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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569736788
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 14, 2006
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 4526
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 14, 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
'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.Running Time: 93 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569736788 Manufacturer No: 73678
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Without force-feeding its timely message, Good Night, and Good Luck illuminates history to enlighten our present, when the need for a free and independent press is more important than ever. In 90 breathtaking minutes of efficient and intricate storytelling, writer-director George Clooney and cowriter Grant Heslov pay honorable tribute to the journalistic integrity of legendary CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow, 
Director George Clooney | who confronted the virulent and overzealous anti-Communist witch-hunting of Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1953-54, and emerged as a triumphant truth-seeker against the abuses of corporate and governmental power. 
David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow | As played by David Strathairn, Murrow is a dogged realist, keenly aware of the smear tactics that will be employed against him; Clooney provides crucial backup as Murrow's 'See It Now' producer and closest confidante Fred Friendly, forming a fierce but not entirely fearless triumvirate of broadcasting bravery with CBS chief William Paley (Frank Langella), who anxiously champions Murrow's cause under constant threat of reprisals. While using crisp black-and-white cinematography (by Robert Elswit) to vividly recreate the electrifying atmosphere of the CBS newsroom and the early years of television, Clooney (son of long-time Cincinnati newsman Nick Clooney) proves his directorial skill by juggling big themes and an esteemed ensemble cast, never stooping to simplification of ethically complex material. Good Night, and Good Luck is an instant classic, destined for all the accolades it so richly deserves. --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - More Hollywood Rewriting of History
Although this movie was entertaining, it is a completely slanted version of history. America is in the dire condition it is in today because the media trashed, slandered and libeled the great Senator Joseph McCarthy and got away with it.
America is in the grip of global organized crime based on zionist philosophy and centered in Israel. If senator McCarthy had been able to rid the gov't of treasonous zionist criminals, the Kennedy's would never have been assassinated, and many atrocities like ... Read More
Rating:  - Good product
Purchased this DVD as a gift for my husband. We have watched it twice and it is good quality. Would purchase from this vendor again.
Rating: - A DISTILLATION OF PURE McCARTYISM and ITS ENEMIES
**WARNING** This review is full of plot spoilers!
GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK follows veteran CBS-TV journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1953, when he took the Air Force to task for denying a soldier a security clearance based on secret evidence and no counsel; to 1958 when he left CBS. Along the way Murrow and staff go after Joseph McCarthy and his accusations, but allow McCarthy time to respond on the air. McCarthy sent a letter which in no way denied anything CBS-TV or Murrow had reported, ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing
I suspect people's enthusiasm for this movie is due to the real footage of the McCarthy hearings, footage that we don't see often enough and reminds us how careful we should be not to go down that route again. (McCarthy enjoyed huge support at some point, after all.) For people like me who had already seen the footage in the PBS documentary on Ed Murrow ("The Edward R. Murrow Collection", DVD, 2005), the movie fell absolutely flat. There is no original story line, no character development. I guess its redeeming ... Read More
Rating: - 5-star acting and directing; problematic ideas
Every reviewer who has already gushed over David Strathairn's performance is absolutely right: this film is worth seeing just for his acting alone. Too much of the time actors (and viewers) seem to think that bellowing and gesturing madly constitutes an award-winning performance. Straithairn does none of these things, but I could not keep my eyes off him in this film (and while he's no eyesore, he's not exactly George Clooney in the looks department). A riveting performance, absolutely amazing.
Clooney's ... Read More
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