was legal, it's more likely that they would move to outlaw it. On a more pleasant aspect of the issue of Johnny Depp and firearms, this was in the "BulletPoints" newsletter of the National Shooting Sports Foundation: JOHNNY DEPP SAYS HE'LL INTRODUCE HIS CHILDREN TO SHOOTING . . . Actor Johnny Depp, star of movies such as "Pirates of the Caribbean," says he grew up plinking, starting at about age six in his native Kentucky. He would like to pass along the interest in shooting to his 10-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son, reports the Indo-Asian News Service. "I will most certainly take my kids out for target practice," Depp said. (Why this was in the "Indo-Asian News Service I have no idea.) It's another good reason to go see "Dillenger". Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostsoldier Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Was tooling down the road today looking to get a fresh stash of cigars when I saw an old sedan sitting by the road. Looked great, so I stopped by on my way back, it was for sale....a 1932 Olds 4 dr sedan ....all original with all the wood framing and even original wood spoked wheels....in dark blue and black...even had the roll up curtains in the rear....all I could think of was hanging on to the window frame, riding the running board with my 1928 in my hand.......and I don't even look like Johnny Depp, but boy that would be cool!! http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/3593295142_7ae8ef85f0.jpg I can see you in that, Joe.... ...BTW, how much was he askin' for it? Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpw43 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 This may sound odd, but I have always thought it was a good thing that most of the press and public thought that owning Thompsons and other full-autos was "illegal". If they thought it was legal, it's more likely that they would move to outlaw it. Joel I see your point. I think maybe from now on I'll let sleeping dogs lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Hey ya Rob, he wanted 20K for it, I thought that was pretty much in the park since it was so original, and the wood and interior materials were pristeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 This may sound odd, but I have always thought it was a good thing that most of the press and public thought that owning Thompsons and other full-autos was "illegal". If they thought it was legal, it's more likely that they would move to outlaw it. Joel I see your point. I think maybe from now on I'll let sleeping dogs lie. Of course on the other side of the coin is the thought that if people already think it is illegal to own machine guns there will not be any resistance when pols make a move to actually make ownership illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostsoldier Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Hey ya Rob, he wanted 20K for it, I thought that was pretty much in the park since it was so original, and the wood and interior materials were pristeen. Yeah, sounds like a good price, Joe....I've been scoping out some vintage early 30's car deals down here, and that price sounds like it's in the ballpark....just gotta finish my GPW and cop car restos first.... Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAS1921AC Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Went to see the movie again yesterday. I noticed in the scene where Depp pulls out the 28 recoil spring assy. he sets the grip frame down and the mag catch has a hole in it. Also, in the woods after the Little Bohemia shootout he holds up his Thompson and it appears that the grip mount is the two piece riveted style. :nono: Can't wait to pause this on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Crow Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I have it on e-mail alert at Amazon along with a few other movies that just opened in the theater. The picture and sound quality is far better at home as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamm Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 I have it on e-mail alert at Amazon along with a few other movies that just opened in the theater. The picture and sound quality is far better at home as well. Yeah, it's going to look and feel better on digital projection (if you have a theatre near you, it's worth seeing it that way) or, on DVD through a HD plasma or LCD TV. I'm just not crazy about the way digital video transfers to film projection. I'm sure it lost a considerable degree of what the image was supposed to look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 I saw it today. Good gun handling and action, but I just wish it was a little more to some of the real details. And I know Michael Mann has made a bookoo millions in movies. For God's sake man, Mann, buy a freakin' steady cam and learn to use it. I thought my eyes were going to go crossed watching some of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostsoldier Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Couple of receiver shots.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/ghostsoldier/PUBLIC%20ENEMIES/vlcsnap-205656.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/ghostsoldier/PUBLIC%20ENEMIES/vlcsnap-205793.jpg (Best I can do until the DVD comes out.... ) Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAS1921AC Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Riveted Ejector?!?! :nono: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM76 Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Mike ,I agree with you, its almost like motion sickness, and the close up shots don't help, but I loved the shooting of the Tommy Guns see ya Tino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUTTERRATT Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Couple of receiver shots.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/ghostsoldier/PUBLIC%20ENEMIES/vlcsnap-205656.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/ghostsoldier/PUBLIC%20ENEMIES/vlcsnap-205793.jpg (Best I can do until the DVD comes out.... ) Rob Those almost look like holes. Does that gun even have a ejector in it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijive Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I saw it today. Good gun handling and action, but I just wish it was a little more to some of the real details. Hey Mike, I agree with you. The historical time line of the deaths of the various gang members was way off. It ruined the movie for me. The Thompson scenes were good and the movie had a period feel, but other than that it was a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland, Headless Thompson Gunner Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 As a big fan of the book I was dissapponted but not surprised by the movies footloose use of the facts. There was no way the book could be covered in a 90 minute movie. As GIJIVE said the timeline of the deaths of gang members was way off. It has Nelson being killed while escaping Little Bohemia which occurred in April. Nelson had his shootout with the FBI in November and Purvis was nowhere around. I enjoyed the movie but again recommend everyone read the book to get the real story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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