J. Edgar

 

J.Edgar is an up-coming biographical drama film directed by the infamous Clint Eastwood. The film will focus on the career of FBI director J.Edgar Hoover. It includes an examination of his private life as an alleged closeted homosexual.
Leonardo DiCaprio will pay Hoover. Armie Hammer (from the Social Network) will play Clyde Tolson, Hoover's protege. Naomi Watts will play his secretary. Jeffery Donovan will play John.F.Kennedy and Judi Dench will play Hoover's mother. The film will open at the beginning of November this year.

As a bit of a background for all those who are unsure of who exactly he is (I thought he was an ex-president).
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation (predecessor to the FBI) in 1924, he was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972. Hoover is credited with building the FBI into a large and efficient crime-fighting agency, and with instituting a number of modern innovations to police technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories.
Late in life, and after his death, Hoover became an increasingly controversial figure. His critics have accused him of exceeding the jurisdiction of the FBI.He used the FBI to harass political dissenters and activists, to amass secret files on political leaders, and to collect evidence using illegal methods.It is because of Hoover's long and controversial tenure that FBI directors are now limited to 10-year terms.

Arguably the most powerful man in the U.S. until his death, this film looks amazing. Smart but a thriller at the same time. Could this be the one that brings DiCaprio within grasp of that ever difficult Academy Award? Take a look a the trailer and I'm sure you'll all agree.