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Richard Jewell
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Clint Eastwood, Jonah Hill, Kevin Misher, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Tim Moore, and Jessica Meier
Based on the Vanity Fair article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" by Marie Brenner Based on the book The Suspect by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen
Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Clint Eastwood, Jonah Hill, Kevin Misher, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Tim Moore, and Jessica Meier
Based on the Vanity Fair article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" by Marie Brenner Based on the book The Suspect by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen
With:
Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Ian Gomez, Dylan Kussman, and Nina Arianda
Cinematography:
Yves Bélanger
Editing: Joel Cox
Music: Arturo Sandoval
Editing: Joel Cox
Music: Arturo Sandoval
Runtime:
131 min
Release Date: 13 December 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 13 December 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Eastwood and Ray craft a compelling portrait of the every-man hero falsely accused of the ’96 Centennial Park bombing, but their simplistic depiction of the forces working against Jewell seems as closeminded and fallacious as those characters are in the movie.