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Good Night, and Good Luck. is an Academy Award-nominated 2005 film directed by George Clooney and written by Clooney and Grant Heslov, that 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 later color corrected to black and white during post-production. It focuses on the theme of media responsibility, and also addresses what occurs when media is a voice of dissent against the government.

The title is taken from the line with which Murrow routinely closed his broadcasts.

The Region 1 DVD of the film was released March 14, 2006.

Characters

The main characters include:

Edward R. Murrow - (David Strathairn
) a television journalist and host of the CBS television program See It Now.
Fred Friendly - (George Clooney
) co-producer with Murrow of See It Now.
Don Hollenbeck - (Ray Wise
) a journalist and contemporary of Murrow's at CBS who was accused in the press of being a "pinko."
William Paley - (Frank Langella
) the chief executive of CBS.

Synopsis

Good Night, and Good Luck. takes place during the early days of broadcast journalism in the 1950s. Edward R. Murrow, and his dedicated staff —headed by his co-producer Fred Friendly and reporter Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom— defy corporate and sponsorship pressures, and discredit the tactics used by McCarthy during his crusade to root out communist elements within the government. Murrow first defends Milo Radulovich, who was discharged from the U.S. Air Force because his father subscribed to a Serbian newspaper. 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. Historical footage also shows the questioning of Annie Lee Moss, a Pentagon communication worker accused of being a communist based on her name appearing on a list seen by an FBI infiltrator of the American Communist Party. The film's subplots feature recently married staffers having to hide their marriage to save their jobs at CBS; and the suicide of Don Hollenbeck, who was accused of being a pinko. The film is bookended by a speech to the Radio and Television News Directors Association, in which Murrow harshly admonishes them not to squander the potential of television to inform and educate the public.

Awards and nominations

2006 Academy Awards nominations:
*Best Motion Picture of the Year
*Best Achievement in Directing, George Clooney
*Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, David Strathairn
*Best Original Screenplay
*Best Achievement in Art Direction
*Best Achievement in Cinematography

2006 Golden Globe Award nominations:
*Best Motion Picture (Drama category)
*Best Director (Motion Picture category), George Clooney
*Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama category), David Strathairn
*Best Screenplay (Motion Picture category), George Clooney and Grant Heslov

2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations:
*Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Motion Picture category), David Strathairn
*Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

The American Film Institute (AFI) has named the film as one of its Official Selections for 2005.

Critics

Although the film has been received with generally glowing reviews (it was named Best reviewed film of 2005 with a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes) a number of commentators have questioned the accuracy and overall tone of the film. They contend that by the time Murrow had begun to focus on Joe McCarthy (in March of 1954), McCarthy had lost a large amount of support from his colleagues and the Administration, mainly stemming from his investigations into the U.S. Army.

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