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J. Edgar [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 3000042353 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c2012.Description: 1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780685016
  • 9780780685017
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .J15 2012
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editors, Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach ; music, Clint Eastwood.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney, Jeffrey Donovan, Denis O'Hare.Summary: J. Edgar Hoover was head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
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VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD JED (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000469653

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011.

Special feature: "J. Edgar, a complicated man," featurette about Hoover and the challenges of creating a period piece.

Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editors, Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach ; music, Clint Eastwood.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney, Jeffrey Donovan, Denis O'Hare.

J. Edgar Hoover was head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

MPAA rating: R; for brief strong language.

DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

English and French audio tracks; English, French or Spanish subtitles.

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