Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck. is a 2005 historical drama film directed by George Clooney and starring David Strathairn, Clooney, Robert Downey, Jr., Patricia Clarkson and Jeff Daniels. The movie was written by Clooney and Grant Heslov both of whom also have acting roles in the film and portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, especially relating to the antiCommunist Senators actions with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

Set in 1953, during the early days of television broadcast journalism. Edward R. Murrow David Strathairn and his dedicated staff headed by his coproducer Fred Friendly George Clooney and reporter Joseph Wershba Robert Downey, Jr. in the CBS newsroomdefy corporate and sponsorship pressures, and discredit the tactics used by Joseph McCarthy during his crusade to root out Communist elements within the government.Murrow first defends Milo Radulovich, who is facing separation from the U.S. Air Force because of his sisters political leanings and because his father is subscribed to a Serbian newspaper. Murrow makes a show on McCarthy attacking him. A very public feud develops when McCarthy responds by accusing Murrow of being a communist. Murrow is accused of having been a member of the leftist union Industrial Workers of the World, which Murrow claimed was false. ........

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