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.'
1 March 1966, New York City, New York, USA
26 January 1949, San Francisco, California, USA
8 July 1959, Fremont, Ohio, USA
7 June 1966, New Providence, New Jersey, USA
25 September 1963, Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
24 April 1959, Dallas, Texas, USA
15 May 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 October 1890, Denison, Texas, USA
February 20, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA
9 December 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 November 1925, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
12 September 1960, Washington Heights, New York, USA
4 March 1973, Cambrai, France
24 March 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 16, 1919 in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA
22 October 1890, Primghar, Iowa, USA
19 February 1955, Athens, Georgia, USA
15 February 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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.
February 27, 2008
Dignified, intelligent filmmaking for liberal grown-ups.
September 01, 2009
Lean study of the quandaries of asking questions in the media, and of crafting a political film in Hollywood
October 14, 2006
A solid achievement.
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.'
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.
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.
October 29, 2005
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.
