Year			2005
Genre			Drama based on history
Rating			PG
Length			1:33
Director			George Clooney
Writer			George Clooney Grant Heslov
Company			Warner Independent Pictures
Starring			David Strathairn Robert Downey Jr. Patricia Clarkson Ray Wise Frank Langella Jeff Daniels Show more... David Strathairn Robert Downey Jr. Patricia Clarkson Ray Wise Frank Langella Jeff Daniels George Clooney Tate Donovan Thomas McCarthy Matt Ross Reed Diamond Robert John Burke Grant Heslov Alex Borstein Rose Abdoo

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.