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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Predicate Object
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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Frank Langella → notableWork → Good Night, and Good Luck ⓘ
George Clooney → notableWork → Good Night, and Good Luck ⓘ
Jeff Skoll → notableWork → Good Night, and Good Luck ⓘ