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Good Night and Good Luck
Good Night and Good Luck
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Play CBS Video Video Staithairn As Murrow In a scene from "Good Night, And Good Luck," David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow goes on the air with a report about a U.S. military man whose career may have been ruined by anti-communist hysteria.
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Video Earlier Our Senator Asked Excerpts from the "Good Night, And Good Luck" film starring CBS journalist David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow. The scene is "Earlier Our Senator Asked."
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Video Clooney Directs History George Clooney stars in and direct the new film "Good Night, and Good Luck." The film follows legendary CBS broadcaster Edward R. Murrow's legendary confrontation with Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
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David Straithairn as Edward R. Murrow (AP)
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In the CBS newsroom: from left, George Clooney as Fred Friendly, Robert Downey Jr. as Joe Wershba and David Straithairn as Edward R. Murrow (WARNER BROTHERS)
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During the Cold War of the 1950s, pioneering CBS broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow goes on the air to expose the dangerous excesses of U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, whose pursuit of alleged Communists within the U.S. government has taken an ugly turn.
Cast: David Straithairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels
Director: George Clooney
Script By: George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
Studio: Warner Independent Pictures
U.S. release date: Sept. 23, 2005
Runtime: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for mild thematic elements and brief language
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