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Good Night and Good Luck
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When Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his foolhardy campaign to root out Communists in America, CBS News impresario Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down him by exposing the atrocities being committed by McCarthy's Senate 'investigation.'
When Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his foolhardy campaign to root out Communists in America, CBS News impresario Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down him by exposing the atrocities being committed by McCarthy's Senate 'investigation.'
Actors:
Tom McCarthy,
Grant Heslov,
Glenn Morshower,
Joseph Dowd,
Helen Slayton-Hughes,
George Clooney,
Dave Thompson
Tom McCarthy
7 June 1966, New Providence, New Jersey, USA
Grant Heslov
15 May 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
Glenn Morshower
24 April 1959, Dallas, Texas, USA
Joseph Dowd
Helen Slayton-Hughes
George Clooney
6 May 1961, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Dave Thompson
Country:
Japan, United States, United Kingdom, France
Keywords:
#David Strathairn #George Clooney #George Clooney #Good Night and Good Luck #Patricia Clarkson
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April 29, 2009
A film that will live on for years, because it bears a message about dissension, and the power of the press. A power that's faded.
New York Magazine/Vulture
December 09, 2005
... it telescopes -- with no loss of accuracy -- Murrow's last few fifties hurrahs as the hardest diamond in Bill Paley's 'Tiffany network.'
San Jose Mercury News
October 29, 2005
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.
September 01, 2009
Lean study of the quandaries of asking questions in the media, and of crafting a political film in Hollywood
October 14, 2006
A solid achievement.
February 27, 2008
Provocative, principled and richly detailed, this is compelling stuff. Emotionally itâ(TM)s a little dry, but as brain-food, itâ(TM)s absolutely invigorating. George done good.
January 31, 2014
By its end, "Good Night, and Good Luck" evolves into a prophetic vision of how television and film can be used to illuminate or insulate, educate or entertain.
February 27, 2008
Dignified, intelligent filmmaking for liberal grown-ups.
June 24, 2006
It's a modest but powerful affair, and a fantastic mood piece.
September 24, 2010
Untethered to any post-TV era is a conclusion that America gets too comfortable with the mental inactivity it enables. Edward R. Murrow's titular signoff begins as a trademark and ends as a challenge to a medium - one too often unmet today.