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insulate us then the tube is flickering now and we will soon see that the whole struggle is lost. Otherwise, it is merely wires and lights in a box.”
The year was 1958, four years after his famous confrontation that hastened the downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy. So begins director George Clooney’s Academy Award nominated film “Good Night, and Good Luck,” a passionate and thoughtful look into truth telling, power and responsibility.
With “Good Night” we enter a turning point in television that became a turning point in the history of our country, as the witch himt for communists that was begun by Senator McCarthy in 1951 was fueled by the fear and bewilderment of many Americans, a fear raging until there was little certainty as to where safety lay.
David Strathaim embodies the strength and intensity of Murrow, his cadence that of Murrow, his words often those Murrow spoke or wrote. The supporting cast is superb: Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey, Jr., Frank
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