Good Night, And Good Luck

2005 • 92 minutes
4.4
290 reviews
93%
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PG
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In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator Joseph McCarthy. CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W. Friendly decided to take a stand and challenge.
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4.4
290 reviews
A Google user
March 2, 2014
Good Night, And Good Luck. looks at the early years of television and journalism principles; specifically the on-air clash in the 1950's between Edward R. Murrow of CBS and Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. With an outstanding cast, including McCarthy himself through archival footage, this film comes alive with intense emotion while depicting the historical See It Now shows and journalism integrity. Sen. Joseph McCarthy abused his position of power when he claimed many U.S. citizens were Communist Party members. By instilling fear he was able to cripple people's lives with uncorroborated hearsay evidence. Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) decided to report the known facts of McCarthy's tactics on his show with the assistance of his right-hand man, Fred Friendly (George Clooney). With Murrow's strong following he was able change the course of history.
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Doc Vega
November 18, 2021
This movie is typical of how Hollywood rewrites history always slanting it to the left. The fact was that Senator McCarthy was right. The US politically and militarily had been infiltrated by Russian Communism. They had stolen the secrets to the Hydrogen bomb, penetrated US rocket technology leading to Sputnik, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Russians. Hollywood was full of card carrying Communists who had signed up during the Great Depression. There was literally a Fifth Column of Communists not Nazis. Operating in the US, but Hollywood would have you believe otherwise, and this is the problem we currently have in America where people are too stupid to distinguish between Communism and the Constitutional Republic we call America. Wake up people we are being assaulted from every angle by propaganda. Senator McCarthy was not sponsoring a witch hunt but Hollywood was doing the bidding of Communism. If what I'm saying isn't true then why do we have card carrying Communists in Congress now like Bernie Sanders?
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Maureen Doig Moore
October 15, 2014
Great movie!! it's a lesson in history! in the 1950s the most vicious piece of crap then senator mccarthy of Wisconsin trampled on the Constitution and Freedom of Speech of Americans for alleged Communist ties and the journalist and colleagues who took him on. David Strathairn gives an incredible Oscar nominated performance
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