Jolt.film acquires North American rights to SXSW true-crime documentary about 1980 Harvey’s Resort Hotel bombing

has acquired all North American rights to the true-crime documentary I Got Bombed at Harvey’s, according to a report published Friday by Deadline. The film revisits the 1980 bombing of the Harvey’s Resort Hotel in Lake Tahoe, a case that involved a booby-trapped device and escalated into a broader extortion investigation that drew an extensive FBI response.

Deadline said the acquisition came after the documentary’s showing at SXSW, where the project was presented as part of the festival’s programming. The report does not specify the film’s release date, but it frames the rights purchase as a step toward distribution throughout the United States and Canada under the new deal.

Directed by Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel, I Got Bombed at Harvey’s centers on the decades-old attack, and it revisits how investigators tracked the perpetrators through the course of the extortion case that followed the bombing. Deadline characterizes the investigation as including an “intricately engineered” time device and a subsequent “major FBI manhunt,” placing federal law enforcement at the center of the documentary’s narrative focus.

The report also describes the documentary as an account of the incident’s events and aftermath, with the filmmakers revisiting what led to the bombing and how investigators pursued leads tied to the related extortion scheme. Deadline’s description indicates the film returns to details of the case that became prominent at the time, and it positions the documentary as an attempt to reexamine the record in a single feature-length form.

In addition to the rights acquisition, Deadline’s coverage credits the Storkel team as the directors and identifies the project’s title as I Got Bombed at Harvey’s. The report does not name additional cast, interviewees, or production partners, nor does it provide details about streaming versus theatrical plans under the distribution agreement.

The Lake Tahoe bombing is often discussed in the context of public safety and law enforcement procedure, and this documentary’s distribution will give a new audience a packaged account of how an isolated attack triggered a wider criminal investigation. If the film proceeds on a standard distribution timeline, the next publicly visible step will likely be the announcement of dates and formats for North American audiences, including where viewers can access the documentary after rights transfer.

Because the current reporting is limited to the rights announcement and basic synopsis, viewers will have to rely on subsequent release materials for further information about the documentary’s sources, interview subjects, and how the film addresses contested aspects of the case, including any differing interpretations of evidence presented during the original investigation. Until additional documentation is released, the scope of the acquisition and its planned rollout remain the most concrete details available.