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Play CBS Video Video 'Good Night, And Good Luck' Trailer for Academy Award nominated movie "Good Night, And Good Luck."
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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 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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George Clooney, left, as producer Fred Friendly, with David Strathairn, as CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night, and Good Luck." (AP/Warner Independent Pictures)
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David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow (AP)
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Clooney, Robert Downey Jr. and Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck" (WARNER BROTHERS)
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Interactive 'Good Night, And Good Luck' History and Hollywood make fireworks in a movie with many echoes of 21st century issues.
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Photo Essay The Character Actor At last, fame and Oscar catch up with David Strathairn
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Photo Essay The Life Of Clooney Take a brief glimpse into the life and career of actor George Clooney.
Also starring in the movie are Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson and Jeff Daniels.
"Good Night, And Good Luck" is a recounting of former CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's challenge to communist-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
For his stand, Murrow (Strathairn) is accused of being a communist sympathizer. But after a meeting with the CBS boss William Paley (Frank Langella), Murrow decides to fight fire with fire and report on what he believes are all the inadequacies and lies perpetrated by the McCarthy hearings.
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Asked why he chose this project, Clooney told The Early Show, "My father was an anchorman for 30 years. Murrow was a high watermark for broadcast journalists, all of them. He was a big part of my history growing up. I thought it was an interesting time to at least have the debate again about responsibilities that he held so dear."
In addition to directing and co-writing the movie, Clooney plays producer Fred Friendly.
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