As most of you know, Public Enemies staring Johnny Depp filmed here at the Paramount Theatre on Monday, April 7. It was quite an affair but exciting for everyone and the city of Aurora. Johnny Depp was filming his new movie John DIllinger at our theatre this weekend. We had a lot of excitement for about 48 hours. (48 hours straight through almost for some of our staff! It was really interesting to see all the work involved, unfortunately no shots of production which I think was really the most interesting, but I thought You may want to see the Johnny photos! He came out at midnight after shooting and addressed the crowd, that's where these photos are from. You couldn't believe the people waiting outside for hours, some for two days! We have decided we are going to put a plaque on the seat that Johnny Depp sat in and make it a part of our Paramount Tour so now seat J112 will have historical significance! A big congratulations to our staff who did a marvelous job. The Public Enemies staff called to say they enjoyed filming with us so much that they will be passing the word to other location managers that The Paramount Theatre is a great place to shoot a movie. We are working on getting some sort of a premier or screening for The Paramount Theatre, but the movie does not come out until late spring early summer so stay tuned!
