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| Clint Eastwood Takes Aim at the FBI and the Media in ‘Richard Jewell' Trailer (Video) |
| 2019-10-04 |
| [The Wrap] Clint Eastwood points a stern finger at FBI investigators and the media in the first trailer for his new fact-based drama "Richard Jewell," which explores the security guard who reported finding an explosive device at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics ‐ and then was falsely accused of planting it himself. Paul Walter Hauser ("I, Tonya") stars as Jewell, joined by Kathy Bates as his mother, Sam Rockwell as his attorney, Jon Hamm as the lead FBI investigator and Olivia Wilde as Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs. "They want to fry you," Rockwell’s attorney tells Jewell as the trailer suggests that FBI agents and the media pushed a false narrative of his culpability. "Jewell fits the profile of the lone bomber, a frustrated white man who is a police wannabe who seeks to become a hero," Wilde’s reporter says at one point, while Hamm and another investigator press Jewell to make incriminating statements on tape "to clear your name." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 I'm sure this was published all over the media at the time, but on page 44, in tiny print - On April 13, 2005, Jewell was exonerated completely when Eric Rudolph pleaded guilty to carrying out the bombing attack at the Centennial Olympic Park, as well as three other attacks across the South. Wikipedia |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-10-04 16:33 |
| #2 Still today people think he did the bombing. Media lied. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-10-04 16:02 |
| #1 Tonight 89 year old Eastwood twittered that 78 year old Bernie Sanders is finished. |
| Posted by: Varmint Splat1454 2019-10-04 04:51 |