J. Edgar – Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill)

Posted by kent Nov 10, 2011 | Movie: J. Edgar
J. Edgar - Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill) The Plot The forward-thinking J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) begins his career with a big risk and those risks never seem to cease. From the Bolshevik uprising, through the gangster era, the Lindbergh kidnapping, to John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassinations (roughly 1919-1972), Hoover charmed, coerced, blackmailed and threatened his way to personal power and security for the nation. But he held his own secrets closer to his vest than any he gathered at work. Kent’s Take: “J. Edgar” brings to light the man behind the power and the power behind the FBI. Jumping frequently between eras, we struggle to follow the...

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