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Release Date: 2005

Cast: Ray Wise, Grant Heslov, Matt Ross, Robert Knepper, Reed Diamond, Rose Abdoo, Peter Jacobson, Dianne Reeves, Patricia Clarkson, Thomas McCarthy, David Strathairn, Frank Langella ...MORE

Cast: Ray Wise, Grant Heslov, Matt Ross, Robert Knepper, Reed Diamond, Rose Abdoo, Peter Jacobson, Dianne Reeves, Patricia Clarkson, Thomas McCarthy, David Strathairn, Frank Langella, Robert Downey Jr., Don Creech, Robert John Burke, Helen Slayton-Hughes, George Clooney, Alex Borstein, Tate Donovan, Glenn Morshower, Jeff Daniels ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Political Drama, Period Piece, Historical Drama, History, Drama Film, Docudrama, Biography

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... MORE

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. 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 Wershba (Robert Downey, Jr.) in the CBS newsroom—defy corporate and sponsorship LESS