Top 10 Things Richard Jewell Got Factually Right and Wrong — Transcript

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1. 0:00you can't always believe what you read
2. 0:03in the papers the movies are always
3. 0:05accurate right welcome to watchmojo.com
4. 0:12for this list we're taking a look at
5. 0:14details about the life of Richard Jewell
6. 0:16that Clint Eastwood's biographical film
7. 0:18got right and wrong in case you haven't
8. 0:20seen the movie yet consider this your
9. 0:22spoiler alert number 10 Jewell
10. 0:24discovered the backpack bomb right
11. 0:26director Clint Eastwood does a very
12. 0:28effective job at recreating Atlanta
13. 0:30Centennial Olympic Park bombing that
14. 0:32took place at the 1996 Summer Olympics
15. 0:34as the film shows us it was jewel who
16. 0:37discovered the green military field pack
17. 0:39under a bench near a sound tower jewel
18. 0:44alerted the authorities of the
19. 0:45suspicious package which had been filled
20. 0:47with three pipe bombs surrounded by
21. 0:49masonry nails along with the other
22. 0:51security guards Jewell helped to
23. 0:52partially clear the area before the bomb
24. 0:54went off in addition to leaving 111
25. 1:00people injured the explosion was
26. 1:02directly responsible for one death and
27. 1:04later caused a fatal heart attack the
28. 1:06body count may have been higher if it
29. 1:08weren't for Jule who was praised as a
30. 1:10hero in the press until the story
31. 1:12shifted Richard your national hero now
32. 1:15thank you sir number nine Jules
33. 1:18early friendship with his lawyer right
34. 1:20according to the film
35. 1:21Jule and his future lawyer Watson Bryant
36. 1:24worked in the same building ten years
37. 1:25prior to the 1996 bombing the two really
38. 1:28did form a friendship at a federal
39. 1:30disaster relief agency where jewel was a
40. 1:32mailroom clerk and Bryant practiced law
41. 1:34according to the 1997 Vanity Fair
42. 1:36article American Nightmare The Ballad of
43. 1:38Richard Jewell quote Bryant had always
44. 1:41had a soft spot for oddballs and strays
45. 1:43you're a suspect you don't talk
46. 1:46don't say autumn tone this is true to
47. 1:48how their friendship is depicted in the
48. 1:50film as Bryant takes an unlikely shine
49. 1:52to the awkward jewel even the running
50. 1:54joke about jewel giving Bryant Snickers
51. 1:56bars is accurate quote you could say I'm
52. 1:58hungry and suddenly this kid would be by
53. 2:00your side with a Snickers bar Brian
54. 2:01stated name is Richard Jewell he's a
55. 2:03hero
56. 2:04number eight Bryant was Jules only
57. 2:06lawyer wrong in need of legal counsel
58. 2:09following the bombing jewel did indeed
59. 2:11turn to Bryant who at the time had a
60. 2:13staff solely comprised of himself and
61. 2:15his assistant Nadia light although
62. 2:17Bryant was largely responsible for
63. 2:19getting jewel exonerated the film leaves
64. 2:21out the other lawyers who came to Jules
65. 2:22aid yes their friend Mac to handle Jules
66. 2:27civil suits Bryant enlisted the help
67. 2:28from attorneys Elle Lynwood and Wayne
68. 2:30grant while not present in the film
69. 2:32wouldn't grant
70. 2:33took on jewel as a libel and defamation
71. 2:35client helping to file lawsuits against
72. 2:37NBC CNN and Piedmont College since the
73. 2:41film is more about jewels innocence it
74. 2:43makes sense that the focus is kept on
75. 2:44Bryant even if he wasn't the only lawyer
76. 2:46who brought jewel justice was important
77. 2:48for people to know the truth
78. 2:50number seven jewels former boss
79. 2:51suspected him of being involved right
80. 2:53early in the film jewel is fired from
81. 2:56his security job at Piedmont College by
82. 2:58its president W ray clear seeing jewel
83. 3:00on the news clear tells the authorities
84. 3:02that he suspects him of being the bomber
85. 3:04based on his past behavior the president
86. 3:06of a college were jewel had worked
87. 3:07security called the FBI to say he had
88. 3:10concerns about jewel jewel did ruffle a
89. 3:12lot of feathers during his time at
90. 3:14Piedmont writing people up for minor
91. 3:15offenses and giving out tickets on a
92. 3:17highway off campus this all led clear to
93. 3:20believe that jewel was involved in the
94. 3:21attack thus making him the FBI's prime
95. 3:23suspect you always look at the guy who
96. 3:25found the bomb just like he was looking
97. 3:27at a found the body
98. 3:28it's also true that jewel got arrested
99. 3:30for impersonating a cop while working as
100. 3:32a security guard added a cab County
101. 3:34apartment ironically it was jewels
102. 3:36passion for law enforcement that often
103. 3:38landed him in hot water I was raised to
104. 3:40respect authority Authority looking at
105. 3:44number six Jules mother publicly pleaded
106. 3:46with President Clinton right as seen in
107. 3:48the film the false accusations against
108. 3:50her son took a hefty toll on Barbara
109. 3:52Bobby Jewell I've carried this in my
110. 3:55heart all these years and they really
111. 3:59need to know on august 1st 1996 the
112. 4:03Jules endured one of their hardest days
113. 4:05as the FBI searched Bobby's apartment
114. 4:07the feds not only went through Bobby's
115. 4:09undergarments but also took away her
116. 4:11Tupperware and 22 Disney video tapes
117. 4:14later that month a press conference was
118. 4:16held where Bobby spoke out about the
119. 4:17humiliation and injustice her family had
120. 4:19faced I am so very drained I do not
121. 4:24think any of you can even begin to
122. 4:26imagine what our lives are like Bobby
123. 4:28notably referenced then President Bill
124. 4:30Clinton in her emotional statement
125. 4:32telling him quote you have the power to
126. 4:34end this nightmare
127. 4:35Bobby further pleaded quote if the FBI
128. 4:38does not intend to charge my son please
129. 4:40tell us please tell the world mr.
130. 4:42president please clear my son's name mr.
131. 4:45president number five Tom Shaw was the
132. 4:52main FBI agent who held jewel wrong John
133. 4:55ham stars as Tom Shaw an FBI agent
134. 4:58leading the investigation against jewel
135. 5:00believing him to be quote guilty as hell
136. 5:03according to Deadline however quote hams
137. 5:06character was reportedly an amalgamation
138. 5:08of characters in Billy Ray script she
139. 5:10conspired to plant a bomb in Centennial
140. 5:12Park it's possible that Shaw is
141. 5:14primarily supposed to represent FBI
142. 5:15agent Don Johnson who grew increasingly
143. 5:17suspicious of jewel is he dug deeper
144. 5:19into his background Johnson received a
145. 5:21five-day suspension for his part in the
146. 5:23investigation against jewel the FBI also
147. 5:25reprimanded David Woody Johnson the
148. 5:27Atlanta Special Agent in Charge and
149. 5:29David Tubbs the Kansas City special
150. 5:31agent in charge
151. 5:33obviously the film could not explore
152. 5:34every agent who mishandled jewels case
153. 5:36so it makes sense to have a compilation
154. 5:38character like Shaw serve as the
155. 5:40antagonist the unfortunate side of it
156. 5:42was that the guy's life was completely
157. 5:43ruined
158. 5:44number four Joel was accused of having a
159. 5:46partner in crime right in the film
160. 5:48shortly before the bomb goes off an
161. 5:50unseen figure calls 911
162. 5:52them about the impending attack it
163. 5:54eventually becomes clear to all the
164. 5:56characters that jewel couldn't have made
165. 5:57it from the park to the payphone in this
166. 5:59limited timeframe
167. 6:00the FBI's explanation is that jewel has
168. 6:02an accomplice
169. 6:03I'm sorry work what's more they claim
170. 6:06that the person who helped jewel is his
171. 6:08gay partner even though he's straight
172. 6:09believe it or not the FBI did reportedly
173. 6:12theorize that jewel put the bomb in the
174. 6:14park while his male lover placed the 911
175. 6:16call
176. 6:16of course there ended up being no
177. 6:18evidence backing these accusations
178. 6:20although the call itself from the actual
179. 6:22bomber did happen just say into his
180. 6:24phone there's a bomb in Centennial Park
181. 6:26you have 30 minutes number three the
182. 6:32training video right in one of the
183. 6:34film's most shocking sequences agents
184. 6:36Tom Shaw and Dan Bennett lured jewel out
185. 6:38of his mother's apartment to Atlanta's
186. 6:40FBI office telling him that they want to
187. 6:42shoot a training video for first
188. 6:43responders so when two agents went to
189. 6:45talk to jewel and he expressed concerns
190. 6:47about being interviewed on videotape
191. 6:49they told him it would be used in a
192. 6:51training film for first responders it
193. 6:53slowly becomes clear to jewel that the
194. 6:54agents aren't merely filming a training
195. 6:56video especially after they decide to
196. 6:58read him his Miranda rights for
197. 7:00authenticity jewel proceeds to call
198. 7:02Bryant who tells his old friend what's
199. 7:04really up and as they start the cameras
200. 7:07on Richard Jewell and his eyes widen a
201. 7:09little business like there's a cartoon
202. 7:11character light bulb going off on top
203. 7:13the one difference here is that it was
204. 7:14actually agents Don Johnson and dia del
205. 7:17Rosario who showed up on the jewels
206. 7:18doorstep asking Richard to help them
207. 7:20make a training video other than that
208. 7:22the film's portrayal of this event
209. 7:23trying to trick jewel into talking
210. 7:25basically checks out number two how the
211. 7:28newspaper journalist got her scoop wrong
212. 7:30the film has attracted controversy due
213. 7:33to its depiction of real-life Atlanta
214. 7:35journal-constitution police reporter
215. 7:36Cathy Scruggs who worked on a piece with
216. 7:38fellow journalist Ron Mart's naming
217. 7:40jewel as a suspect
218. 7:41jewels it's the profile of the lone
219. 7:43bomber a frustrated white man who is a
220. 7:45police wannabe who seeks to become a
221. 7:48hero played by Olivia Wilde Scruggs gets
222. 7:51her information from the FBI Shaw after
223. 7:53coming on to him in a bar while we don't
224. 7:55see them do the deed it is strongly
225. 7:57implied that Shaw gave up Intel in
226. 7:59exchange for sexual favors in reality
227. 8:01Scruggs his source remains unknown and
228. 8:04it's been argued that she never traded
229. 8:06sex for tips the FBI is looking at
230. 8:08Richard Jewell since Scruggs passed away
231. 8:12in 2001 at age 42 she'll never be able
232. 8:15to share her thoughts on the scene in
233. 8:16question according to a JC
234. 8:18editor-in-chief Kevin G Reilly though
235. 8:20quote there is no evidence that this
236. 8:22ever happened I report the facts you've
237. 8:24ruined this man's life
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246. 8:44actually arrested and charged right
247. 8:46considering the jewel was the prime
248. 8:48suspect in a terrorist investigation for
249. 8:50nearly three months you might assume
250. 8:52that the authorities would have placed
251. 8:53him under arrest
252. 8:54especially given how he was being
253. 8:55publicly accused in the press his
254. 8:57accusers you two of the most powerful
255. 8:59forces in the world the United States
256. 9:01government and the media jewel was
257. 9:03brought in for questioning and as
258. 9:05mentioned before was even read his
259. 9:07Miranda rights as we see in the film
260. 9:09however joel was never officially
261. 9:11arrested for the crimes the FBI
262. 9:12suspected him of people to this day
263. 9:14think that he was arrested he was never
264. 9:17arrested he had nothing to do with it
265. 9:19eventually after 88 days the US
266. 9:22Department of Justice delivered a
267. 9:23handwritten letter to jewel saying he
268. 9:25was no longer being investigated in 2003
269. 9:28law enforcement finally captured the
270. 9:30real terrorist Eric Robert Rudolph who
271. 9:33eventually pled guilty to the Olympic
272. 9:35bombing as well as three others I can't
273. 9:37help but think that if we fast forwarded
274. 9:39to today that we would have had Eric
275. 9:42Rudolph's face on there and we've solved
276. 9:43that crime quite quickly do you agree
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