Imagine Entertainment
Malpaso Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
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J. Edgar
The most powerful man in the world.
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
- Original title
- J. Edgar
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Revenue
- $84,606,030
GenerationofSwine
Jan 14, 2023 · via TMDB
My only real complaint about Leonardo DiCaprio is that he looks like, well, Leonardo DiCaprio and that is a shame given that given that he doesn't play Lenardo DiCaprio, he plays whoever the script says he is and we all think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread because of that. Except in J. Edgar where, for the first real time, DiCaprio doesn't look like DiCaprio, he looks a lot like the cross-dressing fascist he's portraying. And being Leo, he acts like him too. THANK YOU. For once the studio didn't bank on his face and it paid out. So we not only get to see Leo acting the part, but for the first time we get to really see him looking the part too and the last time he did that was in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." And on top of it all we have Clint Eastwood directing and, honestly, not a fan of him as an actor, love him as a director. Given his politics I walked in thinking Right Wing Love Story...I walked out with "honest depiction" and that helps a lot. Not only does that help, but the scandal around Hoover's sexuality was done appropriately, that is to say it didn't take center stage, J. Edgar did...and, as I said, you were watching J. Edgar and not Leo doing his best to be the man while having to still look like himself. it's just a win all around...except it could have benefited for time. Trim it down a bit. I know he's hugely important to history and Eastwood is a great director with a great cast but...it got a bit long in the tooth at places and that hurt the flow of the film.
r96sk
Feb 12, 2022 · via TMDB
A bit of a bore, is <em>'J. Edgar'</em>. Leonardo DiCaprio puts in a very good performance as the titular character and his co-stars are all solid, but I just found the way that the story is told to be lacklustre. There aren't, at least for me, any memorable scenes and I wasn't invested in the plot at any point really. It's semi-watchable, but goes on for too long to be passably so. It does, as noted, have a neat cast list, with Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench, among others, involved behind DiCaprio. I think they all give their best, with any issues I have with this 2011 release being away from them. Two duds in a row to start the 2010s from Mr. Eastwood; in my humble opinion, of course.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
John Edgar Hoover
Armie Hammer
Clyde Tolson
Naomi Watts
Helen Gandy
Josh Lucas
Charles Lindbergh
Josh Hamilton
Robert Irwin
Judi Dench
Anna Marie Hoover
Geoff Pierson
Mitchell Palmer
Gunner Wright
Dwight Eisenhower
Dermot Mulroney
Colonel Schwarzkopf
Kaitlyn Dever
Palmer's Daughter
Adam Driver
Walter Lyle
Ed Westwick
Agent Smith
Jessica Hecht
Emma Goldman
Denis O'Hare
Albert Osborne
Lea Thompson
Lela Rogers
Damon Herriman
Bruno Hauptmann
Sadie Calvano
Edgar's Niece
Amanda Schull
Anita Colby
Roberta Bassin
Roosevelt's Secretary
Emily Alyn Lind
Shirley Temple
Barbara Keegan
Bombing Witness
Gerald Downey
FBI Agent
Jeffrey Donovan
Robert Kennedy
Geoff Stults
Raymond Caffrey
Lea Coco
Agent Sisk
Aaron Lazar
Prosecutor Wilentz
Cheryl Lawson
Palmer's Wife
Brady Matthews
Inspector
David A. Cooper
Franklin Roosevelt
Kelly Lester
Head Secretary
Jack Donner
Edgar's Father
Jack Axelrod
Caminetti
Josh Stamberg
Agent Stokes
Christian Clemenson
Inspector Schell
Billy Smith
Secret Service Officer
Ken Howard
Harlan Fiske Stone
Zach Grenier
John Condon
Johnny Cicco
Young Agent
Steve Monroe
Restaurant Host
Stephen Root
Arthur Koehler
Gary Werntz
Attorney General
David Clennon
Senator Friendly
Michael O'Neill
Senator McKellar
Eric Frentzel
William Mahan
Kyle Eastwood
Stork Club Band
Gregory Hoyt
Agent One
Jenny Phagan
Baker's Wife
Leslie Augustine
Lindbergh Nanny (uncredited)
Belinda Gosbee
Gangster's Moll (uncredited)
Elizabeth Karr
Secretary (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jamie Noel
Racetrack Gambler (uncredited)
Miles Fisher
Agent Garrison
Robert Fleet
Edgar's Mother's Doctor
Scot Carlisle
Agent Williams
Ryan McPartlin
Lawrence Richey
Taylor Tunes
Film Premier Attendee (uncredited)
Tom Stern
Director of Photography
Alessandro Bertolazzi
Makeup Artist
Duncan Jarman
Makeup Artist
Siân Grigg
Makeup Artist
Zoe Hay
Makeup Artist
Duncan Jarman
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator
Chuck Waters
Stunts
Justin Gant
Stunts
Kevin Patrick Burke
Stunts
Matthew R. Anderson
Stunts
Clint Eastwood
Director
Joel Cox
Editor
Brian Grazer
Producer
Clint Eastwood
Producer
Robert Lorenz
Producer
Clint Eastwood
Original Music Composer
José Antonio García
Sound
Dustin Lance Black
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