Good Night, and Good Luck (Blu-ray) PG
They took on the Government with nothing but the truth.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 1, 2006
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr. & Frank Langella | |
Performer: | Ray Wise, Rose Abdoo, Tate Donovan, Tom McCarthy, Alex Borstein & Robert John Burke | |
Directed by | George Clooney | |
Edited by | Stephen Mirrione | |
Screenwriting by | George Clooney & Grant Heslov | |
Produced by | Grant Heslov | |
Director of Photography: | Robert Elswit | |
Executive Production by | Steven Soderbergh, Mark Cuban & Todd Wagner |
Entertainment Reviews:
[A] marvel of classic restraint in a hopped-up film culture. Shot in elegant black and white with impeccable ensemble acting and moody jazz riffs for a soundtrack, it wouldn't exist except for the lonely passion of director, co-writer and costar George Clooney.
Los Angeles Times
Righteous and superbly evocative of the era, the film also reacquaints us with a more sophisticated yesteryear, when media stars had principles, spoke in full paragraphs, and faced down the corrupt...
Movieline's Hollywood Life
David Strathairn's extraordinary performance dominates the film with its gravitas, pathos and even a streak of deadpan humour.
Sight and Sound
David Strathairn plays Murrow, a performance eerily on the money and tinged with irony....The extensive footage of McCarthy is artfully integrated.
USA Today
That it's a film both timely and timeless goes without saying. Yet Clooney is too canny a storyteller to let didacticism obscure the complexities of Murrow's character.
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Sydney Morning Herald
It's a modest but powerful affair, and a fantastic mood piece.
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Time Out
Rating: 3/5 --
A clever, quietly spoken little movie and a great pleasure to watch.
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BBC.com
Product Description:
With GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, George Clooney delivers a riveting account of a crucial chapter in 20th-century American history and, in the process, firmly establishes himself as a major force behind the camera as well. The crisply paced, tautly scripted docudrama recounts the events of the mid-1950s leading up to acclaimed CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow's (David Strathairn) decision to stand up against fiery Senator Joseph McCarthy, who was out to rid the country of communism. McCarthy's seemingly reckless behavior, in which he condemned individuals without giving them a fair trial, angered Murrow and his producer Fred Friendly (Clooney) into action. The resulting few episodes of Murrow's show, SEE IT NOW, found Murrow on a personal, patriotic crusade to challenge McCarthy and rid America of his callous persecution.
Set almost entirely inside the smoke-filled, pressurized newsrooms at CBS, Clooney's assured picture moves at a breakneck pace. Cinematographer Robert Elswit miraculously recreates the black-and-white look of that era, giving the film an added air of legitimacy. And while Clooney and co-screenwriter/producer Grant Heslov wisely chose to use stock footage of McCarthy instead of finding an actor to fill his shoes, they couldn't have found a better Murrow than Strathairn, who delivers his lines with heroic conviction. Clooney's stellar ensemble cast also includes Ray Wise, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Daniels, and Frank Langella.
Set almost entirely inside the smoke-filled, pressurized newsrooms at CBS, Clooney's assured picture moves at a breakneck pace. Cinematographer Robert Elswit miraculously recreates the black-and-white look of that era, giving the film an added air of legitimacy. And while Clooney and co-screenwriter/producer Grant Heslov wisely chose to use stock footage of McCarthy instead of finding an actor to fill his shoes, they couldn't have found a better Murrow than Strathairn, who delivers his lines with heroic conviction. Clooney's stellar ensemble cast also includes Ray Wise, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Daniels, and Frank Langella.
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