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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 32 min. 11 sec.) ; 556528024 bytes |
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Based on the bestselling novel by Marc Dugain, this original docu-fiction weaves unique archival footage within a fictional story and sheds a new light on J. Edgar Hoover. The Curse of Edgar reveals the FBI director's battle to retain power from the Kennedy clan. From 1960 and 1963, two ideals of America come face to face and two sets of morals clash. The Curse of Edgar unravels the enigmatic character of J. Edgar Hoover at the most critical moment of his exceptional career.Clyde Tolson, Associate Director and secret lover of J. Edgar Hoover is the narrator. Since 1924, he has witnessed the rise and the deployment of Hoover's political power in the shadows behind the US presidency. A privileged eye-witness in the arcane corridors of power during 40 years, Tolson tells us about Hoover the political strategist: his special relationship with the Mafia, his ties with Joe Kennedy, his hardcore anticommunism and his infiltration into every American home thanks to a bugging system that covered the land like a spider's web.Beyond politics, Tolson paints a portrait of a man being eaten away inside by a curse that he curbs with excessive puritanism. In 1960, the arrival of the Kennedy brothers in Washington shatters the markers and values on which, until now, J. Edgar Hoover has built his power. These dashing young men, that promote a free, Technicolor, cheeky America, embody everything that Hoover, defender of a traditionalist America, despises. (From France, in English) (Documentary) PG CC **Premiere**Follow the conversation on twitter: #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2014-08-17 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Film novelizations.
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Mafia in motion pictures.
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Portrait painting.
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Strategy -- Political aspects.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Dugain, Marc, director
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Cox, Brian, cast
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Higgins, Anthony, cast
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Hill, Keith, cast
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Hincu, Razvan, cast
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Huster, Francis, cast
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Reynolds, Michael J., cast
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Finlay Tate, cast
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