(uncredited), Radio Tech in Shed Scene This leads to the arrest, and eventual conviction, of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh child. The film received mixed reviews from critics, although the performances were praised, and it grossed $84 million worldwide. Looking for a slightly scary movie to watch this Halloween? Hoover employs several novel techniques, including the monitoring of registration numbers on ransom bills and expert analysis of the kidnapper's handwriting. The plot of the film revolves around J. Edgar Hoover, who is the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. After Hoover, Tolson, and Hoover's mother (with whom Hoover still lives) see the James Cagney film G Men, Hoover and Tolson go out to a club, where Hoover is seated with Anita Colby, Ginger Rogers, and Rogers' mother Lela. Official Sites She tells him she would rather her son be dead than a "daffodil". He holds Tolson's hand, kisses his forehead, and leaves. ), John Edgar Hoover The Story of American International Pictures, The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History, The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation, Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females, Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story. Regarding his social life, he appears outgoing but not very sociable and in connection to his private life we are led to assume that he was a homosexual, which was a cause for him to suffer, perhaps loathe himself, due to the religiously incited anti-gay sentiment preached by his over controlling mother. Rogers' mother asks Hoover to dance and he becomes agitated, saying that he and Tolson must leave, as they have a lot of work to do in the morning. The Film Stage "[11] David Denby in The New Yorker magazine also liked the film, calling it a "nuanced account" and calling "Eastwood's touch light and sure, his judgment sound, the moments of pathos held just long enough. In 1919, after anarchists fail to assassinate Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, he puts his protegé J. Edgar Hoover in charge of a new division dedicated to purging radicals. (uncredited), 1930s Lindbergh's Trial Onlooker She insists on teaching him to dance, and they dance in her bedroom. A grief-stricken Tolson covers his friend's body. Hoover finds that the Department of Labor refuses to deport anyone without evidence of a crime. Nixon gives a memorial speech on television for Hoover, while several members of his staff enter Hoover's office and search through the cabinets and drawers in search of his rumored "confidential" files, but find nothing. It was because of her influence in Edgar that left him with a pervasive sense of threat as well as a hunger for power, an influence that amongst other things caused him to be socially limited.

Ernest Borgnine in both the television film Blood Feud (1983) and Hollywood film Hoover (2000).

Directed by Clint Eastwood. Moments later, Hoover tells Tolson that he needed Tolson more than he ever needed anyone else. J. Edgar opened the AFI Fest 2011 in Los Angeles on November 3, 2011, and had its limited release on November 9, 2011 followed by wide release on November 11. Vicenarian Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Tolson suddenly kisses Hoover, who says that must never happen again; Tolson says that it won't, and tries to leave. $37.3 million at the domestic box office. In the last scene, Gandy destroys stacks of files. Even towards the end of the film where our main character has grown much older (frail physically but not emotionally), his ways have not been altered in any way and one could even presume that his megalomania and paranoia are grown even more.Despite the aspects of Edgar's character the audience might not come to like, Clint Eastwood does a superb job in making sure that Hoover's gifts are also highlighted which include: impressive energy levels, vigorous memory, capacity to detect patterns and an ability to receiver, process, comprehend & communicate information extremely effectively.Though not a dark film, this biopic has dark undertones suited perhaps to the personality it portrays. | The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, and Judi Dench. He also portrayed Det.

Washington, District of Columbia, USA, 15 October 2020 (age 77) The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, and Judi Dench.It marked Adam Driver's film debut.

(uncredited), makeup artist: Ms. Watts / prosthetic makeup effects: Ms. Watts, hair stylist: Mr. DiCaprio (as Kathryn L. Blondell), makeup artist: Mr. DiCaprio / prosthetic makeup effects: Mr. DiCaprio, prosthetic appliance fabricator (uncredited), contact lens coordinator/painter (uncredited), second second assistant director (as Kevin Michael O'Neil), additional second assistant director: Washington DC, assistant property master (as Scott Guyson), construction coordinator (as Michael A. Muscarella), assistant property master (as Michael John Schenk), sound effects mixer: location (as John Paul Fasal), special effects supervisor (as Steven Riley), prosthetic and makeup effect (uncredited), visual effects executive producer: Lola Visual Effects, senior lighting artist / visual effects artist, visual effects: Method Studios (as Andrew Chang), pipeline developer: Method Studios Vancouver (as Neil Grey), visual effects supervisor: Method Studios, visual effects: Method Studios (as Peter D. Hunt), data wrangler (as Nina Laureles) / render wrangler: Method Studios (as Nina Laureles), visual effects coordinator: Method Studios, visual effects: Method Studios (as Michael Mulock), visual effects plate coordinator (uncredited), head of 3d and technology: CIS Vancouver (uncredited), visual effects executive producer (uncredited), rotoscope artist: Method Studios Vancouver (uncredited), senior compositor: Method Studios (uncredited), digital compositor: Lola VFX (uncredited), visual effects systems administrator (uncredited), lead rotoscope artist: Botvfx (uncredited), assistant chief lighting technician (as John Dallas Lacy), second assistant camera (as Robert A. McMahan), costume supervisor (as Deborah Cha Blevins), costumer: Mr. DiCaprio (as Cookie Lopez Fahey), president, worldwide post production: Technicolor (uncredited), home video mastering colorist (uncredited), assistant location manager: Washington DC, key assistant location manager: Washington, DC, key assistant location manager (as Michael James Masumoto), location assistant: Washington DC (uncredited), key assistant location manager: Washington D.C. (uncredited), key assistant location manager (uncredited), script supervisor (as Mable Lawson McCrary), picture car captain (as Ronald B. Dunson), transportation captain (as Alana Weathers), transportation captain (as Dom Rodriguez), transportation coordinator (as Larry L. Stelling), production van driver operator (uncredited), production secretary: Washington DC (as Kyle D. Crosby), production accountant (as Jason D. Gondek), second assistant accountant: Washington DC, assistant: Mr. DiCaprio / security: Mr. DiCaprio, production assistant: Washington, DC (uncredited), additional set production assistant (uncredited), dialect coach: Damon Herriman (uncredited), photo double: Leonardo DiCaprio (uncredited). It was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2011, while DiCaprio earned a nomination for a Golden Globe Award and both he and Hammer earned Screen Actors Guild Award nods. Hoover quickly begins compiling a list of suspects. Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Geoff Pierson. Check out our picks for movies that (hopefully) won't keep you up at night. Filming & Production His successor, Harlan F. Stone, appoints Hoover as director of the Justice Department's new Bureau of Investigation. Written by Dustin Lance Black, the film focuses on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover from the Palmer Raids onward. [6], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 43% based on 243 reviews, with an average rating of 5.72/10. On this matter, there's a poignant scene in the movie where his mother said (paraphrased): I'd rather have a dead son than a gay son.With the above in mind, one question that must be therefore raised is whether his quest for power and authority was driven by his ideas/values for a better society or because it provided him with a sense of self worth? One of his hires is Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer), who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and was Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. J. Edgar Hoover has been portrayed by numerous actors in films and stage productions featuring him as FBI Director.

Hoover apologizes and begs him to stay, but Tolson threatens to end their friendship if Hoover talks about another woman again. Edgar' Biopic", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._Edgar&oldid=980908023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 05:23. Following several such Justice Department raids of suspected radical groups, Palmer loses his job as Attorney General. J. Edgar Hoover was born on January 1, 1895 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as John Edgar Hoover. The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned.

In the last scene, Gandy destroys stacks of files. He makes an awkward pass at her, then proposes to her. J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. (2011).