- In "The Richard Jewell Case", Clint Eastwood returns to the ordeals suffered by this innocent man.
- After saving lives by discovering a bomb during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Richard Jewell was later unjustly suspected of being the perpetrator of the attack.
- The film denounces the authorities and the media which attacked this heroic man.
Clint Eastwood developed a passion for true everyday heroes, seemingly ordinary people who outdo themselves in the face of danger. In The Richard Jewell Case , he retraces the true story of one of those men who almost lost his bravery. In Sully (2016), Clint Eastwood described how a brave pilot found himself in the hot seat after saving passengers by landing his plane on the Hudson. Richard Jewell belongs to the same family, that of people who are flouted after having risked their lives for the sake of their neighbor.
It was on July 27, 1996 that vigil Richard Jewell noticed a bomb placed under a bench during the Atlanta Olympics. His responsiveness saved many lives when he evacuated the area. Adored by the media for three days, he was then unjustly suspected of being the perpetrator of the attack. "The day he committed a heroic act, he paid a high price for it and was thrown to the lions," said Clint Eastwood in the press kit.
Cinema as redemption
"This film is a redemption for this man whose life has been turned upside down, even wiped out by these tragic circumstances", insists Paul Walter Hauser, actor still little known who reveals a great talent in the title role. The unfortunate 30-year-old is both persecuted by the FBI and hunted down by the media when no one has any evidence against him.
The spectator suffers with Richard Jewell whom he knows to be completely innocent. Only his lawyer (played by Sam Rockwell, Oscar winner for 3 Billboards ) and his mother (played by Kathy Bates, Oscar winner for Misery ) support the scapegoat. Clint Eastwood mercilessly scratches the media and in particular a journalist whose methods he reveals very questionable. The FBI also takes it for its personnel number: the authentic interrogations of the time served as a basis for the scriptwriter Billy Ray who also relied on an article from Vanity Fair to revive the ordeal of Richard Jewell.
The real Richard Jewell died in 2007 from a heart attack due to his diabetes. This man who dreamed of entering the police and who the authorities dragged in the mud touches the public as the injustice of which he was the victim is glaring. Clint Eastwood pays him a posthumous tribute whose sincerity comes to the fore in every camera movement. These two were made to meet on the big screen.
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