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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Ind. Courts - Dillinger movie shot at Wisconsin locations representing Indiana courtrooms

From a long story today in the Madison Wisconsin Captial Times, this tidbit:

"I ended up being smack-dab in the middle of the courtroom," she said. [Former court reporter Ellen] Weisling was one of seven people in the scene, which also included a heavily guarded Depp as Dillinger as well as some real-life Wisconsin National Guard members dressed as Indiana National Guardsmen from the 1930s. Although much of the film is being shot in Wisconsin, including a bank robbery in Columbus, the locations are supposed to represent a bank robbery and the subsequent court appearances in Indiana.

Weisling said she was impressed by the meticulous detail paid by the film's director, University of Wisconsin graduate Michael Mann, and his crew.

"The attention to detail was phenomenal," she said. "It's so '30s I looked like my mom."

[Update] However, filming was done at the old Lake County jail in Crown Point, site of Dillinger's escape.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 26, 2008 03:40 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts