Good Night, and Good Luck.
Director: George Clooney
Genre: Political drama, Biography, Period piece, Historical drama, History, Docudrama, Drama, Japanese Movies
Year: 2005
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, France
Language: English Language
Starring: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, Tate Donovan, Ray Wise, Matt Ross, Reed Diamond, Alex Borstein, Rose Abdoo, Robert John Burke, Grant Heslov, Peter Jacobson, Thomas McCarthy, Dianne Reeves, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Don Creech, Robert Knepper, Glenn Morshower
Good Night, and Good Luck. is a 2005 American drama film directed by George Clooney. The film was written by Clooney and Grant Heslov and portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, especially relating to the anti-Communist Senator's actions with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
The movie, although released in black and white, was filmed on color film stock but on a grayscale set, and was color corrected to black and white during post-production. It focuses on the theme of media responsibility, and also addresses what occurs when the media offer a voice of dissent against the government. The movie takes its title (which ends with a full stop) from the line with which Murrow routinely signed off his broadcasts.
The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Actor for David Strathairn, Best Director for Clooney and Best Picture.
Good Night, and Good Luck is set in 1953, during the early days of television broadcast journalism. Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and his dedicated staff—headed by his co-producer Fred Friendly (George Clooney) and reporter Joseph
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