Universal Studio representatives visited Madison Sunday in search of classic cars to use in the upcoming film Public Enemies,"" starring Johnny Depp as infamous bank robber John Dillinger.
The film is scheduled to begin production in March and will be directed by UW-Madison alumnus Michael Mann. According to Howard Bachrach, picture card captain in charge of the vehicle search for Universal, possible locations for filming include Madison, Oshkosh, Milwaukee and Chicago.
He said the choice to film in the Midwest was due largely in part to the historical context of the film, which chronicles Dillinger's Depression-era crime spree and gang involvement that made him one of America's most notorious criminals.
""This is where the bank robberies occurred, in Wisconsin and Illinois,"" Bachrach said.
Bachrach was searching for classic vehicles from 1930-1935, particularly the Ford V-8 model that followed Ford's classic Model A vehicle in the early 1930s.
