J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, written by Dustin Lance Black. The film focuses on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover from the Palmer Raids onwards, including an examination of his private life as an alleged closeted homosexual. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the title character, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Damon Herriman, Ed Westwick, and Jeffrey Donovan. J. Edgar opened the AFI Fest 2011 in Los Angeles on November 3, 2011, and had its limited release on November 9, followed by wide release on November 11. The film opens with J.... Edgar Hoover in his office during his later years. He asks that a writer be let in, so that he may tell the story of the origin of the FBI for the sake of the public. Hoover explains that the story begins in 1919, when A. Mitchell Palmer was Attorney General and Hoover's boss at the Justice Department. Palmer suffers an assassination attempt, but is unharmed when the bomb explodes earlier than intended. Hoover recalls that the police handling of the crime scene was primitive, and that it was that night that he recognized the importance of criminal science.
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| Release date: | November 3, 2011 |
| Directed by: | Clint Eastwood |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 137 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brian Grazer, Robert Lorenz, Clint Eastwood, Ron Howard |
| Editor: | Gary D. Roach, Joel Cox |
| Cinematography: | Tom Stern |
| Screenplay by: | Dustin Lance Black |