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Title
Good night and good luck
Type
Moving Image
Monograph
Subject
Television broadcasting of news--United States--Drama (LCSH)
Murrow, Edward R.--Drama. (LCSH)
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957--Drama. (LCSH)
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities--Drama. (LCSH)
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: DVE 7043 (viewing copy) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Moving Image Technique(s)
live action
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Note
Includes translation or is translation
subtitles: : French
subtitles: : Spanish
captions: : English
original text: : English
language: In English with subtitles in English, French, and Spanish; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Summary
It's 1953, and the piece of talking furniture called TV is still a novelty in America's living rooms. On it, Sen. Joseph McCarthy uses fear, falsehooods and belligerence to become arguably the most powerful man in the land. On it, newsman Edward R. Murrow, who's had his fill of the senator's tactics, fights back. That pivotal clash of two titans is the focus of director/co-writer George Clooney's award-winning Good Night, and Good Luck. David Strathairn portrays Murrow, the principled "face of television" who maps his strategy with his producer and confidant, Fred Friendly (Clooney). A deft ensemble plays staff members in the bustling battleground that is the CBS newsroom. McCarthy is in the mix, too, intercut into the action via real-life footage. Don't touch that dial. A media and a nation are going to change - while on the air
Duration
PT93M
Origin Date(s)
2005
Authorized Access Point
Good night and good luck