Richard Jewell (film): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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'''''Richard Jewell''''' is a 2019 American [[biographical drama]] film directed and produced by [[Clint Eastwood]], and written by [[Billy Ray (screenwriter)|Billy Ray]]. It is based on the 1997 ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" by [[Marie Brenner]], and the 2019 book ''The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle'' by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last = Climek|first = Chris |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/12/12/785587180/sneer-campaign-richard-jewell |title=Review: 'Richard Jewell' Clears One Name While Smearing Another |publisher=NPR |date= |accessdate=December 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/1fd2d7ae-10d8-474b-9bf1-d1558af697be/|title=American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell|access-date=December 6, 2019|first=Marie|last=Brenner|date=February 1997}}</ref><ref name=middle>Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen (2019). [https://books.google.com/books?id=aYRsDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22The+Suspect:+An+Olympic+Bombing,+the+FBI,+the+Media,+and+Richard+Jewell%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWn-m55LTmAhXFHc0KHeJCDw0Q6AEwAHoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Suspect%3A%20An%20Olympic%20Bombing%2C%20the%20FBI%2C%20the%20Media%2C%20and%20Richard%20Jewell%22&f=false ''The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle''], Abrams, {{ISBN|1683355245}}.</ref><ref name="theguardian1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/13/richard-jewell-kathy-scruggs-olivia-wilde-irresponsible |title=Stop defending an irresponsible movie and start apologising|author= Benjamin Lee|work=The Guardian |date= December 13, 2019|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/business/media/richard-jewell-kathy-scruggs.html|title=Clint Eastwood's 'Richard Jewell' Is at the Center of a Media Storm|author=Marc Tracy|work=[[The New York Times]]|url-status=live|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}</ref> The film depicts the July 27 [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]] and its aftermath, as security guard [[Richard Jewell]] finds a bomb during the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and alerts authorities to evacuate, only to later be wrongly accused of having placed the device himself. The film stars [[Paul Walter Hauser]] as Jewell, alongside [[Sam Rockwell]], [[Kathy Bates]], [[Jon Hamm]], and [[Olivia Wilde]].

The film had its world premiere on November 20, 2019 at the [[AFI Fest]], and was theatrically released in the United States on December 13, 2019, by [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances (particularly Bates and Hauser) and Eastwood's direction. It was chosen by the [[National Board of Review Awards 2019#Top 10 Films|National Board of Review]] as one of the ten best films of the year. However, the film received criticism over its portrayal of a real-life reporter, Kathy Scruggs. The film was a [[Box-office bomb|box office flop]], grossing $42 million against its $45 million budget, one of the worst in Eastwood's career. For her performance, Bates was recognized as the [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress]], as well as earning nominations at the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Awards]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globes]] but lost both to [[Laura Dern]] for her performance in ''[[Marriage Story]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/national-board-of-review-2019-winners-irishman-1202193897/ |title= National Board of Review 2019: 'The Irishman' Wins Best Film, Adam Sandler Named Best Actor |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |date=December 3, 2019|accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref>