It’s been a while since we offered up a contest here at In Contention, so in honor of the forthcoming release of Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies,” I thought we’d remedy that. We’ve got two posters from the film to give away, so two separate competitions.
First, I figure a caption contest is the quickest, easiest way to go about things to start, so in the wake of recent classy drooling on my part over actress Marion Cotillard, give us your best caption for the image below and you could nab this character poster from the film.
Now let’s get a little trickier. The official domestic one-sheet is up for grabs to the first person who answers the following Mann-centric trivia question. (UPDATE: Strike the trivia question, as Mr. Gittes was way too quick to the punch on a query I actually thought would stump some folks. Oh well, here’s the question, in any case):
When Michael Mann first heard about the ongoing struggle between journalist Lowell Bergman and CBS regarding a whistle-blowing former tobacco scientist — which would become fodder for his 1999 film “The Insider” — the director was busy building projects around a number of the other stories Bergman was covering at the time. One of these came close to development and even had a title for a while. What was the title and what was the prospective project about?
Have at it in the comments section below! And yes, you can take a stab at both if you think you’ve got the chops.
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53 responses to “CONTEST: Win a ‘Public Enemies’ poster!”
“Arms and the Man.”
It was about the arms dealer, Victor Bout, and the government agent trying to catch him.
Jesus, Gittes. That’s frightening.
Hey, let’s have a staring contest right here in the middle of the street.
Sorry Johnny, what did you say? I was lost in your eyes.
“What do you mean it ain’t gonna suck itself?!”
Arms and the Man was listed on Mann’s IMDB page for a long time. Some punk on the message boards there claimed that Daniel Day-Lewis was set to play Bout. I wanted to believe it. Perhaps “Lord of War” had something to do with the project not coming to fruition. For those interested in the story (and it’s a fascinating one), here’s a link to the New York Times article, “Arms and the Man,” written by Peter Landesman. Landesman reportedly wrote the screenplay, too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazine/arms-and-the-man.html
Just look at that pic! Andy Serkis and WETA have outdone themselves this time.
“O Johnny, I’ve won an Oscar, why haven’t you?”
“For the last time, NO, I will not call Penelope or Nicole or Kate to ‘join in on the fun.’ I’m an Oscar-winner…not a whore.”
“You’re not going to believe this Johnny, but on acids you actually look like the Mad Hatter.”
“Is that your gun or are you just happy to see me?’
“You think I’d make a great Catwoman? Oh Johnny………….”
“Once I hire out for that contract on Vanessa, those lips of his will be mine…all mine.”
“When you say you want my booty, are you talking about my ass or the money I’m getting because they can put ‘Academy Award Winner’ above my name now?”
“What do you mean you haven’t seen ‘La Vie en Rose’?!!?!?”
“If I knew this still was going to be pondered away for a captions contest I would have brushed my hair.”
Alright, step up the game, folks. Pre-school stuff so far (sorry).
Why not…
“Look into my eyes, Johnny. If Bruckheimer puts a gun on you to play Tonto, you still have a choice.”
“Mad Hatter… I just don’t see it…”
“The Oscars, Johnny…. I feel.. used….”
” The Astronaut’s Wife….really Johnny? “
“Oh s*** I think we’re in Christian Bale’s eyeline!”
“Ti Voglio Bene”
Is that your hand on my La Vie en Rose?!!?
Is Tim Burton as weird as he seems?
Do I remind you of Helena Bonham Carter?
a continuation
” …I Want You Everyday!”
“Were you scared? I tried to make Jim go back, but you can’t make Jim do anything. Thank you for not telling them that we…”
“And to think my husband makes movies!”
Keep ’em coming.
If only you and Michael Mann had replaced Russell and Ridley on “A Good Year”…
“What would you do if some miracle happened and we could walk out of here tomorrow morning and start all over again clean?”
“It is true … there is some angels in this city.”
“You’re good-looking Johnny, but you’ve got nothing on that Kris Tapley cat.”
“Very well. Then why don’t you come down here and let’s get it over and done with.”
Flattery will get you nowhere, Mark.
I should’ve included a :).
@ Kris:
Damn. I thought I had a winner there.
“So I hear you live in France. Do you kiss in the native tongue as well?”
(HIM) “Baby, it’s over, it’s done.”
(HER) “I’m not your baby!”
“Tim Duncan or Chris Paul?”
The uncomfortable silence resulting in Marion calling Johnny a “eunuch” (unique) actor.
*Insert witty caption here*
Andrew L: Glad to see I’m not the only one who remembers Cotillard’s eunuch experience at the Oscars.
“I wish Christian Bale had been cast as John Dilinger.”
“Forget it, John. It’s Chi-town.”
“Look what PETA did to my hair!”
“Soooo, I hear Nick Cannon is gonna play you in the 21 Jump Street movie”
“John…don’t look, don’t look…but Melvin Purvis is speaking bat…”
“So, are we all getting back together for Batman 3?”