
Director(s)
Clint Eastwood
Production Year
2012
Release date
20/01/2012
Genre(s)
Drama, Biopic
Approx. running minutes
137m
Cast
Judi Dench, Armie Hammer, Josh Hamilton, Naomi Watts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Geoff Pierson
J. Edgar
Director(s)
Clint Eastwood
Production Year
2012
Release date
20/01/2012
Genre(s)
Drama, Biopic
Approx. running minutes
137m
Cast
Judi Dench, Armie Hammer, Josh Hamilton, Naomi Watts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Geoff Pierson
J. EDGAR is a biopic of J.Edgar Hoover, the founder and head of the FBI.
- Language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k', 'c***sucker') as well as milder terms including 'damn', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
Scenes of moderate violence include shoot-outs between police and mobsters, without strong detail.
There is an implied mild sex scene as a man listens to an audio tape of a couple making love.
There is some verbal description of what happened to the kidnapped and murdered Lindbergh baby in 1932, and brief sight of a tiny skeleton half hidden by leaves.
There are several uses of discriminatory language ('negro') but the term is not used in a pejorative sense and it is simply reflecting the common terminology of the period in which the film is set.
Classified date
16/11/2011
BBFC reference
AFF284206
Language
English