TY - ADVS AU - Clooney,George AU - Strathairn,David AU - Downey,Robert AU - Clarkson,Patricia AU - Wise,Ray AU - Langella,Frank AU - Elswit,Robert AU - Papoulis,Jim ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) ED - 2929 Entertainment (Firm) TI - Good night, and good luck SN - 1419818201: AV - PN1995.9.B55 .G663 2006 PY - 2006///] CY - Burbank, CA PB - Warner Home Video KW - Murrow, Edward R. KW - McCarthy, Joseph, KW - CBS News KW - Drama KW - United States KW - Congress KW - House KW - Committee on Un-American Activities KW - Television news anchors KW - Feature films KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Biographical films KW - gsafd KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2005; Title from container; Special features: commentary with George Clooney and Grant Heslov; Good night and good luck companion piece; trailer; Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Jim Papoulis ; costume designer, Louise Frogley ; production designer, James D. Bissell; David Strathairn, Robert Downey, Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, George Clooney, Tate Donovan, Tom McCarthy; MPAA rating: PG; for mild thematic elements and brief language N2 - Takes place in the 1950's America, during the early days of broadcast journalism. 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 ER -