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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 news pioneer 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, the ground-breaking Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist «witch-hunts».

2005 · 1h 33m
Director George Clooney

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Good Night, and Good Luck.

Drama

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 news pioneer 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, the ground-breaking Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist «witch-hunts».

COMMON SENSE

Compelling political drama won't engage most kids.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8.1
Reviews 226
Fresh 210
Rotten 16

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
2005
Run Time
1 hr 33 min
Rated
PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.
Regions of Origin
United States, France, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada
© 2005 Good Night Good Luck LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2005 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (Australia)
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.