""Good Night, and Good Luck" couldn't be more unlikely, more unfashionable or more compelling. Everything about it stands in stark opposition to the trends of the moment. Yet by sticking to events that are half a century old, it tells a story whose implications for today are inescapable. "Good Night" is a marvel of classic restraint in a hopped-up film culture. Shot in elegant black and white and featuring impeccable acting, it exists because of the lonely passion of director and co-star George Clooney... the son of a TV anchorman. That made him determined to examine in some detail the stand CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow took in 1954 against Senator Joseph McCarthy. Clooney had the nerve to believe that a drama of ideas could be as entertaining as "Desperate Housewives." He insisted that a fight for America's soul, a clash of values over intellectual issues like freedom of the press, had an intensity that would carry everything before it, and it does."
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Good Night and Good Luck': Murrow vs. McCarthy, NPR Morning Edition, Kenneth Turan, (7 October 7, 2005)
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Good Night, and Good Luck
Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 historical drama film based on the old CBS news program See It Now set in 1954. It was a major influence on TV journalism which spawned many successors. The show was hosted by Edward R. Murrow, viewed by many journalists as one of journalism's greatest figures, for his honesty and integrity. The program is best remembered as the show that criticized McCarthyism and the Red Scare, contributing, if not leading, to the political downfall of Senator Joseph McCarth
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