Clint Eastwood Film 'J. Edgar' Has Premiere At Newseum (PHOTOS)

WASHINGTON -- The Newseum played host Tuesday night for the D.C. premiere of "J. Edgar," a biographical drama on the life of legendary and controversial FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.

Clint Eastwood, who directed the film, was in attendance and was joined by "J. Edgar" screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black, Motion Picture Association of America head and former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier.

Pam Galloway-Tabb, the Newseum's senior vice president of conferences and special services, told The Huffington Post that the Newseum has hosted roughly 10 film premieres since it moved to its current location at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in 2008. In keeping with Mayor Vince Gray's recent push to entice more studios to film in the District, Galloway-Tabb said that the Newseum is eager to host more screenings and hopes that film premieres become another facet of its persona.

The museum, she said, certainly has the facilities to do it: the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater, in which " J. Edgar" was screened, can seat up to 535 movie goers.

Many scenes in the film, which follows the life of the former FBI director, were filmed in the District of Columbia. "J. Edgar" stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the leading role, and is currently in limited release. It opens nationally on Friday.

Comments

[Geral Sosbee]

10:08 AM on 11/30/2011

THIS MOVIE ON THE FOOL J EDGAR HOOVER IS CLINT'S WORST WORK.
I LABOR TO DESTROY THE MOST HEINOUS THUGS IN HISTORY:THE FEDERAL BURRO OF INVESTIGATION (fbi).

"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains." (Rousseau)

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BTW: In the early years of the fbi Hoover discovered that his agents were generally not quite capable (for a number of reasons) to deal with the murderers and psychopaths of organized crime in the United States; so, Hoover and his associates set out to correct this inadequacy in a calculated and systematic manner: his agents when deemed appropriate would (by training and mind programming) become themselves homicidal sociopaths. His plan worked so well that in today's fbi, one cannot always determine which agents (and operatives) are cold blooded murderers and torturers.For example: People who knew H. Paul Rico (ex-fbi agent)"... recall him as a cop who dressed and talked like a gangster. Only much later would it become clear that it was not an act." Hitman, Howie Carr, Tom Doherty Associates,LLC,175 Fifth Avenue, New York,NY 10010,2011, p.63.

http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2011/10/courts-and-fbi-torture-maim-or-kill_01.html

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