The film was based on an article published by Vanity Fair in 1997 and chronicles Richard Jewell’s life during the events that led to an attack at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[2] Jewell works as a security guard at AT&T when he discovers the plot that resulted in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. He then heroically saves lives after a bomb was detonated during the 1996 Summer Olympics. However, the FBI identifies him as one of many suspects and this leads to his unjust vilification by journalists and the press. The FBI clears him after 88 days.
Richard Jewell is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Billy Ray, based on the 1997 article “American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell” by Marie Brenner, published in Vanity Fair. The film depicts the Centennial Olympic Park bombing during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and its aftermath, where security guard Richard Jewell found a bomb and alerted authorities to evacuate, only to later be wrongly accused of having placed it himself. It stars Paul Walter Hauser as Jewell, alongside Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, and Olivia Wilde.
Richard Jewell (2019)
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Paul Walter Hauser, Nina Arianda, Mitchell Hoog, Charles Green, David Shae, Marc Farley, Wayne Duvall, Victoria Paige Watkins
Screenplay by: Billy Ray
Production Design by: Kevin Ishioka
Cinematography by: Yves Bélanger
Film Editing by: Joel Cox
Costume Design by: Deborah Hopper
Set Decoration by: Ronald R. Reiss
Art Direction by: Chris Craine, Priscilla Elliott
Music by: Arturo Sandoval
MPAA Rating: R for language including some sexual references, and brief bloody images.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: December 13, 2019
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