“Good Night, and Good Luck.” quotes
(2005)
George Clooney
directed this movie
in 2005
Title Good Night, and Good Luck.
Year 2005
Director George Clooney
Genre Drama, History
Year 2005
Director George Clooney
Genre Drama, History
Plot – Edward R. Murrow is a famous CBS anchorman. Learning Senator Joseph McCarthy has a blacklist in which he notes the name of all people suspected of communism, Murrow decides to spread that same news and dedicates several episodes of his show - 'See It Now' - to the controversial figure of the politician. Despite intimidations and death threats, Edward succeeds in freeing America from McCarthy's fanaticism, supported by his producer Fred Friendly.
All actors – Jeff Daniels, David Strathairn, Alex Borstein, Rose Abdoo, Dianne Reeves, Peter Martin, Christoph Luty, Jeff Hamilton, Matt Catingub, Tate Donovan, Reed Diamond, Matt Ross, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., George Clooney, Thomas McCarthy, Glenn Morshower, Don Creech, Grant Heslov, Robert John Burke, Ray Wise, Robert Knepper, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Frank Langella, Simon Helberg, JD Cullum, Peter Jacobson, John Kepley, David Paul Christian, Joyce Lasley, Bill Blair, Felix J. Boyle, Roy M. Cohn, Ray Donn, Joseph Dowd, Robert F. Kennedy, Liberace, Bruna Matsin, Joseph McCarthy, John L. McClellan, Katharine Phillips Moser, Alexana Thomas, Rochelle Warner, Joseph N. Welch
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“He was one of those civilized individuals who did not insist upon agreement with his political principals as a precondition for conversation or friendship.”
“There's no news, boys, so go out there and make some news. Rob a bank, mug an old lady, whatever.”
“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”
“We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may...” (continue)(continue reading)
“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box.”
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.”
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