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Richard Jewell
Richard Jewell movie poster

Richard Jewell (2019)

Drama Crime
Rated R
129 min.
Release Date
December 13, 2019
Digital Date
March 3, 2020
DVD Release Date
March 17, 2020 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Clint Eastwood
Writer
Billy Ray
Cast
Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde
Running Time
129 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language including some sexual references, and brief bloody images

“There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing—his report making him a hero whose swift actions save countless lives. But within days, the law enforcement wannabe becomes the FBI’s number one suspect, vilified by press and public alike, his life ripped apart. Reaching out to independent, anti-establishment attorney Watson Bryant, Jewell staunchly professes... Full synopsis »

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From the guy who had an extremely awkward conversation with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention comes a movie that attacks two of the GOP’s favorite and wrongly maligned targets: the FBI and the media. Yet, amazingly, Richard Jewell is Clint Eastwood’s most complete, entertaining and disconcerting film in at least half a decade. Full movie review »
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