That's Clint Eastwood's new film, Richard Jewell.
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All right, your 38th film that you've directed,
Richard Jewell.
And this is a story that I think some people may not
remember at all, and some people remember it, but don't really
know the full story.
So tell everyone what this is.
Well, he was a security guard.
And he's supposed to watch security at the 1996
Olympics in Atlanta.
And he did a heroic deed.
He discovered a bomb there, and a bomb eventually went off.
But it-- and it didn't do the damage
it was supposed to because of things he did.
Well, then somebody got the idea.
They were trying to find a--
they had to find a fall guy really fast because otherwise,
they were going to cancel the Olympics.
And it was going to be millions of dollars
down the tubes and everything.
So he-- somebody got the idea, and they pinned it on him.
And you know, bad--
the press and the FBI were somewhat complacent in some
of the things they did.
And so it was the ultimate American tragedy.
Yeah.
In my mind, anyway.
Yeah, it's-- and you've been trying to make this,
you said during the break, for five years.
And--
Yeah, I was chasing it down because I
liked the story because I just thought
it was such a tragic situation.
And I just thought it had to be told.
And nobody else was telling it.
And the script had been around for a while.
And it was a good story.
So--
Yeah.
So Kathy Bates plays his mother.
And you got to be friends with, actually, Richard's mother.
Right.
Yeah.
And she must be thrilled that you
finally-- because his name really never was cleared.
It just-- because everyone wants--
everyone gets it stuck in their head
that that's the guy, that's the guy.
Yeah, you mean in the minds of people.
Yes, yes, yes.
He was cleared because they finally
did find the real culprit.
But when he finally--
you know, but it did take a while,
like, six years afterwards or something.
Yeah.
Well, it's a good thing you're telling the story.
And I'm sure-- like I said, I'm sure his mother
is very grateful for that.
She's great.
Congratulations.
It's a great film.
And again, your 38th film that you're directing.
You're a good neighbor.
You never complain.
You never-- you-- and so we wanted
to do something nice for you.
It's the holidays.
And we wanted to decorate your bungalow for you
because maybe you're too busy.
So this is what we've done to your bungalow.
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You're welcome.
You know, this is very nice.
It's a lot better than some of the same--
you come up.
One time, she called up and said,
somebody made a pinata of her, our hero here.
And then, they said, now, you're supposed to go out there.
And I said, oh, good.
I'm going to go out there and just look at the pinata
and maybe get a free candy or something.
But no, you're gonna take a baseball bat,
and you beat the hell out of it.
And so there's all kinds of things.
Being her neighbor requires a lot of versatility.
Yeah, yeah.
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You're welcome.
Richard Jewell opens in theaters this Friday.
We'll be right back.
Clint Eastwood.
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