| | | 6 Academy Award Nominations Including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay
Features: DVD, B&W, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Additional Scenes, Audio Commentary, Theatrical Trailer, English, French, Spanish Subtitled
"Good Night, and Good Luck takes place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950's America. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist 'witch-hunts'. A very public feud develops when the Senator responds by accusing the anchor of being a communist. In this climate of fear and reprisal, the CBS crew carries on and their tenacity will prove historic and monumental."
"An electrifying movie event!" Peter Travers, Rolling Syone
"Smart, sharp, and lively." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"4 stars" USA Today, Chicogo Sun-Times, New York Post, Newsday, The San Francisco Examiner, New York Daily News
"An electrifying movie event. One of the year's best." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Editor's Note
Mike Wallace, Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather host this look at "The Best of See It Now," "The Mc Carthy Years," and "Harvest of Shame," some of Murrow's most important and moving works.
| Features | Widescreen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1) | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French | | Additional Scenes | | Audio Commentary with George Clooney and Grant Heslov | | Theatrical Trailer |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/10/2009 |
| Running Time: 93 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1993 | | Catalog ID: 73678 | | UPC: 00012569736788 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (2006) | | | British Academy Awards, Stephen Mirrione, Best Editing | | | British Academy Awards, Grant Heslov, Best Film | | | British Academy Awards, George Clooney, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | | | British Academy Awards, "George Clooney, Grant Heslov", Best Screenplay - Original | | | British Academy Awards, George Clooney, David Lean Award for Direction | | | Golden Globe, George Clooney, Best Director - Motion Picture | | | Golden Globe, "Good Night, and Good Luck", Best Motion Picture - Drama | | | Golden Globe, David Strathairn, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | | | Golden Globe, "George Clooney, Grant Heslov", Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | |
Winner (2006) | | | Independent Spirit, Robert Elswit, Best Cinematography | |
Nominee (2006) | | | Independent Spirit, George Clooney, Best Director | | | Independent Spirit, Grant Heslov, Best Feature | | | Independent Spirit, David Strathairn, Best Male Lead | | | Oscar, "James D. Bissell, Jan Pascale", Best Achievement in Art Direction | | | Oscar, Robert Elswit, Best Achievement in Cinematography | | | Oscar, George Clooney, Best Achievement in Directing | | | Oscar, Grant Heslov, Best Motion Picture of the Year | | | Oscar, David Strathairn, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | | | Oscar, "George Clooney, Grant Heslov", "Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen" | |
Winner (2005) | | | Venice Film Festival, George Clooney, FIPRESCI Prize - Competition | | | Venice Film Festival, "George Clooney, Grant Heslov", Golden Osella Award - Best Screenplay | | | Venice Film Festival, George Clooney, Human Right Film Network Award - Special Mention | | | Venice Film Festival, George Clooney, Pasinetti Award - Best Film | | | Venice Film Festival, David Strathairn, Volpi Cup - Best Actor | |
Nominee (2005) | | | Venice Film Festival, George Clooney, Golden Lion Award |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times 10 of 10
As a director, Clooney does interesting things. One of them is to shoot in black and white, which is the right choice for this material, lending it period authenticity and a matter-of-factness. In a way, b&w is inevitable, since both Murrow's broadcasts and the McCarthy footage would have been in b&w. Clooney shoots close, showing men (and a few women) in business dress, talking in anonymous rooms. Everybody smokes all of the time. When they screen footage, there is an echo of "Citizen Kane." Episodes are separated by a jazz singer (Dianne Reeves), who is seen performing in a nearby studio; her songs don't parallel the action, but evoke a time of piano lounges, martinis and all those cigarettes. Clooney's message is clear: Character assassination is wrong, McCarthy was a bully and a liar, and we must be vigilant when the emperor has no clothes and wraps himself in the flag. It was Dr. Johnson who said, "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." That was more than 200 years ago. The movie quotes a more recent authority, Dwight Eisenhower, who is seen on TV defending the basic American right of habeas corpus. How many Americans know what habeas corpus means, or why people are still talking about it on TV? - Roger Ebert
Variety.com 9 of 10
Clooney and his co-scenarist, producer and fellow actor Heslov lay out the contemporary relevance of some of the issues for anyone to see, particularly as regards civil liberties and the existence of an extreme socio-political divide in the United States. But they don't push it, which frees the film from the dreaded limitation of preaching to the choir. In fact, "Good Night, and Good Luck." is the second picture this year from ostensibly liberal-left filmmakers (after the hit Sundance docu "Why We Fight") to use speeches by President Eisenhower to endorse their perspectives on post-war American history. Robert Elswit's agile, lustrous black-and-white lensing mixes beautifully with the vintage 16mm and kinescope material in which McCarthy himself and others are seen. While Clooney's elegant, on-the-move visual style makes no attempt to match the more static, high-contrast look of '50s TV, it is nevertheless highly evocative of it, providing a rich atmosphere for the densely packed drama. All other design elements, from the credible newsroom and studio sets to the detail of the period equipment, are exemplary. Strathairn is first among equals in the exemplary ensemble, with Clooney's vigorous Friendly, Langella's polished and authoritative Paley and the more understated duo of Downey and Clarkson making the strongest impressions. - Todd McCarthy
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  5 | | Plot | 5 | | Acting | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 Great Movie for bargain price Monday, December 31, 2007
Daryl Chin from Brooklyn, New York
This was one of the best movies of 2006, and it comes in a very good DVD transfer (the black-and-white cinematography is very evocative, and looks very sharp), and it's now available at bargain prices, so it's a good deal and highly recommended. It really does capture the feeling of the 1950s, of New York City and television during its early days, and it's fast moving and compelling. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Gorgeous film Thursday, February 23, 2006
Mooveychick from Costa Mesa, CA
I was awed by this movie. David Strathairn was incredible, he absolutely deserves the Oscar nomination (possibly even the win). For a black and white film it really is beautiful. It did not lag at all and kept my attention the entire time.
I remember, if only slightly, McCarthy's "witch hunt" from high school. However this movie has brought this history lesson to life and in such a pertinent time.
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