Good Night and Good Luck

Good Night and Good Luck examines the heavyweight bout between Senator Joe McCarthy and legendary journalist, Edward R. Murrow, during the height of the communist scare in the 1950’s. Here a commy, there a hippie, commies, hippies dropping from trees like subversive red cherries.

DID YOU KNOW…
Edward R. Murrow’s speeches and interviews in the movie are true to form; no embellishment used for dramatic impact.
The Cloonster shot B&W for consistency with the actual interview and senate hearing footage used throughout the film. Or maybe he's just a cheap SOB.
20% of the screen-test audience had no clue who the hell wacky Joe McCarthy was before the movie.
The compressed, claustrophobic cinematography aimed to create the “bunker” mentality CBS felt when taking on McCarthy - the Cloonster was inspired by Twelve Angry Men for this effect.
And the over-the-top Kent cigarettes advertisement? That was a poke at the tobacco industry’s outlandish 1950’s marketing…IN FACT
Edward R. Murrow puffed Pall Malls…Murrow’s show was sponsored by Kent so he filled Kent cigarette boxes with Pall Malls before shows! Suck on that, Kent.
LAST WACKY FACT - New York City students in the 1950’s wore “dog tags” for fear of an attack – after all, in 1948, Russia got the bomb and China went red.