UK Release date: February 17, 2006
Synopsis
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 news pioneer Edward R. Murrow (DAVID
STRATHAIRN) and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities
Committee.
With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, the ground-breaking
Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly (GEORGE
CLOONEY) and (ROBERT DOWNEY JR.) 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 regardless and
their tenaciousness eventually pays off when McCarthy is brought before the
Senate and made powerless as his lies and bullying tactics are finally
uncovered. Yet Murrow and his team have paid a high price and the show is
shifted to a lesser time slot. Their legacy, however, has remained intact and
even reverberates today as the standard for high quality broadcast journalism.
“GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.” was written by George Clooney
and Grant Heslov and directed by George Clooney. Produced by Grant Heslov, the
film’s executive producers are Steven Soderbergh, Ben Cosgrove, Jennifer Fox,
Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Marc Butan and Jeff Skoll.
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