J. Edgar - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "J. Edgar"
J. Edgar (2011)
Timing:
2:17 (137 min)
6.228/10
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Executive Producer
Erica Huggins
Executive Producer
Tim Moore
Executive Producer
Writer
Casting
Fiona Weir
Casting
Editor
Joel Cox
Editor
Gary D. Roach
Editor
Art Direction
Greg Berry
Art Direction
Costume Design
Stunts
Chuck Waters
Stunts
Jacob Chambers
Stunts
Brian Avery
Stunts
Justin Gant
Stunts
Production Design
James J. Murakami
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Gary Fettis
Set Decoration
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Music
Assistant Sound Editor
Kevin Murray
Assistant Sound Editor
What's left behind the scenes
- A film about Hoover was planned at Universal, but the project ended up at Warner Studios – Universal's reaction to Dustin Lance Black's script was negative.
- Leonardo DiCaprio’s wardrobe consisted of 80 costumes. Since the film spans over 60 years, costume designer Deborah Hooper needed to reflect the entire evolution of clothing styles over that period.
- Leonardo DiCaprio's makeup included a full-face plaster mask, various prosthetics, wigs, gray hair, and a prosthetic nose.
- Charlize Theron was initially considered for the role of Helen Gandy, but she left the project to participate in "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012). Amy Adams was the next candidate, but Naomi Watts ultimately landed the role.
- The scenes of the horse races at the racetrack featuring Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) were filmed on a studio set against a green screen.
- The film crew did not have the financial means to recreate the granite floor of the Department of Justice in Washington. This forced the film's production designer and his team to take an original approach. They photographed the surface from all possible angles and then reproduced it from plywood.
- Joaquin Phoenix was one of the contenders for the role of Clyde Tolson.
- Josh Lucas enthusiastically agreed to play the role of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. The actor did so in honor of his grandmother, who was also a well-known pilot and one of the first female commercial pilots in the country.
- The initial working title of the film was simply “Hoover,” not “J. Edgar.”
- Copies of the film were sent to American cinemas under the false title Lawman.
- Judi Dench, who played the mother of the main character, broke a finger while filming the previous movie, but hid this fact from the film's producers so as not to lose the role. She had to play her part, overcoming the pain of the injury.
- Armie Hammer's great-grandfather, the actor who played Tolson, was a tycoon who owned Occidental Petroleum Corporation. In a book titled “ Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer,” author Edward Jay Epstein accused this oligarch of secret ties to J. Edgar Hoover and the USSR. The actor stated that he agreed to the role specifically to “get back at the critics.”
- In reality, J. Edgar is John Edgar Hoover, the most famous and ambitious director of the FBI in the history of the bureau. Hoover took the helm of the Bureau of Investigation in 1929 and held the position for almost half a century, until his death in 1972. He achieved considerable success, but was caught in numerous abuses of power.
- Charlize Theron was initially chosen for the role of Helen Gandi, but the actress dropped out of the project to participate in “Snow White and the Huntsman” (2012). Amy Adams was the next candidate, but ultimately the role went to Naomi Watts.
- In fact, J. Edgar is John Edgar Hoover, the most famous and ambitious director of the FBI in the history of the bureau. Hoover took the helm of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924 and held the position for almost half a century, until his death in 1972. He achieved considerable success, but was caught in numerous abuses of power.
- Charlize Theron was initially considered for the role of Helen Gandy, but the actress dropped out of the project to participate in "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012). Amy Adams was the next candidate, but Naomi Watts ultimately landed the role.
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