J. Edgar 2011 Movie

This biopic profiles J. Edgar Hoover, who pushed the envelope professionally and led a complex personal life over nearly 50 years as head of the FBI. More details

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Leonardo DiCaprio Armie Hammer Naomi Watts

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biography crime drama romance gay relationship fbi secret federal bureau of investigation agent government revolutionary united states anarchist personal secretary fbi director abuse of power aging notoriety mama's boy voice over fingerprint politics power index card homosexual boss secretary relationship older man older man relationship ends with biographical notes fbi investigation fbi agent secret recording repressed homosexual sexual repression gay kiss death of title character longtime companion male companion death of main character scientific investigation mother son relationship adult lives at home franklin d roosevelt character j edgar hoover character robert f kennedy character dwight d eisenhower character president richard m nixon character investigation kidnapping press bank robber politician president baby friend communism arrest secret file memory secretary neo noir hat kennedy family in medias res shredding a document reference to franklin d. roosevelt reference to george washington reference to dwight d. eisenhower liar envy hatred camera law applause microphone dictator congress jurisdiction bar destruction beating foreigner promise force hearing court little boy secrecy washington horse and wagon news clipping panic fear effeminate male tape recorder music band year 1934 scream binoculars dance club fame celebrity audience sissy reporter bicycling shredder perjury document explosive bank robbery radical criminal note hoodlum police officer gangster watching a movie shootout candidate movie theatre gunfight horse and carriage legacy business card attorney abduction extortion fireplace confidentiality handcuffs police arrest cash screen sniper riot strike book co worker father son relationship discovery reminiscing cross dressing judge skeleton lawyer jury testimony film projector hypodermic needle 1950s evidence 1940s stadium gravestone old age race track time graveyard spectator american corruption mania archive footage photograph maid pet dog maniac ego reference to j. p. morgan reference to bugs moran typist reference to jfk assassination statue of liberty fingerprints handwriting expert reference to herbert hoover alvin karpis reference to machine gun kelly reference to baby face nelson reference to pretty boy floyd death mask ginger rogers reference to h.l. mencken german american dancing lesson reference to lucille ball woman with glasses man with glasses reference to the stork club man wearing woman's clothing reference to clarence darrow archival footage mob of reporters murder trial reference to martin luther king jr.memoirs thousand dollar bill press conference thompson sub machine gun riding a horse reference to melvin horace purvis jr.lindbergh law reference to al capone year 1922 reference to bugsy siegel year 1930 u.s. attorney general nickname labor strike centralia washington reference to john d. rockefeller department of justice terrorist assassination attempt reference to alexander mitchell palmer maternal cohabitation surveillance reference to joseph mccarthy crush bedroom brushing teeth robe bloody mouth throwing a drink glass flowers holding hands sexual tension fbi files raid audio recording leaflet fired from the job reference to john dillinger flash forward loyalty job application courtroom pinky swear del mar california reference to rudy vallee reference to dorothy lamour reference to desi arnaz bicycle repression paranoia wiretapping reference to john f. kennedy handkerchief store ring typewriter cemetery ambition deportation valentine's day department store job interview suit interview airplane egg hard boiled egg paper shredder nobel peace prize office motorcade parade smoking lounge love letter newsreel newsreel footage kiss movie theater elevator balcony year 1964 year 1963 crying dancing stroke doctor injection homosexuality closeted homosexual learning to dance nightclub push ups nervousness sexual attraction ransom note letter dictation blood punched in the face argument fight hotel room hotel little girl photographer machine gun gun 1970s 1960s watching tv old man ladder death death of loved one file cabinet scrapbook reference to sherlock holmes cornflakes cereal reference to eleanor roosevelt reference to lorena hickok flashback childhood memory 1920s newspaper newspaper clipping bombing bomb explosion horse horse race horse racing year 1935 year 1932 year 1919 friendship between men family relationships library library book card catalogue friendship gay marked bills ransom dead baby stutterer prescription drug abuse movie premiere dance lesson attorney general stroke victim dead body library of congress anti communism washington d.c.racetrack trial congressional hearing blackmail lindbergh kidnapping tailor shop 1930s nonlinear timeline biography filmmaking two word title subject name in title punctuation in title period in title name in title death of mother based on true story character name in title file

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