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Good Night And Good Luck takes place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950's America. 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.
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I was pleased with the way that the movie dealt with one of the darkest period in our history.There were striking contrasts between (Edwin R.Murrow) played by David Strathaim and Joseph McCarthy (Himself) with his brand of strong-arming politics that really shaped an American society's values concerning the democratic processes. The movie questions how far is one really willing to go to preserve a democracy or to destroy it.Anyway,you be the judge of this interesting flick.
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An interesting although smoky account of a time when Senator Macarthy was making a senseless witch hunt for communists in the us & ruining many honest peoples lives for a time. He was eventually censored but not before ruining the careers of many people in Hollywood & elsewhere.
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