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.
Acting
Paul Walter Hauser's heartbreaking physicality—soft, desperate, unforgettable.
Acting
Kathy Bates' Oscar-nominated mother speech will wreck you.
Direction
Eastwood's efficient, angry storytelling—no fat, all fury.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Paul Walter Hauser
Richard Jewell
Jon Hamm
Tom Shaw
Kathy Bates
Bobi Jewell
Sam Rockwell
Watson Bryant
Olivia Wilde
Kathy Scruggs
Nina Arianda
Nadya
Ian Gomez
Agent Dan Bennet
Wayne Duvall
Richard Rackleff
Dylan Kussman
Bruce Hughes
Mike Pniewski
Brandon Hamm
Brandon Stanley
Student
Charles Green
Dr. W. Ray Cleere
David Lengel
Cameraman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Watson Bryant was so broke he couldn't afford to be Jewell's lawyer pro bono—he literally emptied his savings for this case.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution threatened to sue over Kathy Scruggs' portrayal; the film implies she traded sex for FBI leaks, which coworkers and evidence dispute.
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