J. Edgar

Box-office superstar Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception, The Departed) joinsforces with Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood (GranTorino, Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven) in this unyielding biopic thatexplores the public and private life of one of the most powerful,controversial and enigmatic figures of the 20th century. As the face oflaw enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover wasfeared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, heheld secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and hislife. With a career steeped in scandal and a controversial private life,the legendary director of the FBI retained his post as keeper of thecountry's secrets (and many of his own) until his death in 1972.