GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

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• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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 news pioneer Edward R. Murrow (David Strahairn) and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee.; ; With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, the ground-breaking Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly (George Clooney) in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics prepetrated by McCarthy during his communist 'witch-hunts'.; ; The film is rendered in stunning black and white cinematography and includes Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson and Jeff Daniels in it's all-star cast.
• Cast: Jeff Daniels, David Strathairn, Alex Borstein, Rose Abdoo, Dianne Reeves, Peter Martin, Christoph Luty, Jeff Hamilton, Matt Catingub, Tate Donovan, Reed Diamond, Matt Ross, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., George Clooney, Thomas McCarthy, Glenn Morshower, Don Creech, Grant Heslov, Robert John Burke, Ray Wise, Robert Knepper, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Frank Langella, Simon Helberg, JD Cullum, Peter Jacobson, John Kepley, David Paul Christian, Joyce Lasley, Bill Blair, Felix J. Boyle, Roy M. Cohn, Ray Donn, Joseph Dowd, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert F. Kennedy, Liberace, Bruna Matsin, Joseph McCarthy, John L. McClellan, Katharine Phillips Moser, Milo Radulovich, Alexana Thomas, Dave Thompson, Rochelle Warner, Joseph N. Welch
• Director: George Clooney
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: Warner Independent Pictures, 2929 Entertainment, Participant Productions, TVA Films
• Media Format: Movie