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J. Edgar: Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Josh Hamilton, Geoff Pierson, Cheryl Lawson. J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.
In 1932, the Bureau pursues a string of gangster and bank robbery crimes across the Midwest, including the high profile John Dillinger, with general success. When the Lindbergh kidnapping captures national attention, President Hoover asks the Bureau to investigate.
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"J. Edgar" is the story of one of the most powerful men in America, J. Edgar Hoover, brilliantly portrayed by Leonardo diCaprio. Directed by Clint Eastwood, it tells the story of Hoover's rise to power and of his contributions to the world of law enforcement - a fingerprint database, forensics, helping to make kidnapping a federal offense ...
Oct 20, 2023 · Killers of the Flower Moon: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons. When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
AFI Awards, USA. 2012 Winner AFI Award. Movie of the Year. J. EDGAR illuminates the dark corners of America's past with an ambition only attainable by an American master like Clint Eastwood.
J. Edgar Hoover : [Edgar screams out and tears apart his rosary in a frantic shiver] Stay strong! Uhh! [Edgar finally collapses in tears and curls himself in a ball]
There was actually a huge fight between J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson in a hotel during one of their trips. According to producer and director Clint Eastwood , there are several testimonies of maids that talked about the room being destroyed after the discussion.
Annie Hoover : [Contemptuously to Edgar] I would rather have a dead son than a daffodil for a son. [later in the night Annie Hoover passes away, Edgar is alone in his bedroom and wakes up to grab his rosary] Annie Hoover : [in the air he hears his mothers voice] Stay strong, Edgar.
J. Edgar Hoover. Actor: The Next of Kin. John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States.
