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Release Date: 2005 Cast: Frank Langella, Rose Abdoo, Matt Ross, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Glenn Morshower, Reed Diamond, Tate Donovan, Ray Wise, Dianne Reeves, Alex Borstein, Robert Knepper ...MORE
Cast: Frank Langella, Rose Abdoo, Matt Ross, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Glenn Morshower, Reed Diamond, Tate Donovan, Ray Wise, Dianne Reeves, Alex Borstein, Robert Knepper, Robert Downey Jr., David Strathairn, Peter Jacobson, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Robert John Burke, Thomas McCarthy, Don Creech, Grant Heslov, Jeff Daniels ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Biography, Japanese Movies, History, Docudrama, Period piece, Political drama, Historical drama 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
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