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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.'
9 December 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 March 1973, Cambrai, France
29 December 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
14 November 1908, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
14 October 1890, Denison, Texas, USA
15 February 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 November 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 June 1966, New Providence, New Jersey, USA
20 August 1947, Akron, Ohio, USA
1 January 1938, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
1 March 1966, New York City, New York, USA
May 16, 1919 in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA
19 February 1955, Athens, Georgia, USA
24 March 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 October 1890, Primghar, Iowa, USA
6 May 1961, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
23 October 1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA
20 November 1925, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
24 April 1959, Dallas, Texas, USA
September 01, 2009
Lean study of the quandaries of asking questions in the media, and of crafting a political film in Hollywood
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.'
October 29, 2005
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.
October 14, 2006
A solid achievement.
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.
February 27, 2008
Dignified, intelligent filmmaking for liberal grown-ups.
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.
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.
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.
