Good Night, And Good Luck Photo

Good Night, and Good Luck

Starring: David Strathairn, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels

Directed by: George Clooney

RS: 4of 4 Stars

2006

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty," says CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow (a tremendous David Strathairn), whose broadcasts challenged the fear-mongering anti-Communist witch hunt of Sen. Joseph McCarthy (shown here in archival footage). Inlaid with silky performances by jazz singer Dianne Reeves, director George Clooney's lock-grip drama about the power of television in 1950s America has powerful contemporary reverberations.