WHO made Johnny Depps hats for Public Enemies

indycop · Mar 29, 2008

RBH said:
Hey these guys aint enemies!

<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5051/memphisfz3.jpg" border="0" alt="wild bunch"/></a>

Did ya'll slip in through the back door?lol lol

RBH · Mar 29, 2008

bolthead said:
Great shot RBH. The fella on your right kinda resembles your Avatar a bit.

Thats Luke Hattley ..me.. and Mike Moore

and let me tell ya.... we walked right in the front door!

indycop · Mar 29, 2008

RBH said:
and let me tell ya.... we walked right in the front door!

:eusa_doh: Good thing there will be more law this time to keep the Mafia straight!

lol lol lol

epr25 · Apr 2, 2008

That's wonderful. I could not imagine walking up and seeing this fab group of men!

DanielJones · Apr 2, 2008

Well, this should be a good looking film. Great costumes.

Cheers!

Dan

Shane · May 15, 2008

According to this, Graham at Optimo in Chicago is making the hats.

http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/optimo_hats/

Oh yeah, that's me with the head shape torture device on my head.

Maguire · May 16, 2008

Hmm this looks exciting, i really enjoyed road to perdition and film noir in genera, although i didn't like the Untouchables(with the exception of the white suited Nitti, portrayed by one of my favorites, billy drago) . Infact i got this name from Jude Law's character in Road to Perdition.

hulkamad · Mar 5, 2009

Fedora hats a plenty in new "Public Enemies" Trailer

The trailer for "Public Enemies" starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale directed by Michael Mann just came out and it sure looks exciting. The trailer features an impressive amount of sharp-looking hats. The plot according to imdb.com is as follows: The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. Bale is Melvin Purvis and Depp is John Dillinger.

Here is a link to the trailer to view in Quicktime:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/publicenemies/

What do you think? Should we play a game of "Identify that hat?"

Marc Chevalier · Mar 5, 2009

More tommyguns than hats in there, but what the hay.

A cursory glance says that the costumes are period accurate.

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Lefty · Mar 5, 2009

hulkamad said:
Should we play a game of "Identify that hat?"

For the most part, it should be pretty easy, as we've got a bunch of threads that say Optimo supplied the hats.

Incidentally, look for Loungers (and former Loungers) in the background.
check out the On the Set of Public Enemies thread

and

I'm going to be an Extra in Public Enemies

and

pictures of extras in their hats

Leesensei · Mar 5, 2009

I am really looking forward to seeing this movie. thanks for posting the link to the trailer.

HarpPlayerGene · Mar 5, 2009

Looks great.

HATE the music choices for this application though.

HATCO · Mar 5, 2009

Is that a cav edge? Or just welted to make it look like a cav? The way the shadow falls inside the brim next to the bow makes me think of that..

Or it could be the snap of the brim...

I guess he would have enough money to buy a cav edge...

Music is disappointing as well as the choice to film it with an HD Digital Camera as opposed to 35mm

Looks too clean and sharp with a definite lack of dynamic range in the image.

Ande1964 · Mar 5, 2009

Depp's hat is awesome. The proportions on his hat are so perfect.

Guesses on the hat's proportions? I was thinking the crown might be close to 5 inches, with a brim of no more than 2 1/4... maybe just 2.

Anj

CopperNY · Mar 5, 2009

i do like the way he has to grab a hat and adjust the brim 'just so' while breaking out of prison.....

@ 1:39 on this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeLY_TNw3YA

Hammelby · Mar 5, 2009

Looking good, but agreed - the music is not the best choice!

Brian Sheridan · Mar 5, 2009

I agree with all of your assessments. I just hope the trailer music is not the direction they will go with for the movie. My guess is that they are looking for the young crowd who will buy the "Music Inspired by Public Enemies" soundtrack and feature all rappers and hiphopsters who say they are "gangsta." Also, the music is the last part of the movie done and what is used in the trailer is usually from other sources.

ScionPI2005 · Mar 5, 2009

CopperNY said:
i do like the way he has to grab a hat and adjust the brim 'just so' while breaking out of prison.....

@ 1:39 on this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeLY_TNw3YA

We should all practice putting on our fedoras that way.

Like the others here, I hope the music in the trailer is not what they end up using. I highly doubt they will use it, but then, you never know. Still, I'm looking forward to this movie's release.

Fletch · Mar 5, 2009

A word on the wearing of hats

Look closely at the trailer and you'll see that in this movie, there is only one way to wear a hat - iconically.
Dead center, T-square level, low on the brow, stiff as a recruiting-poster Marine or a Clint Eastwood cowboy.

That is about as un-1930s as it gets. No snap, no panache, no naturalness. Simple hard imagery.
< BADASS >

< /BADASS >

Even Johnny Depp, civilian, wears his hat with more élan than that.

As for Dillinger himself, he couldn't so much as spit without élan.

Torpedo · Mar 5, 2009

I have to say, I concur with Fletch. The aspect of hats in this (and other) modern movies depicting the Golden era differ from what you usually see in period movies... They look too new and perfect.

Of course, this is because they are new and perfect.

But some distressing would be in order.

The style and panaché in wearing them are another thing altogether. You either have it or not I guess.

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