The film is adapted from the story of the American FBI legend Edgar Hoover. In 1924, Edgar Hoover, who was only 29 years old, was promoted by the Attorney General to the head of the Bureau of Investigation. Hoover set "to completely eradicate crime" as the goal, and immediately adjusted and reformed the system of the Bureau of Investigation, which was full of loopholes, resigned hundreds of agents in one go, and stipulated that only those who have received university education and have law enforcement experience have the opportunity to get this. Job. Subsequently, he established the FBI Crime Laboratory and renamed the Bureau of Investigation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1950, he also established the famous list of ten most wanted criminals. It is reported that during his tenure, Hoover used illegal methods to collect evidence from opponents and obtained many political powers. Before his death, the rumors that he was a "homosexual plus transvestite" added a bit of legend to the experience of this tough law enforcer.
J. Edgar movie plot
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Extended Reading
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[J. Edgar Hoover meets the child actress, Shirley Temple, at the movie house in front of reporters]
Reporter: Miss Temple!
Shirley Temple: Mr. Hoover, I was wondering if you would join my police force.
J. Edgar Hoover: Why, yes, Miss Temple. If you agree to be an honorary G-Woman and give me one little kiss.
Shirley Temple: I don't know if your wife would approve, Mr. Hoover.
J. Edgar Hoover: But, you see, I still live with my mother.
[both chuckle]
Shirley Temple: Oh, Okay!
[Miss Temple kisses him on the cheek under the flash of cameras]
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[later in the night Annie Hoover passes away, Edgar is alone in his bedroom and wakes up to grab his rosary]
Annie Hoover: [in the air he hears his mothers voice] Stay strong, Edgar.
[Edgar then goes to the mirror as his mother helped teach him to, to get over his childhood stutter, holding out and dressing into his mothers shirt]
Annie Hoover: [again in the air Edgar hears his mothers voice] You stay strong, Edgar.
J. Edgar Hoover: [Edgar screams out and tears apart his rosary in a frantic shiver] Stay strong! Uhh!
[Edgar finally collapses in tears and curls himself in a ball]