Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ Auditions for the Oscars at AFI Fest Premiere
www.imdb.com- Author: Steve Pond
- November 21,2019
The 2019 AFI Fest may have lost its closing-night attraction on Wednesday when Amazon Studios pulled “The Banker” from its planned Thursday premiere, but one of the biggest attractions of this year’s lineup still took place on Wednesday, its penultimate night, with the world premiere of Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell.”
And as with all big, previously unseen films that premiere this time of year – particularly if they premiere at an industry-heavy showcase like the AFI Fest – the question that hung in the air immediately after the credits rolled at the packed Tcl Chinese Theatre was, “Is it an awards movie?”
The answer, I suppose, depends on whom you ask. As soon as the film ended, a handful of pundits and fans hit Twitter to declare that “Richard Jewell” had stormed into the Oscar race, particularly with supporting performances by Sam Rockwell and Kathy Bates and the title role by lesser-known actor Paul Walter Hauser.
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And as with all big, previously unseen films that premiere this time of year – particularly if they premiere at an industry-heavy showcase like the AFI Fest – the question that hung in the air immediately after the credits rolled at the packed Tcl Chinese Theatre was, “Is it an awards movie?”
The answer, I suppose, depends on whom you ask. As soon as the film ended, a handful of pundits and fans hit Twitter to declare that “Richard Jewell” had stormed into the Oscar race, particularly with supporting performances by Sam Rockwell and Kathy Bates and the title role by lesser-known actor Paul Walter Hauser.
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