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BY KATHLEEN QUILLIGAN
Kathleen.Quilligan@nwitimes.com
219.662.5331 | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | (10 comment(s))
CROWN POINT | The city will make an estimated $28,608 from the filming of the movie "Public Enemies."
(Visit our John Dillinger special section to read stories, watch videos, view slideshows and more about Dillinger and the movie, "Public Enemies.")
The city's Board of Public Works signed a location agreement Thursday with PE Productions LLC for the use of city-owned property at 590 E. Anderson St. during the filming of the movie, which stars Johnny Depp and details the life of infamous bank robber John Dillinger and his escape from the Lake County Jail in 1934. The agreement, released Monday, outlines the terms of using the building and how much the city stands to make.
According to the agreement, the city will earn $2,000 for allowing the movie to use the building for four days. The remaining amount paid to the city is for personnel costs -- for public works employees, a member of the Crown Point Fire Department, eight Crown Point police officers and Crown Point emergency management.
"The plans the city had are working as well as can be expected," Keith Stevens, the mayor's chief of staff, said during filming Monday. "We've never been through this before."
Although it's an otherwise quiet residential street, one end of Anderson bustled Monday as men moved giant panels off a truck and into the building numbered 590, which is labeled as belonging to the Lake County Highway Department. A man working on a truck with "Universal Studios" written on the door said the building is where cars are stored for the scene where "Dillinger steals the sheriff's car."
The agreement says the company will have completed any filming at the building by Thursday and has the right to duplicate the property if necessary.
"Michael Mann is a very meticulous director about detail. Johnny Depp is a very meticulous actor about detail. It will add something special to the film that they did go to the expense and time and effort to film in Crown Point," said David Fulton, a "Public Enemies" publicist.
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Here's how Crown Point will make money from "Public Enemies":
-- Use of a utilities garage at 590 E. Anderson St. for four days at $500 per day, or $2,000
-- Four public works employees for eight hours a day for three days, $3,073
-- One Crown Point firefighter for 12 hours a day for four days, $1,408
-- Seven Crown Point police officers for 14 hours a day for four days while shooting, $14,974
-- One Crown Point police officer for 10 hours a day for four days for nighttime security, $1,528
-- Road project set up, road blockages, 911 dispatch additions, $3,625
-- Crown Point Emergency Management, $2,000
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Kathy wrote on Mar 29, 2008 3:45 AM:
kassie wrote on Mar 27, 2008 11:39 AM:
ray r. wrote on Mar 25, 2008 10:32 PM:
Otis wrote on Mar 25, 2008 12:50 PM:
1. As charming and quaint as Main St. CP is, it is not quite the national icon that Wrigley Field is
2. There is no guarantee that this movie will make "millions". Believe it or not, some movies actually lose money
Now that the day has come that CP has been waiting for since 1934, can you please tear the old eye sore down or develop it into something useful. For all of my 30 plus in CP years that whole complex has been a mass of wasted space, as well as a public health hazzard. "
GVT wrote on Mar 25, 2008 10:48 AM:
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