2 July 2009 5:04 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
Here’s territory we’ve never explored before here at Boxwish – a biopic that prompts fans to seek out the grave site of the film’s subject. In this case, we’re talking about notorious 1930s bank robber John Dillinger who is played in new gangster drama Public Enemies by Hollywood eccentric Johnny Depp. Buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana, the law-breaker christened by the FBI “Public Enemy Number One” has long interested people who have then journeyed to visit his last resting place; however the Michael Mann movie has caused these attendance numbers to soar.
“We’ve always had many visitors to John Dillinger’s grave, continuously,” reveals Crown Hill Cemetery’s president Keith Norwalk. “But this past week has been just remarkable.” Over 100 visitors descended upon the place just last weekend and with the film now on general release in the Us, it’s expected that »
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