Good Night, and Good Luck

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black-and-white film film historical drama film

Good Night, and Good Luck is a critically acclaimed 2005 historical drama film, directed and co-written by George Clooney, that chronicles journalist Edward R. Murrow’s televised challenge to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare.

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Good Night, and Good Luck.	5
Good Night, and Good Luck (screenplay)	1
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instanceOf	black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ historical drama film ⓘ
awardNomination	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
basedOn	Edward R. Murrow’s broadcasts ⓘ historical events ⓘ
character	Edward R. Murrow ⓘ Fred Friendly ⓘ Joseph McCarthy ⓘ William Samuel Paley ⓘ surface form: William Paley
cinematographyBy	Robert Elswit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coWriter	George Clooney ⓘ Grant Heslov ⓘ
criticalReception	critically acclaimed ⓘ
director	George Clooney ⓘ
distributor	Warner Independent Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Stephen Mirrione ⓘ
featuresPerformer	Dianne Reeves ⓘ
filmingStyle	black-and-white cinematography ⓘ
genre	historical drama ⓘ political drama ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Edward R. Murrow ⓘ Joseph McCarthy ⓘ McCarthyism ⓘ McCarthyism ⓘ surface form: Red Scare
musicBy	Dianne Reeves ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy ⓘ
portrays	CBS News program See It Now ⓘ conflict between journalism and political power ⓘ television journalism ⓘ
productionCompany	Section Eight Productions ⓘ
publicationDate	2005 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 93 minutes ⓘ
settingPlace	New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
settingTime	1950s ⓘ
starredActor	David Strathairn ⓘ Frank Langella ⓘ George Clooney ⓘ Jeff Daniels ⓘ Patricia Clarkson ⓘ Ray Wise ⓘ Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ
theme	freedom of the press ⓘ journalistic integrity ⓘ political persecution ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	Red Scare era ⓘ

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Robert Elswit → notableWork → Good Night, and Good Luck ⓘ

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Patricia Clarkson → notableWork → Good Night, and Good Luck ⓘ

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Ray Wise → notableWork → Good Night, and Good Luck ⓘ

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