J. Edgar is an upcoming biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood,[1] from a script by Dustin Lance Black. The film will focus on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover from the Palmer Raids onwards, including an examination of his private life as an alleged closeted homosexual.[2]
The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Damon Herriman and Jeffrey Donovan. It is set to be released on November 9, 2011 in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures.
J. Edgar has engendered speculation as to how Hoover and Tolson's presumed homosexuality will be portrayed on-screen. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Eastwood was asked if the script "addresses reports by former FBI employees that Hoover was a cross-dresser and perhaps a closeted homosexual". Eastwood seemed to indicate not, responding that he was drawn to the script because it "didn't quite go down that road".
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