Good Night and Good Luck
When Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his foolhardy campaign to root out Communists in America, CBS News impresario Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down him by exposing the atrocities being committed by McCarthy's Senate 'investigation.'
7 June 1966, New Providence, New Jersey, USA
May 16, 1919 in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA
February 20, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA
12 September 1960, Washington Heights, New York, USA
15 February 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 March 1973, Cambrai, France
20 July 1967, New York City, New York, USA
23 October 1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA
14 October 1890, Denison, Texas, USA
September 01, 2009
Lean study of the quandaries of asking questions in the media, and of crafting a political film in Hollywood
February 27, 2008
Provocative, principled and richly detailed, this is compelling stuff. Emotionally itâ(TM)s a little dry, but as brain-food, itâ(TM)s absolutely invigorating. George done good.
December 09, 2005
... it telescopes -- with no loss of accuracy -- Murrow's last few fifties hurrahs as the hardest diamond in Bill Paley's 'Tiffany network.'
January 31, 2014
By its end, "Good Night, and Good Luck" evolves into a prophetic vision of how television and film can be used to illuminate or insulate, educate or entertain.
June 24, 2006
It's a modest but powerful affair, and a fantastic mood piece.
September 24, 2010
Untethered to any post-TV era is a conclusion that America gets too comfortable with the mental inactivity it enables. Edward R. Murrow's titular signoff begins as a trademark and ends as a challenge to a medium - one too often unmet today.
October 29, 2005
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.
April 29, 2009
A film that will live on for years, because it bears a message about dissension, and the power of the press. A power that's faded.
October 14, 2006
A solid achievement.
February 27, 2008
Dignified, intelligent filmmaking for liberal grown-ups.
