Good Night, and Good Luck.

George Clooney pays homage to one of the icons of American broadcast journalism, Edward R. Murrow, in this fact-based drama, which was Clooney's second feature film as a director. In 1953, Edward R. Murrow (played by David Strathairn) was one of the best-known newsmen on television as host of both ...more

With his second film as a director, George Clooney details how two powerful forces in American life -- politics and show business -- can affect each other. Clooney's understanding of television and its power has informed both of his films, although Good Night, and Good Luck is the first to make a direct link between the force of the medium and the world of politics. The straightforward docudrama approach betrays Clooney's rather modest goals for this film; he wants nothing more than to lay out ...more