J. Edgar
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | J. Edgar |
| Original title | J. Edgar |
| Country of production | United States , United Kingdom |
| original language | English , French |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 137 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| script | Dustin Lance Black |
| production | Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer , Robert Lorenz , Ron Howard |
| music | Clint Eastwood |
| camera | Tom Stern |
| cut |
Joel Cox , Gary D. Roach |
| occupation | |
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J. Edgar is an American feature film by Clint Eastwood from the year 2011 . It is a biography of J. Edgar Hoover , the first director of the FBI . The film opened at the 25th AFI Fest 2011 in Los Angeles on November 3, 2011 and hit theaters in the United States on November 9, 2011. The film launch in Germany was on January 19, 2012.
action
The film shows in flashbacks the public and private life of one of the most controversial, powerful and enigmatic men of his time, J. Edgar Hoovers , the founder and longtime director of the FBI .
In the 1960s, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover dictated his memoirs. In 1919, Hoover was a member of the Justice Department and a subordinate of A. Mitchell Palmer . An anarchist bomb attack is carried out on them. Hoover sharply criticizes the police's educational work. As the head of a newly formed anti-radical unit, Hoover puts his dislike of anarchists, communists, and anyone he believes to be into action.
Influenced by his strictly religious mother, he hastily asks the secretary Helen Gandy for her hand. Although she refuses, he hires her as a personal assistant who has served as his right hand for decades. Hoover, who is publicly anti-gay, hires the athletic Clyde Tolson, with whom he spends daily meals and holidays together. He has a tragic homosexual relationship with him that has lasted for decades, but which must be kept secret from the public. With the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby in 1932, Hoover was able to finally expand the influence of his investigative office after spectacular successes. In the trial of the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, the probably innocent, German-born Bruno Richard Hauptmann is sentenced to death. Hoover implements high requirements for qualifications for the FBI and promotes scientific criminalistic work. He is portrayed as someone who does not think much of civil rights and who is constantly working to increase his powers over civil liberties. He has a very tense relationship with the Kennedy brothers John and Robert . Relations with President Nixon are also very tense. In the 1960s he subordinates the civil rights movement to Martin Luther King, Jr. , to promote communism. He plans to initiate an illegal intrigue against him, but he does not put it into practice. After his death, Gandy destroys his secret archives so that they do not fall into Nixon's hands.
Cast and dubbing
The Film- & Fernseh-Synchron took over the German synchronization, under the direction of Marianne Groß.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| J. Edgar Hoover | Leonardo DiCaprio | Gerrit Schmidt-Foss |
| Clyde Tolson | Armie Hammer | Sascha Rotermund |
| Helen Gandy | Naomi Watts | Claudia Lössl |
| Bruno Hauptmann | Damon Herriman | Benedikt Weber |
| Robert F. Kennedy | Jeffrey Donovan | Michael Roll |
| Anna Marie | Judi Dench | Gisela Fritsch |
| Agent Smith | Ed Westwick | Stefan Günther |
| Charles Lindbergh | Josh Lucas | Thomas Nero Wolff |
| General Harlan F. Stone | Ken Howard | Hartmut Neugebauer |
| Arthur Koehler | Stephen Root | Walter von Hauff |
| Alexander Mitchell Palmer | Geoffrey Pierson | Dieter Memel |
| Lela Rogers | Lea Thompson | Petra Einhoff |
| Inspector Schell | Christian Clemenson | Christoph Jablonka |
reception
The ongoing speculation about Hoover's sexual orientation also plays an important role in the film. This led to public discussions about Clint Eastwood's work in the United States.
Reviews
“At its core, J. Edgar is the story of someone who set out to lie to himself and who can't really look things in the eye until the end. A film about dying - Eastwood is now 81 years old, maybe that allows him to look with so much warmth and regret at a man who was never happy. "
“Without neglecting the historical facts, Clint Eastwood searches for the person behind the outer facade in this biography. Neither contempt nor admiration characterize his portrait, but rather a fascination for a colorful personality without giving a moral judgment. Excellent in staging and presentation. "
“In terms of content, J. EDGAR is a film from which one shouldn't expect too much, as it only recounts a few key events in the life of its main character and remains in the explanation for the actions of its protagonist in the context of typical explanatory patterns. He does everything very solidly and even if the nesting occasionally just doesn't get confused by a hair's eye, the complexity is what gives it a certain appeal. […] A masterpiece certainly looks different, but beyond all justified criticism, J. Edgar has turned out to be a pretty solid film whose best selling point is clearly Leonardo DiCaprio's brilliant performance. You can look at it, but you don't have to. "
Awards
- 2011: National Board of Review : Winner Top Films
- 2011: Satellite Awards : Nominated for Best Actor , for Leonardo DiCaprio
- 2011: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor , for Armie Hammer
- 2011: GLAAD Media Awards: Nominated Outstanding Film - Wide Release
- 2011: Hollywood Film Festival: Winner of Production Designer of the Year for James J. Murakami
- 2012: Broadcast Film Critics Association : Nominated Best Make Up
- 2012: Broadcast Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Actor , for Leonardo DiCaprio
- 2012: Golden Globe : Nominated for Best Actor - Drama , for Leonardo DiCaprio
- 2012: Screen Actors Guild Awards : Nominated for Best Actor , for Leonardo DiCaprio
- 2012: Screen Actors Guild Awards: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor , for Armie Hammer
- 2012: AFI Awards: Winner Film of the Year , for Clint Eastwood , Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
- 2012: Australian Film Institute : Nominated for Best Actor , for Leonardo DiCaprio
- 2012: Irish Film and Television Awards: Nominated for Best International Actor , for Leonardo DiCaprio
- 2012: Society of Camera Operators: Winner Cameraman of the Year for Stephen S. Campbell
Web links
- J. Edgar in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- J. Edgar. The Most Powerful Man In The World. Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, accessed May 25, 2017 (Official website).
- J. Edgar. FBW , accessed on May 25, 2017 (report by the German Film and Media Assessment): "Predicate particularly valuable"
- J. Edgar atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Reviews of J. Edgar on Moviepilot
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for J. Edgar . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2011 (PDF; test number: 130 826 K).
- ^ Age rating for J. Edgar . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ J. Edgar to open AFI Fest 2011. presented by Audi . (No longer available online.) In: AFI News. American Film Institute, September 7, 2011, archived from the original on October 12, 2011 ; accessed on October 9, 2011 : "Clint Eastwood is an American icon" Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The first trailer for the biopic "J. Edgar". Cinema , accessed October 21, 2011 .
- ↑ Life of the controversial FBI founder comes to the cinema. (No longer available online.) Welt Online , October 18, 2011, archived from the original on December 1, 2016 ; accessed on October 21, 2011 : “Exclusive Trailer” Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Almighty hates gays and mothers' boys , article from November 16, 2011 by Uwe Schmitt on Welt Online
- ↑ J. Edgar. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on April 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Kevin Johnson: Filmmaker Eastwood asked FBI about Hoover's sexuality. USA Today , October 4, 2011, accessed May 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Susan Vahabzadeh: J. Edgar. From someone who oppressed himself. In: In the cinema. sueddeutsche.de, January 19, 2012, accessed on January 23, 2012 .
- ^ J. Edgar in the Lexicon of International Films
- ^ Benjamin Hahn: J. EDGAR (USA 2011). In: dasmanifest.com. January 6, 2012, accessed May 7, 2012 .
