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Nov 8, 2011 · J. Edgar. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance. R. 2h 17m. By Manohla Dargis. Nov. 8, 2011. Even with all the surprises that have ...
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Nov 25, 2011 · Edgar” and “A Dangerous Method” are movies about secrecy, about the psychological mechanism of repression, about the gap between the face that is presented to the world and the morass of ...
Nov 8, 2011 · Roger Ebert. November 8, 2011. 4 min read. J. Edgar Hoover was the head of the Bureau of Investigation from 1924 until he died in 1972; he added the word “Federal” to its title in 1935. Under the administrations of Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, he was, many believed, the second most powerful ...
J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama film based on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, directed, produced and scored by Clint Eastwood. [4] Written by Dustin Lance Black, the film focuses on Hoover's life from the 1919 Palmer Raids onward. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role along with Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts ...
Jan 16, 2012 · 20 Jan 2012. Running Time: 136 minutes. Certificate: 15. Original Title: J. Edgar. American legends don't come much more slippery than J. Edgar Hoover, the intelligence ogre who obsessively ...
As head of the FBI for nearly 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) becomes one of America's most-powerful men. Serving through eight presidents and three wars, Hoover utilizes methods ...
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Aside from DiCaprio's performance, the most remarkable aspect of J. Edgar is the period design. With de-saturated colors making things appear almost black-and-white, the 1920s and 1930s feel like the 1920s and 1930s. Recently, Eastwood has been drawn to period pictures and history-based accounts, and J. Edgar fits into both categories. If ...
