Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
04 Nov 2005 ● English ● 1 hr 33 mins
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Cast: Alex Borstein, Jeff Daniels
Crew: George Clooney (Director), Robert Elswit (Director of Photography), Basil Poledouris (Music Director)
Rating: PG (Singapore)
Genres: Drama
Release Dates: 04 Nov 2005 (India)
Did you know? During the film's DVD commentary, George Clooney says that about 20 percent of the test audiences had never heard of Joseph McCarthy before, and they wanted to know the identity of the "actor" playing him. When McCarthy appears, of course, actual footage of the real McCarthy is shown. Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908--1957) was the Republican Junior Senator from Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957, when he died in office. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 (Flat)
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
The film is punctuated by a jazz song performed by Dianne Reeves precisely every 23 minutes (the standard running time of television shows from the 1950s),
The famous concluding catchphrase, "Good Night and Good Luck", that became the title of the film, was initially a habit Edward R. Murrow kept from his London years as a war reporter for the radio. Then British people under constant night German bombing systematically ended their conversations with the very same words, uncertain they would meet again.
During the film's DVD commentary, George Clooney says that about 20 percent of the test audiences had never heard of Joseph McCarthy before, and they wanted to know the identity of the "actor" playing him. When McCarthy appears, of course, actual footage of the real McCarthy is shown. Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908--1957) was the Republican Junior Senator from Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957, when he died in office.
The famous concluding catchphrase, "Good Night and Good Luck", that became the title of the film, was initially a habit Edward R. Murrow kept from his London years as a war reporter for the radio. Then British people under constant night German bombing systematically ended their conversations with the very same words, uncertain they would meet again.
During the film's DVD commentary, George Clooney says that about 20 percent of the test audiences had never heard of Joseph McCarthy before, and they wanted to know the identity of the "actor" playing him. When McCarthy appears, of course, actual footage of the real McCarthy is shown. Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908--1957) was the Republican Junior Senator from Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957, when he died in office.
