Good Night, and Good Luck.
See also: Good Night
Good Night, and Good Luck. is a film American of and with George Clooney, and left in 2005.
He reports the combat carried out by Edward R. Murrow, presenter of the newspaper TV of the the Fifties, and the producer Fred Friendly, to put an end to the career of the senator McCarthy and his hunting for the witches anticommunist. He is filmed in black and white, and film titrates it is the sentence with which Murrow enclosed its emissions regularly.
Synopsis
Good Night, and Good Luck. or how, in the the Fifties, Edward R. Murrow, the presenter of the American Tv news of CBS of the time, and the producer Fred Friendly (George Clooney) contributed to the fall of the senator Joseph McCarthy, at the origin of the Chasse for the witches which aimed at driving out the Communiste S (period of the Maccarthisme).
Data sheet
- Title: Good Night, and Good Luck. (literally: Good night and good luck )
- Realization: George Clooney
- Scenario: George Clooney, Grant Heslov
- Format: Black and white
- Comings out date: September 1st 2005 (Mostra of Venice), September 23rd - October 14th 2005 (the USA), January 4th 2006 (Belgium, France)
Distribution
- David Strathairn (VF: François Dunoyer) : Edward R. Murrow (journalist of television working on CBS, in the emission See It Now )
- George Clooney (VF: Richard Darbois) : Fred Friendly (Co-producer, with Murrow, of See It Now )
- Frank Langella (VF: Féodor Atkine) : William Paley (executive director of CBS)
- Robert Downey Jr. (VF: Bernard Gabay) : Joe Wershba
- Patricia Clarkson (VF: Clara Borras) : Shirley Wershba
- Jeff Daniels (VF: Patrick Poivey) : Sig Mickelson
- Ray Wise : Gift Hollenbeck (journalist and collaborator of Murrow with CBS, which was shown of Communism)
Distinctions
- Good Night, and Good Luck. is nominated four times at the Golden Globe Award allotted in 2006:
- Better dramatic film
- Better realizer, George Clooney
- Better actor, David Strathairn
- Better scenario, George Clooney and Grant Heslov
- Good Night, and Good Luck. is nominated six times at the Oscars allotted in 2006, amongst other things in the categories:
- Oscar of the best film
- Oscar of the best realizer, George Clooney
- Oscar of the best actor, David Strathairn
- Oscar of the best original screenplay, George Clooney and Grant Heslov
- Oscar of the best artistic director
- Moreover, Good Night, and Good Luck. gained prices in various festivals, such as:
- New York Film Festival
- Venice Film Festival
- European Film Academy
- Broadcast Film Critics awards
Around film
- the title of film is the sentence with which Murrow enclosed its emissions.
- the typographical point forms integral part of the title, as for Amen. of Costa-Gavras.
See too
- the official site
- Good Night, and Good Luck. on AlloCiné
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