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'Good Night, and Good Luck': Questions still ring 50 years later
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Nobody plays decent, quietly heroic men better than David Strathairn. The tormented pitcher in "Eight Men Out." The brave sheriff who sides with the miners in "Matewan." The conscience-stricken fisherman in "Limbo." In George Clooney's stirring yet understated "Good Night, and Good Luck," Straithairn plays famed '50s journalist Edward R. Murrow, probably the most admired newsman in television history. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A dramatization of the events that led famed broadcaster Edward R. Murrow to challenge Sen. Joseph McCarthy's aggressive investigations of suspected Communist. Murrow's 1953 news reports on one such investigation of a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Reserve led McCarthy to accuse the broadcaster himself of Communist sympathies.

FILM FACTS ...

Warner Independent Pictures

'Good Night, And Good Luck'

Director: George Clooney
Starring: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Rose Abdoo, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson
Run time: 90 minutes
Release date: Oct. 7, 2005
Rating: PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B+
"Strathairn nails Murrow's manner and carriage. But his performance goes much deeper — into the man's sense of justice, his gentlemanly resolve, his piercing intelligence. "

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Austin American-Statesman: 4 of 5 stars
"Clooney transports us to a moment at which a TV anchorman could straight-facedly aspire to doing good for the Republic."

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Cox News Service: A
"The articulate Edward R. Murrow, whose television scripts (David) Strathairn brilliantly reproduces verbatim in the movie, makes a venerable teacher for our age."

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The Palm Beach Post: A
"Strathairn's high-intensity performance is award-worthy caliber, all the more impressive to those who know Murrow's distinctive delivery style."