{"id":831,"date":"2022-09-06T15:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margaretbjones.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:23:06","slug":"j-edgar-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/film-overview\/j-edgar-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Edgar Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hereby pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this work. -Margaret Jones<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"J. Edgar (2011) Official Trailer HD\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGpygs2IC0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>J. Edgar<\/em>, a 2011 film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, portrays the life of J. Edgar Hoover and his role in shaping the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The film takes the viewer through Hoover\u2019s career and his impact in the nation\u2019s federal law enforcement agency. This film and the professional life of J. Edgar Hoover is essential in comprehending the transformation of the FBI as well as a shifting US culture and stance towards crime and radicalism.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT CAST MEMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>J. Edgar Hoover: Leonardo DiCaprio<\/p>\n<p>Clyde Tolson: Armie Hammer<\/p>\n<p>Annie Hoover: Judi Dench<\/p>\n<p>Helen Gandy: Naomi Watts<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hereby pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this work. -Margaret Jones J. Edgar, a 2011 film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, portrays the life of J. Edgar Hoover and his role in shaping the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The film takes the viewer through Hoover\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-overview","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1192,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions\/1192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}