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Good Night, and Good Luck. Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

We will not walk in fear of one another.

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Good Night, and Good Luck.

Release Date: Friday, October 7, 2005

Director: George Clooney

Starring: David Strathairn George Clooney Robert Downey Jr. Ray Wise Frank Langella

PG Drama N/A

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"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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The film's director George Clooney last directed The Boys in the Boat and The Tender Bar. The film's writer George Clooney last wrote The Monument's Men and The Ides of March.

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  • Director/star George Clooney had said they opted to use archive footage of Joseph McCarthy instead of using an actor to portray the senator. Clooney had said that when the movie had undergone test screenings, audience members felt that the McCarthy character was overacting a bit, not realizing that it was the actual McCarthy through archive footage.

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PG Parental Guidance Suggested for mild thematic elements and brief language
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Tagline
We will not walk in fear of one another.
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Language
English

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Good Night, and Good Luck. was released in on Friday, October 7, 2005. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including Waiting..., In Her Shoes and Two for the Money.

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