There are some comparisons that could be made with the JFK assassination and a story of what happened to wrongly accused Richard Jewell that is depicted in Clint Eastwood’s new movie opening this weekend in theaters. (I wonder if it is playing at the Texas Theatre in Dallas, TX.)
The contention that LHO was innocent; and the 56-years of investigative efforts that have followed can be compared to what actually happened in Jewell’s story. I haven’t seen the movie yet. But plan to see it soon. In the meantime, here are a couple of audience reviews..,
What an eye opener! One feels the pain and the desperation lived by Richard Jewell and his mother, when Jewell was wrongly accused by the FBI of being the 1996 Olympics bomber. The eye opener: The fake media and some of the U.S. government/FBI/CIA operatives have been distorting news and influencing audiences not just recently with President Trump's stories, but have been patting each other's backs for a long while. This movie touched my heart. I had tears in my eyes as I exited the theater. The actors playing Richard Jewell, Bobby Jewell and Watson Bryant show us a spectacular portrayal of the real protagonists in this story. DO STAY for the musical piece played during the credits at the end of the movie.
A heart-warming yet heart-wrenching film that, from what I can recall of the actual events and reactions, conveys a pretty accurate understanding of the who, what and why back then. Because of what has been written by some "professional reviewers", I would suggest not getting hung up on some creative license taken depicting supporting roles in this movie or broader social issues irrelevant to this story. The central issue is the under-handed actions as a result of careless presumption by both the FBI and a lazy, biased mainstream media wanting to believe an obvious, prejudiced narrative (seems timely considering present events). Mr Eastwood did justice to the telling of this travesty.