Security guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.
Based on the true story of Richard Jewell, a security guard who discovered a bomb and saved many lives at a concert at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He was seen as a hero by many and a suspect by the FBI and press.
WSB Channel 2 news footage is with the real Richard Jewell that originally aired. See more »
Goofs
Outside Jewell's apartment early on, there is a post-1998 Mercury Grand Marquis parked in one of the spaces. See more »
Quotes
Watson Bryant:
Richard, if you go for a cookie right now, I'm gonna chop off your hands and shove em up your ass! Try eating a cookie then, fucker!
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Any "normal person" who has ever been involved as the subject of a targeted media story can tell you reporters can be monsters. Never an apology, rarely a correction, they just move on the the next story leaving a wake of destruction.
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Any "normal person" who has ever been involved as the subject of a targeted media story can tell you reporters can be monsters. Never an apology, rarely a correction, they just move on the the next story leaving a wake of destruction.