Talk:J. Edgar

Copyright re movieinsider.com
The site movieinsider.com has no real content and the bot has basically hit false positives. Comparing the two sites we see no way that copyright could have been violated, since the duplication detection only detected that both sites had the same facts about the movie correct! Bots /cannot/ accurately judge copyright violations--at best they can possibly detect plagiarism.Thegeneralguy (talk) 23:02, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I am not a bot. Elizium23 (talk) 02:57, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Plot Outline
There needs to be a plot outline for this movie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.31.46.14 (talk) 02:24, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Historical Accuracy
One line under the section Historical Accuracy needs to be cross-reference, and probably removed. (I have cross-referenced, but I'm sure that such things require double-cross-referencing.) The line reads: "The references to the sexual proclivities of both President John F. Kennedy and The Reverend Martin Luther King Junior are for the most part speculation and not based on any hard facts and..."  Interestingly, on the Wiki Page referencing (Dr./Rev.) Mr. Martin Luther King, Jr. some significant evidence is provided, including where Mr. King himself admitted: King explained his extramarital affairs as "a form of anxiety reduction."  All FBI records regarding Mr. King's adulterous affairs (and all other FBI surveillance regarding him) are set to be released in 2027. The way this Historical Accuracy section reads at the moment almost seems like someone's attempt to white-wash the truth and rewrite history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.242.49.192 (talk) 08:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Addition to plot summary
It should be mentioned specifically that Hoover's memoir is repudiated by Tolson, who reminds him that his depiction of events do not match reality, but I can't recall where in the film it happened. Buck Winston (talk) 20:49, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Depiction of Hoover's alledged homosexual tendencies
"the film ... mostly ignor[es] an examination of his private life as an alleged closeted homosexual." https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._Edgar&diff=prev&oldid=621277561 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._Edgar&diff=621902071&oldid=621277561 Anyone who has seen the film knows this quote to be false. The reference is an interesting article dating back to before the movie's release. AugustinMa (talk) 11:26, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Citations for use
http://variety.com/2011/film/news/dicaprio-investigates-hoover-in-j-edgar-1118047037/
 * http://variety.com/2011/film/news/j-edgar-scribe-tackles-complex-characters-1118047091/

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Hoover
'When the Lindbergh kidnapping captures national attention, President Herbert Hoover asks the Bureau to investigate. Hoover employs several novel techniques, including the monitoring of registration numbers on ransom bills and expert analysis of the kidnapper's handwriting. When the monitored bills begin showing up in New York City, the investigators find a filling station attendant who wrote down the license plate number of the man who gave him the bill. This leads to the arrest, and eventual conviction, of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh child.'

This section is not clear, was it President Hoover that employed the novel techniques, or J. Edgar. I think it probably was J. Edgar, but it is not clear since he and the president had the same name.