Public Enemies--The Movie Star & his Wife

I am so proud of "My Movie Star" husband. He had a lot of fun working on the movie Public Enemies as an extra and stand-in. Here are pictures from the June 30th Public Enemies premiere and "VIP" cocktail party in Madison, WI.

This is Movie Star/aka Mike on the "red carpet" at the party:

Mike at the theatre before the showing:

The Movie Star and his Wife:

Yes, I took pictures of everything:

Us at the Madison premiere cocktail party:

Extras, extras, and more extras! These are friends that Mike met while filming:


Us:

Mike:

Extras in their vintage clothing:

In case you are wondering, yes, we did see Mike in the movie. However, you need to know exactly when and where to look. There is a scene where Dillinger (Johnny Depp) is at a stop light in Greencastle Indiana. He is tapping his hands on the steering wheel waiting for the light to change. On the other side of the intersection is the police car that Mike road in. You can see him in the back seat on the passengers side.

Mike was an extra in the big courtroom scene. However, he is pretty sure that someone's head was in the way, so we couldn't see him. When the movie comes out on DVD we will play it slowly to see if that is the case.

The one scene that I thought couldn't get cut out of the movie--was cut out. Urgh!

The most fun part of watching the movie with Mike was when he pointed out the parts he played as a stand-in. He would say, "I was that guy." He was stand-in for Baby Face Nelson among others. At one point Mike had to play dead for almost an hour while the director, Michael Mann, got everything the way he wanted. I think he had more fun as a stand-in than he did as an extra.

This was a neat opportunity for Mike to see and be a part of a major motion picture. He didn't have any kind of major role, but--but hey, it's still really cool! So I affectionately started calling him "My Movie Star" and my friends on the internet know me as the Movie Star Wife (or MSW).

The Sun is Setting on My Summer

This is my last day of summer. Tomorrow I start my 2nd semester of Nursing. On top of that I started another job (that makes two, now). I haven't had ANY days off since 8/10 and I won't have any until after Labor Day. I don't think I have ever worked so many days in a row before. But I digress.

This was a great summer. After my last final exam in May, I went to Beaver Dam and was able to see some of the filming of Public Enemies. My whole family went and we brought my friend's daughter. She is a middle schooler who just adores Johnny Depp. Who doesn't? Anyway, that was my reward to myself for a tough semester. One semester of nursing school was harder than my entire BS degree.

Then, in June, I went to St. Anne, IL with Osh and Evan, Blaznfire, and Shakenbsis. I was able to meet Johnny Depp in person. (See previous post from June). I would say that was the highlight of my summer.

Our family spent a lot of time at the Wilderness water park in Wisconsin Dells. We camped in Door County and visited our alma mater, UW Oshkosh.

I started to watch the tv series, "Lost" on the internet. I started with the pilot episode and made it thorugh season one and most of season two. I also rented tons of movies (caught up on a bunch of the Depp movies that I missed). I made lots of friends through the blog: Public Enemies Columbus, and started blogging myself.

Yeah, it was a lazy but busy summer. It will be hard to get back to studying again. Starting tomorrow, my internet usage is going to dwindle drastically. Nursing school takes up nearly all of my time. So if I don't post very often, you will know that I am studying my butt off! If I post too often--scold me so that I go back to studying. Hee Hee.

Goodbye summer, I will miss you. Until we meet again. . .

Ciao for now!

I met Johnny Depp!!!

Johnny Depp

St. Anne, IL

Meet & Greet

Public Enemies

This is the best picture my camera took. The faces you can barely see, are my friends Colleen and Evan. Then, I put my camera in my pocket to shake hands with him. He took both of my hands and held them while he talked with me. I said, "Hi, Mr. Depp", the rest is a blur, I remember saying that it is very nice to meet you. He talked to me, but I don't remember exactly what was said. I'm hoping my friend Betty's video picked up the sound. Then he gave my hands a squeeze and patted my arm and moved on.

My kids wrote Johnny some really cute letters. I said to his bodyguard, "Jerry, these are from my little girls". Jerry took them without a question. We are hoping Johnny read them that night.

More later.

I haven't slept in 37 hours.

Dinner then sleep!

Thank you my wonderful new friends:

Colleen--you made my dream come true, and thanks for being my chauffeur

Betty--you are so sweet to step back and let me meet Johnny. You are awesome!

Vicky--love your accent. Thanks for all the fun!

Evan-you are an awesome kid, with a great sense of humor

Tiffany--I enjoyed your company while we waited

This sounds like an award speech--I better sleep. More tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Johnny Depp!

Happy Birthday Johnny Depp!

Today, my daughter wanted to me call Johnny Depp to wish him a happy birthday. Isn't that cute? She doesn't quite understand. She figures if Daddy is in his movie and Daddy has talked to him, we should be able to call him.

Speaking of Public Enemies. The week of my final exams for the semester, Public Enemies was filming in Beaver Dam. As a reward for my success in Pharmacology, I decided (demanded) that I get to go see some of the filming.

Mike and I took the girls, and my friend's daughter (who is crazy for JD) and as soon as we got to Beaver Dam, we saw them filming.

Here is the best picture I was able to get:

Johnny Depp is the one in the brown suit.

Whenever they were filming scenes, we couldn't get close enough to get decent pictures. Whenever he was really close to us I couldn't get a picture, because people kept jumping around and getting in the way.

Whenever he was driven past us, between the set and the base camp (where his trailor was), he was quite close. He had his window open and he was waving and smiling. Since the girls are small, they were able to get in front of everybody and see him really well.

When they finished in Beaver Dam they had to head to Columbus for a night shoot. As he passed us for the last time, my girls had a really neat experience. One was waving her "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" DVD and she said, "He looked right at me!" My other daughter blew him a kiss and HE BLEW ONE BACK!!!

It has pretty much been DeppMania at our house, ever since the filming started in March. When I finished school, I started watching a lot of his movies. After all, for the last 10 years I've been watching G movies (parenting). So I saw:

Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3,

Blow,

What's Eating Gilbert Grape,

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (for the millionth time)

Finding Neverland (My very favorite one so far)

Don Juan DeMarco (only 1/2 of it, I didn't get a chance to finish it and it was due at the video store)

So, in addition to reviewing my nursing stuff, this summer I am: watching as many JD movies as I can, started watching the TV show Lost (season 1) and will try to watch as many of those as I can, so that I can watch new episodes eventually, working, and enjoying summer! When school starts, I won't be able to do anything except study, eat, sleep, work, and study some more.

Finally, prayers go out to all my friends with flooding. :-(

I'm still dumbfounded about Lake Delton draining out. I wonder how that is going to play out.

Here's to better, and dryer days ahead!

Ciao for now!

Part IV--Christian Bale on the Set

Part IV--Christian Bale on the Set

When we last left our hero, he was sleeping. . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I went to my nursing clinical and then work.

Disclaimer: I will not disclose anything that will ruin the movie.

Filming was being done near Mirror Lake State Park, located by Wisconsin Dells. They were dropped off quite far from where they filmed and had to walk quite a ways to get where they needed to be. Side note--the extras and stand-ins were transported by van from the base camp (At Jellystone Park--hee hee) to the set.

This is what "Movie Star" said (not a direct quote):
When CB arrived on the set he was disheveled and very ticked off! Swearing and everything. From what he heard, it sounded like CB did not have assistance getting dressed. No one tied his tie. He also arrived a little late. Wow--sounded like some heads might roll.

The scenes filmed at Mirror Lake were meant to be outdoor scenes of the escape from Little Bohemia. The car crash had been filmed the one night Movie Star wasn't there. But he was there for all of the other nights at Mirror Lake.

When you see the movie you will enjoy the part with Baby Face Nelson after the crash. That is all I can say.

There was high speed chasing and lots of shooting and dieing. He had a front row seat for the whole thing. On that night he was the stand-in for Baby Face Nelson. He did sit in the crashed car for a while.

He arrived home at 7:00 in the morning.

Other details will be forthcoming. I have to pick his brain for what I can share.

Sorry no pictures today.

To be Continued.