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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApproximately 23 years ago Richard Jewell got royally screwed after the Atlanta Olympics bombing...
Now in the age of Trump and conservative authoritarian attacks on the media....we get a Clint Eastwood movie about him.
Do I smell a propagandist rat or is my tinfoil beanie on too tight?
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,494 posts)weird ass monologues in front of an empty chair for the moron? Nah, didn't think so.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)"Drafted into the Army during the war in Korea, Eastwood was sent to Ft. Ord in California for basic training. He lucked into a job as a swimming instructor and remained at Ft. Ord."
Actually as I read it he was a pool boy and eye candy for the officer's wives. Given a chance he romanced the base commanders daughter and SURPRISE-when he plays a combat veteran-well,that's acting!
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,781 posts)It's going to portray Jewell as a victim of an overzealous media who decided he was guilty before getting any of the facts. There's also a lot of "big government is bad" stuff in it too, but I forget how it plays into the story.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)And a government that wanted a quick conviction.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Particularly since he died more than ten years ago. But they will try anyway.
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Anon-C
(3,430 posts)I was right next to what was called the Tabernacle that was converted into the House of Blues for the Olympics, I was in a big top tent watching James Brown play. The concert was stopped and I exited the tent with my friends to a slow, stunned frenzy, and the city erupted in sirens.
Good grief when I sit and think about it, I recall it vividly.
RobinA
(9,886 posts)was NOT the medias shining moment, for sure, and this is a legit movie subject. I doubt when they OKd the movie however many years ago it takes to make a movie they planned to release it during Trumps impeachment proceedings.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)Richard Jewell was convicted by the media, especially after his name was leaked by Janet Reno's DOJ.
He was damn near railroaded by the FBI.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/26/guardianobituaries.usa