Good Night and Good Luck [Blu-ray] | ![Good Night and Good Luck [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rm7daFJzL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: George Clooney
Actors: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Alex Borstein
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  311 reviews
Sales Rank: 27162
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: BR82842
UPC: 012569828421
EAN: 0012569828421
ASIN: B000H1RFJQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: August 1, 2006
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Product Description
"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.Running Time: 93 min.Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569828421 Manufacturer No: 82842
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Without force-feeding its timely message, Good Night, and Good Luck illuminates history to enlighten our present, when the need for a free and independent press is more important than ever. In 90 breathtaking minutes of efficient and intricate storytelling, writer-director George Clooney and cowriter Grant Heslov pay honorable tribute to the journalistic integrity of legendary CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow, who confronted the virulent and overzealous anti-Communist witch-hunting of Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1953-54, and emerged as a triumphant truth-seeker against the abuses of corporate and governmental power. As played by David Strathairn, Murrow is a dogged realist, keenly aware of the smear tactics that will be employed against him; Clooney provides crucial backup as Murrow's "See It Now" producer and closest confidante Fred Friendly, forming a fierce but not entirely fearless triumvirate of broadcasting bravery with CBS chief William Paley (Frank Langella), who anxiously champions Murrow's cause under constant threat of reprisals. While using crisp black-and-white cinematography (by Robert Elswit) to vividly recreate the electrifying atmosphere of the CBS newsroom and the early years of television, Clooney (son of long-time Cincinnati newsman Nick Clooney) proves his directorial skill by juggling big themes and an esteemed ensemble cast, never stooping to simplification of ethically complex material. Good Night, and Good Luck is an instant classic, destined for all the accolades it so richly deserves. --Jeff Shannon
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Ed Murrow's Battle of the Titans with Sen. McCarthy June 23, 2009
John S. Gamble (San Diego, CA)
"...television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse and insulate us..." Ed Murrow, 1958
Any film with that line in it is a smart cautionary tale that you really want to root for.
As a writer and a Broadcasting graduate of the Cronkite School at ASU, I was pre-disposed to love this film.
Unfortunately, this powerful 'docudrama' misses the mark on several fronts.
Though the film bypasses the personal stories of Murrow and his producer/confidant Fred Friendly, it does take sidetrips into the lives of several lesser characters (the Wershba's one-note cute couple angle/Hollenbeck's instability).
By dissipating the power of the film in this manner, the lack of Murrow's innerworld is just as stunning as the foisting on us of smaller character arcs that we barely care about.
Murrow is so buttoned-down in this portrayal he's virtually bloodless. And the B&W landscape, along with the hothouse atmosphere inside the studio we almost never leave, eventually takes its toll on the film's pacing.
It's hard to see how this film would have been made if not for George Clooney's participation as the character of Fred Friendly, as well as director and co-writer.
Clooney's passion is commendable and he's certainly delivered a labor of love. But he missed the mark by only concentrating on five broadcasts in Murrow's storied career and then withholding his emotional inner-life at such a monumental point in TV's golden age.
Broadcast News it's not, but it's a really good film that might have been great.
 Television Broadcast News' Golden Age Seems A Tad Lackluster Here... April 22, 2009
Eric Ericson (Venice, Florida USA)
George Clooney's second attempt at the triple threat of filmmaking (actor/writer/director) that in 2005 got him and the film Oscar nominated 6 times (and winning none) sorta to me after five years didn't seem all that impressive. The true story of 1950's CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow's battle against the mass accusation of communism brought by then Senator Joseph McCarthy should have been alot more enthralling than this. Clooney definitely has the power to bring in some great A-List actors (Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella), but the story as a whole seems bogged down by pacing and too much stock footage used of the actual broadcasted interviews and original people involved. Murrow here is portrayed by character actor David Strathairn, who no doubt is very well at his craft, but lacks any real punch or drive like the real Murrow showed over fifty years ago. As a history lesson, it does educate the viewer in the now-absurd public witchhunt of the 1950's, but at times tends to entertain more like a school lesson than a motion picture. Disc includes a very low-played commentary with Clooney and fellow screenwriter/actor Grant Heslov (who's acting credits date back as far as Clooney's with an almost equally embarrassing early resume....he did a "Facts Of Life" with George too), a doc on the film (that's in color) with some of the real life people left alive, and a trailer that I swear makes this movie look alot more exciting than it actually was. Clooney does prove he can direct a movie, but I still think with this story that gripped a nation he could have been played a bit more....gripping.
(RedSabbath Rating:6.5/10)
Edward R. Morrow against Joseph McCarthy February 2, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
You had to be around in the 50's to understand that Edward R. Morrow was as much a hero as a newsman as one could want.
The red scare hate monger Joseph McCarthy was a lot like George Bush's use of torture in the fight against terrorism: the campaign seemed right in cold war terms to many in the military.
Casualties of the black listing in the 50's read like an intellectual's whose who. One of the last ones was Dr. Oppenheimer who for philosophical reasons opposed the H-bomb proliferation after having been the leader in the development of the A-bomb in the late WWII years.
I really wish that there had been more TV newsmen with guts like Edward R. Morrow.
 Good Night and Good Luck DVD February 2, 2009
Lana Guiler (Alexandria, VA)
Great service, great movie, great Christmas gift. I'm very pleased with this transaction and product.
 Godawful movie January 23, 2009
S. Rao (Houston, TX)
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this DVD after the Oscar hype. It is perhaps one of the worst movies I have seen.
I can't figure out which is more atrocious - the screen play or meandering direction. Basically it is like a 20 minute documentary stretched out to full length movie with lots of unnecessary plot diversions.
AWFUL!!!
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