FBI portrayal in the media
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What does the FBI do?Any author, television script writer, or producer may consult with the FBI about closed cases or their operations, services, or history. However, there is no requirement that they do so, unlike the CIA's Office of Public Affairs, which does this so everything is "accurate", the FBI does not edit, approve their work, or does any special consulting. Some authors, television programs, or motion picture producers offer reasonably accurate presentations of the FBI's responsibilities, investigations, and procedures in their story lines, while others present their own interpretations or introduce fictional events, persons, or places for dramatic effect. However, there are still many fiction and non-fiction media items that has portrayed the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an investigative force and just a few of them are listed here. Books and NovelsIn many Tom Clancy books the FBI plays a major role. In 1986, Margaret Truman (daughter of former President Truman) wrote a novel entitled Murder at the FBI, dealing with the murder of two FBI agents. TV Shows--> In 1965, Warner Bros. Television produced a long-running television series called The F.B.I., based in part on concepts from the FBI Story film. The series, which ran until 1974, was taken from actual FBI cases, told through the eyes of fictitious agent Louis Erskine (played by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.). Epilogues to most episodes included Zimbalist stepping out of character to warn viewers of the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" (this was years before Fox's America's Most Wanted). After the show was cancelled, WB TV continued to produce TV movies based on the FBI. Recent disclosures of memos by the FBI, under the FOIA, reveal that the real FBI had casting control over the show. Both Bette Davis and Robert Blake were banned from appearing citing "confliting policial" differences on crime in general. In 1981, the show was completely revived with entirely new cast and production crew as Today's F.B.I., with Mike Connors, but it only lasted one season.--> The Fox TV network has produced some of the longest television shows based of the FBI to date. From 1993 to 2002, the television series The X-files, which concerned investigations of paranormal phenomena by fictional Agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. This also spawned one feature film, also called The X-Files, in 1998. Throughout 2001 to 2006 the hit drama 24, the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agency works with and is patterned closely to the FBI Counterterrorism Division. Today, America's Most Wanted still runs people on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. In 2002, Pax TV aired [[Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye]], based on the real life of and about the world's first deaf FBI agent of the show's title. The show ran until 2005, but only ended up producing 57 episodes. --> CBS has aired a number of shows that portray the FBI. In 2002, Without a Trace, about the FBI missing persons unit in New York City. In 2005, CBS launched two series. One called Numbers, about FBI agents who collaborate with mathematics professors in Los Angeles, and the other once called Criminal Minds, about the agents of the FBIs Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU).
Movies--> In 1959, Warner Bros. and director Mervyn LeRoy produced a film about the FBI entitled The FBI Story. It told the history of the FBI from the point of view of a fictitious character, Chip Hardesty (played by James Stewart). FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover served as consultant on the film, and made sure the FBI would be portrayed in an accurate light--this forced director LeRoy to reshoot several scenes that did not meet with the FBI's approval.A movie produced in 1988 named FEDS, gave an insight into how women train at the FBI Academy. This movie is in limited release and can only be found on VHS. The 1991 Orion Pictures film The Silence of the Lambs starred Jodie Foster as an FBI Agent Trainee in pursuit of a serial killer. The film received five Academy Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress - Jodie Foster. The movie spawned a sequal, but Jodie Foster did not retake her role. In 2009 Lost Memories, the JBI (Japanese Bureau of Investigation), the fictionial agency, was heavily modeled on the American FBI, retaining its structure. References
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