GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK takes place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950's America. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist 'witch-hunts'. A very public feud develops when the Senator responds by accusing the anchor of being a communist. In this climate of fear and reprisal, the CBS crew carries on and their tenacity will prove historic and monumental.
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February 17, 2006: Review: Good Night and Good Luck:
"... I
certainly can’t recommend this to everyone – especially those
who don’t care for 'talking heads' movies – but if you enjoy
that sort of thing, this one makes its points, short and sweet,...
February 13, 2006: Clarkson wants Martha:
Ever the versatile actress, moving seemlessly from strong indie drama to great indie comedy to all genre of studio affairs and hot off her recent success in George
Clooney's GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, Patricia Clarkson has signed on to co-star alongside...
January 31, 2006: Strathairn's Fracture:
David Strathairn, who's probably still downing flaming cucarachas in celebration of his very deserving
Oscar nomination , has signed on to the thriller FRACTURE for director Gregory Hoblit (FREQUENCY, HART'S WAR) from a script by Daniel Pyne (THE SUM OF...
November 14, 2005: Clooney likes Suburbs:
In his latest column on "Hollywood Elsewhere", Jeff Wells posted the following very interesting piece
of info about George Clooney's upcoming directorial effort:
George Clooney, New York Times editor-writer Lynn Hirschberg during a discussion...
August 31, 2005: Clooney in B & W:
I have to say, I didn't realize the cast for George Clooney's upcoming directorial effort GOOD NIGHT,
AND GOOD LUCK was so impressive. Including the Cloonimator himself, there's Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Daniels, Frank Langella, Tate...
August 22, 2005: Clooney's Italian poster:
The Italian poster of
George Clooney's second film behind the camera entitled GOOD
NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK , is a perfect example of how much more
effective European posters are compared to their American...
August 15, 2005: Goodnight poster:
The folks over at "Ion Cinema" have got your first look at the teaser poster for George Clooney's upcoming sophomore directorial effort GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, which
tells the story of anchor Edward R. Murrow's fight to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy....
May 6, 2005: Clooney says Goodnight:
LB from over at "Clooney Studio" sent us a cool pic from George Clooney's upcoming second directorial effort GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK. The movie is a biopic of sorts of CBS news anchor Edward R. Murrow. If you can't recognize Clooney, it's because he's the one...
March 8, 2005: Downey says Goodnight:
Robert Downey Jr. is awesome. He doesn't let a silly little thing like jail time and a drug addiction get in the way of making at least two movies a year. And
it's a testament to his talent that despite all that, he still gets regular work in relatively...
