Good Night, and Good Luck.


During the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, Senator Joseph McCarthy became notorious with his witchhunts amongst prominent Americans, accusing them of belonging to Communist-based organisations. He ruined the careers and lives of many people. One prominent journalist, however, saw through his game and decided to take him down. This is the story of how he did it, despite the business and career risks to himself and his television station. Note: the film is in black and white.

93 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

But is says here that you
But is says here that you're a communist...

Credits

Cast
David Straithairn, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, George Clooney, Tate Donovan, Thomas McCarthy
Director
George Clooney
ScreenplayGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov, George W. Friendly
MusicJim Papoulis
CinematographyRobert Elswit
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in2005
Produced byWarner Independent Pictures, 2929 Productions, Participant Productions, Davis-Films, Redbus Pictures, Tohokashinshsa Film Company Ltd, Section Eight Ltd, Metropolitan

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageNone
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsTheme is mature. There is excessive smoking in the movie.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
0
Violence
1
Blood / Gore / Gross
0
Guns / Weapons
0
Profanity
2
Alcohol / Drugs
3
Smoking
5
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
1
Frightening / Tense Scenes
1
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
1
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
3


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Die Burger
William Pretorius
20
Cape Times
Kenneth Turan
15
iAfrica.com
Nils van der Linden
15
Mail & Guardian
Shaun de Waal
16
The Star
Tanya Farber
15
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
15
Box Office
Annlee Ellingson
15
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
20
eye Weekly
Jason Anderson
15
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
18

What the People say

Internet
4739 Netizens
16

Average .. 82%

16




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