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Actors: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Frank Langella
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Good Night and Good Luck |
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This movie was directed by George Clooney
Good Night, And Good Luck is a movie about the broadcast journalism in 1950's America. It tells the about a conflict between Edward R. Murrow, who is a television newsman, and Joseph McCarthy who is a Senator. Murrow and his staff are trying to encode the weird tactics of McCarthy. Under the pressure, the CBS, television station, is really confused and trying to find out what is going on between Edward R. Murrow and McCarthy.
--Vadim Akhanov, Resident Scholar
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In his sophomore directorial effort, George Clooney recreates the ideological battle between newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy during the House UnAmerican Activities' Communist witchhunt in the early 1950's.
Even though we know McCarthy will eventually be disgraced, it's absorbing to watch how Murrow, who helmed a popular CBS news show at the time, ends up vigorously opposing the senator. The newsman treads carefully at first, but with the help of supportive newsroom staffers (including Clooney himself as producer Fred Friendly, Patricia Clarkson and Robert Downey, Jr.), he eventually becomes more vocifierous in his televised attacks. Of particular interest are the negotiations between Murrow and CBS president William Paley. Murrow has to worried about personal backlash, e.g., being labeled a Communist himself and/or losing his job. Paley, however, has to walk a fine line between supporting Murrow, whom he knows is doing the right thing, and not alienating stockholders and commercial sponsors.
Clooney interweaves crisp black-and-white imagery with actual news footage of McCarthy presiding over the hearings.
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Good Night and Good Luck |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting for free speech/press
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (woman) ample chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- challenged
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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