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Win tickets for the advance screening of Public Enemies

The Philippine Star

In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero too much of the downtrodden public.

No one could stop Dillinger and his gang.  No jail could hold him.  His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. 

But while the adventures of Dillinger’s gang—later including the sociopath Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw’s capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI.  He made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing “Clark Gable of the FBI.’’ 

However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis’ men in wild chases and shootouts.  Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous “Lady in Red’’ to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.

Answer the question and get the chance to be one of the five (5) winners to get two (2) tickets to the advance screening of Public Enemies on July 21, 2009 (Tuesday), 7:30 pm at Robinson's Galleria, Cinema 2.

QUESTION: Who is the actor who played John Dilinger?

Email your answer to [email protected] with your name, address, email and contact number.

Promo ends on July 20.

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ALVIN KARPIS

BABY FACE NELSON

BILLIE FRECHETTE

BILLY CRUDUP

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

CHRISTIAN BALE AND ACADEMY AWARD

CLARK GABLE

PUBLIC ENEMIES

PURVIS

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