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Richard Jewell
2019 · Film · 131 min
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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The first thing that came to mind was that quote from the Richard Jewell movie (which is a good watch). Jewell's lawyer has a secretary with an Eastern European accent and they are talking about a newspaper article where the gov't says they have evidence that Jewell is the Olympic Park bomber.
“Where I come from, when the government says someone's guilty that's how you know they're innocent,” she says. “It's different here?”
This reminds me of the Richard Jewell case I saw on the news as a kid. I remember how the news went on about him having nails in his garage and I was like "WTF? That's the best evidence they have?" even as a kid.
He was, of course, not merely acquitted but proven innocent later. I think they made a movie about that this year, but due to Covid it's been a long while since I've seen anything.
They're supposedly making a film about Richard Jewell starring Jonah Hill. I'm not sure who else is attached. It might be in development hell at this point as the film was first announced several years ago.