Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

We will not walk in fear of one another.

Original Title :	Good Night, and Good Luck.
Director :	George Clooney
Writer :	George Clooney Grant Heslov Fred W. Friendly
Genre :	Drama
	History
Country :	Japan
Language :	English
Producer :	Marc Butan , Ben Cosgrove , Mark Cuban , Jennifer Fox , Simon Franks , Samuel Hadida , Victor Hadida , Barbara A. Hall , Grant Heslov , Zygi Kamasa , Kiyotaka Ninomiya , Chris Salvaterra , Jeff Skoll , Steven Soderbergh , Todd Wagner
Photography :	Robert Elswit
Distributor :	Warner Independent Pictures
MPAA Rating :	Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.
IMDB ID :	0433383
Official site :	http://www.goodnightandgoodluck-lefilm.com/
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poster for "Good Night, and Good Luck" by George Clooney (2005)

Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) - George Clooney

Starring

David Strathairn		Edward R. Murrow
Robert Downey Jr.		Joe Wershba
Patricia Clarkson		Shirley Wershba
Ray Wise		Don Hollenbeck
Frank Langella		William Paley
Jeff Daniels		Sig Mickelson
George Clooney		Fred Friendly
Tate Donovan		Jesse Zousmer
Thomas McCarthy		Palmer Williams (as Tom McCarthy
Matt Ross		Eddie Scott
Reed Diamond		John Aaron
Robert John Burke		Charlie Mack
Grant Heslov		Don Hewitt
Alex Borstein		Natalie
Rose Abdoo		Millie Lerner
Glenn Morshower		Colonel Anderson
Don Creech		Colonel Jenkins
Helen Slayton-Hughes		Mary
Robert Knepper		Don Surine
JD Cullum		Stage Manager
Simon Helberg		CBS Page
Peter Jacobson		Jimmy
Dianne Reeves		Jazz Singer
David Christian		Attorney (uncredited
Joseph Dowd		Reporter (uncredited
Joyce Lasley		Make-up Girl (uncredited
Joseph McCarthy		Himself (archive footage
John L. McClellan		Himself (archive footage
Katharine Phillips Moser		Jesse's Wife (uncredited
Bruna Raynaud		Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited
Adam Richardson		Man Smoking Outside CBS Studio (uncredited
Joseph N. Welch		Himself (archive footage

Plot

In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred Friendly decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.

Comments

"You got it right.", 15 October 2005 Author: bparker225 from United States I don't know where to begin. If one judges a film by its ability to literally transport the viewer to another time and place, this film succeeds. If one judges a film by the cinematography, the composition of the scenes, whether the characterizations are well drawn, this film succeeds. If one judges a film's merits on integrity, truthfulness, honesty, this film succeeds. Good Night and Good Luck captures a moment in time.We look back on the fifties as a simpler time, our period of innocence. This film tells us straight and true that it was no simpler and no more innocent than our lives today.In fact, the sharpest contrast drawn between today and back then is the intelligence and the literacy, the erudition and the commitment to the tenets of good journalism of Edward R. Murrow and his crew.I cannot picture a Brian Williams or anyone else telling the owner of the network, as Murrow tells Bill Paley, "I can't make it to the game tonight. Thanks for inviting me, but I'm busy tearing down your network." A flawlessly executed film, the acting ensemble well cast, the point clearly and eloquently made, this film should be nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and anything else that's out there. Thank you George Clooney. Your father is correct. "You got it right." Thank you Steven Soderburgh. Thank you, Mr. Murrow.