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GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.: THE SCREENPLAY AND HISTORY BEHIND THE LANDMARK MOVIE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK George Clooney,Grant Heslov | 208 pages | 06 Feb 2007 | Newmarket Press,U.S. | 9781557047144 | English | New York, United States Movie Reflection: Good Night and Good Luck and All the President’s Men - Custom University Papers Good night, and good luck : the screenplay and history behind the landmark movie Item Preview. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! This in-depth companion to one of the most provocative films of the year is essential reading for both film and history buffs. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. Scanned in China. Of course, the film is all the more trenchant because many of the beliefs being debated in the halls of power and the studios of CBS back in are still relevant today. The communist trials, the lack of civil rights and the government's ability to skirt the need for evidence bring to mind an earlier version of The Patriot Act. Writers Clooney and Heslov are all too aware of the parallels between McCarthyism and the current political climate. The points have been made, and they have been made convincingly. The audience doesn't have to be hit over the head with it. People open to the message will grasp it in the story. People who disagree will inevitably continue to disagree or not even recognize the correlation, no matter how much the film stacks the deck. However, in one astounding scene, the film actually acknowledges this slight bias. The statement and tension just floats in the air between them as these two powerhouse thespians say more with no words, just physical discomfort, than many of the most striking speeches. This film is a reminder, more than anything else, of a time when journalists actually held public officials to a higher standard and were not afraid to question authority. In a news world where serious journalists unquestioningly repeat government talking points, the truth is not as important as the spin and the corporation decides what is reported yes, I'm talking about you, Fox News Channel Years of political hectoring, bad-mouthing, disrespect and huge media conglomerates has rendered the modern press corps relatively toothless. The oft-repeated myth that the media is mostly made up of members of the left is at least fifteen to twenty years out of date. This lack of accountability upon our public officials on both sides of the political divide has stained the reputation of the media and colored the people's respect of the good work that they do. The apparent belief seems to be that if a politician says something untrue often enough or stonewalls the press from receiving vital public documents then the media will finally become bored with trying to find out the truth and go back to talking about Terry Schiavo, Mary Kay Letourneau or Michael Jackson. Signs of a revival of journalistic spirit were raised during the calamitous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when reporters actually started to try to pin down the government on the ineptitude which perhaps led to Whether that bravery and call for accountability will subside with the waters in the streets of New Orleans, only time will tell. However, it can never hurt to remind people of a time when things were better and hope that it will inspire people to raise their expectations and performances. All rights reserved. Good Night, and Good Luck and bad history. The four throughlines exist as part of the storyform created by the author. My guess is that it is intentionally incomplete so as to appear as objective as possible. Loading the film with known talent is appealing to audiences. It is about a time when personal civil liberties were trod on by the government. Bush administration. It shows how a small group dedicated to the forces for honesty and integrity overcame great odds and brought down a corrupt government bureaucracy. All you need to do is make it good-looking and keep it honest. The audience will fill in the rest. Buy Now. He reluctantly allows the story to air, which gains positive responses from the public. Murrow also tries to ease the worries of his colleague, Don Hollenbeck , who is struggling with both the strain of his recent divorce and attacks from newspaper writer Jack O'Brian , who is accusing him of being biased in his news reporting and being a " pinko ". Wershba is then given an envelope suggesting that Murrow has previously interacted with the Soviets and used to be on their payroll. He warns him that if any members of his staff are associated with Communism in any way, however remotely, they would have to recuse themselves from Murrow's next story. They were planning to make a direct attack on Senator Joseph McCarthy and his crusade against Communist infiltration in the U. Friendly and Murrow gather their staff together, and when one of the team members voluntarily excuses himself because his ex-wife had attended Communist meetings before they even met, Murrow concludes that this kind of fear is what McCarthy wants. The team stays together and presents the story, which becomes highly praised by the public and the press, with the exception of Jack O'Brian, who continues to attack both Murrow and especially Hollenbeck on their supposed support of communism. Hollenbeck pleads with Murrow to go after O'Brian, but Murrow reluctantly tells him that he cannot attack O'Brian while he is busy going after McCarthy. As the team turns their focus to a filmed hearing of Annie Lee Moss , a Pentagon communication worker accused of being a Communist based on her name appearing on a list seen by an FBI infiltrator of the American Communist Party , they receive the news that Milo Radulovich is being reinstated by the Air Force, citing no direct evidence supporting any connections with Communism. McCarthy then asks for the opportunity to speak for himself on Murrow's show, which Murrow allows. McCarthy openly accuses Murrow of being a Communist, citing several pieces of evidence that seem to support it. Murrow broadcasts a rebuttal the following week, easily disproving McCarthy's accusations and pointing out that McCarthy didn't do anything to defend himself other than accuse anyone who opposes him as being either a Communist or a Communist sympathizer. A few days later, the news arrives that the U. Senate is investigating McCarthy, which means the imminent end of his crusade. As the team celebrates, Friendly and Murrow learn that Hollenbeck has committed suicide. Paley then tells Murrow and Friendly that their news program's air time is going to be severely cut, citing the high costs of the show's production, along with Murrow's attacks on controversial topics. Also, Joe Wershba and his wife Shirley, who have been concealing their marriage due to CBS forbidding co-workers from being married, are approached by Mickelson, who tells them that everyone knows of their marriage and that he will allow one of them to resign to save face, which Joe agrees to do. Murrow" on October 25, , in which he harshly admonishes his audience not to squander the potential of television to inform and educate the public, so that it does not become only "wires and lights in a box". In September , Clooney explained his interest in the story to an audience at the New York Film Festival : "I thought it was a good time to raise the idea of using fear to stifle political debate. The elder Clooney also ran for Congress in Due to an injury he received on the set of Syriana a few months earlier, Clooney could not pass the tests to be insured. He then mortgaged his own house in Los Angeles in order to make the film. The CBS offices and studios seen in the movie were all sets on a sound stage. To accomplish a pair of scenes showing characters going up an elevator, different "floors" of the building were laid out on the same level. The "elevator" was actually built on a large turntable at the intersection of the two floor sets, and rotated once the doors were closed. When the doors reopened, the actors appeared to be in a different location. In doing so, the movie exercised a bit of dramatic license—the CBS executive offices at the time were located at Madison Avenue. Clooney and producer Grant Heslov decided to use only archival footage of Joseph McCarthy in his depiction. As all of that footage was black-and-white, that determined the color scheme of the film. He wound up being "there" when he didn't really want to be. Not only does it heighten the drama, magazine photographers, in the days when they had a choice, said "black and white for drama, color for excitement" , but the tremendous resolution seems to bring out each furrow and poor on each person's face, allowing the viewer to see into their souls. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits.