DVD
J. Edgar
Record details
- ISBN: 9780780685017 (**US ed.)
- ISBN: 0780685016 (**US ed.)
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Physical Description:
videodisc
1 videodisc (137 minutes) : 5.1 Dolby digital Surround sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher: Burbank, California : Warner Home Video, ©2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011. Special feature: J. Edgar: A Complicated Man - Clint Eastwood and Leonardo DiCaprio present an intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's most powerful gigures. Includes A behind-the-scenes look at the production challenges of shooting a period film. Widescreen version. Presented in a “letterbox” widescreen format preserving "the scope" aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition. Enhanced for widescreen TVs. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Warner Bros. Pictures presents an Imagine Entertainment produciton ; a Malpaso production ; music, Clint Eastwood ; written by Dustin Lance Black ; produced by Brian Grazer, Robert Lorenz ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Leonardo DiCaprio with Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas and Judi Dench. |
| Target Audience Note: | PARENTAL GUIDANCE-Not Recommended For Young Children.Violence.Language May Offend. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Home use only. |
| Language Note: | Includes English and French language tracks with optional English (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles. English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) -- 1895-1972 -- Drama United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Drama DVDs Feature films Video recordings |
| Genre: | Biographical films. Spy films. Crime films. Political films. Period dramas. Gay and lesbian films. Films for the hearing impaired. DVDs. |
Available copies
- 13 of 15 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 15 total copies.
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- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
Masterfully embodied here by Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Hoover was once the most powerful man in America, the iconicâif paranoidâhead of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Serving eight presidents through three wars, he used evidence gained from surveillance to try to blackmail Roosevelt, Nixon, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., while also shrewdly manipulating the media to support his ruthless pursuit of communists and gangsters. Dominated by his mother (Judi Dench), ambitious Hoover worked at the Library of Congress before he moved into law enforcement and founded the FBI, introducing fingerprinting while also establishing professional policies and procedures. Crime-fighting was his passion; secrets were his weapons. The most pivotal case in Hoover's career was the abduction of aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby, which led Congress to make kidnapping a federal offense, and drove Hoover to establish a framework for collecting and testing forensic evidence from a crime scene, ultimately popularizing the G-Man image. A dapper, self-aggrandizing, megalomaniacal, right-wing ideologue, Hoover was also believed to be an isolated, emotionally repressed, sublimated homosexual whose small circle of trust included his devoted secretary, Helen Gandy (Naomi Watts), and his dutiful companion, Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). DiCaprio delivers a powerhouse performance in director Clint Eastwood's eye-opening character study. Recommended. (S. Granger)Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2011.
