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"Richard Jewell" flops at the box office its opening weekend following controversy
CBS News ^ | DECEMBER 16, 2019 | CAITLIN O'KANE

Posted on 12/30/2019 6:39:06 AM PST by ConservativeMind

The weekend box office numbers are in, and one particular film flopped after facing controversy ahead of its debut. Clint Eastwood's "Richard Jewell" raked in only $5 million its opening weekend, about half of what was expected, according to IMDB's Box Office Mojo. The film faced criticism over its depiction of a real-life female reporter, Kathy Scruggs, who is played by actress Olivia Wilde.

"Richard Jewell" follows the story of the titular character, a security guard who was initially hailed as a hero but then suspected of planting a bomb at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Jewell was later exonerated. The movie depicts Scruggs, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper reporter, offering sex for confidential information from an FBI source about the case.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chat; eastwood; flop; kickedinthejewell; movies; oldnews; richardjewell
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To: dfwgator

21. Re “Titanic”. I was thinking, who has the Vermouth and a stirrer for the glass.


141 posted on 12/30/2019 8:44:06 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures)
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To: ConservativeMind

CBS = Communist Broadcasting Shit or Crappy Bullshit System.


142 posted on 12/30/2019 8:45:54 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures)
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To: Leaning Right

I saw this movie today and it is OUTSTANDING. Women on both sides of me were bawling. What the media and FBI did to Jewell is the very same thing they are doing to Trump today. If you don’t see any other movie in your lifetime, go see this one.


143 posted on 12/31/2019 4:37:17 PM PST by tuffydoodle (God's character and moral nature are absolute, eternal, and unchanging.)
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To: Guenevere

https://observer.com/2019/12/richard-jewell-review-clint-eastwood-rex-reed/

Even Rex Reed loved it.


144 posted on 12/31/2019 4:40:29 PM PST by tuffydoodle (God's character and moral nature are absolute, eternal, and unchanging.)
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