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Dates: 2005 (Copyright), 17 February 2006 (Release)

Countries: USA, France, United Kingdom, Japan

Directed by: George Clooney

Synopsis: Drama. A journalist is determined to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy, the man behind the communist witch-hunt in Hollywood.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Murrow, Edward R. (1908-1965), Wershba, Joe (1920-2011), Wershba, Shirley (1922-, Communist witch hunts, McCarthy, Joseph (1908-1957)
Releases
Date: 2005Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (102)
©/Author: LLC Good Night Good Luck, Production Company: Section Eight Productions, Presents: Warner Independent Pictures, Presents: 2929 Entertainment, Participant Productions, Present in association with: Davis Films, Present in association with: Redbus Films, TFC - Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Executive Producer: Todd Wagner, Executive Producer: Mark Cuban, Executive Producer: Marc Butan, Executive Producer: Jeff Skoll, Executive Producer: Chris Salvaterra, Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh, Executive Producer: Jennifer Fox, Executive Producer: Ben Cosgrove, [Executive Producer]: Satsuki Mitchell, Co-executive Producer: Samuel Hadida, Victor Hadida, Produced by: Grant Heslov, Co-producer: Barbara A. Hall, Co-producer: Simon Franks, Co-producer: Zygi Kamasa, Co-producer: Kiyotaka Ninomiya, Unit Production Manager: Barbara A. Hall, Production Co-ordinator: Nicole Widmyer, Accountant: Tad Driscoll, Location Manager: Chris Munday, Post-production Supervisor: Peter Phillips, 2929 Entertainment Post-production: Marc Wuertemburg, Assistant Director (1st): David Webb, Assistant Director (2nd): Melissa V. Barnes, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Richard Gonzales, Script Supervisor: Diane Hassinger Newman, Casting: Ellen Chenoweth, Casting Associate: Rachel Tenner, Casting (Voice): Lynne Redding, Screenplay: George Clooney, Screenplay: Grant Heslov, Director of Photography: Robert Elswit, Camera Operator: Colin Anderson, Chief Lighting Technician: Michael Bauman, Rigging Gaffer: JA Byerly, Key Grip: Michael Kenner, 24 Frame Video Supervisor/Engineer: Tom Schurke, Video Assist: David D. Scott, Still Photographer: Melinda Sue Gordon, Visual Effects by: Technicolor Creative Services Hollywood, Special Effects: Ron Bolanowski, Edited by: Stephen Mirrione, 1st Assistant Editor: Douglas Crise, 2nd Assistant Editor: Matt Absher, Production Designer: Jim Bissell, Art Director: Christa Munro, Art Department Co-ordinator: Charlotte Raybourn, Set Designer: Gae Buckley, Set Decorator: Jan Pascale, Property Master: Tony Bonaventura, Assistant Property Master: Ellis J. Barbacoff, Construction Co-ordinator: Karen D. Higgins, Costume Designer: Louise Frogley, Costume Supervisor: Lynda Foote, Hair/Make-up Department Head: Waldo Sánchez, Key Make-up Artist: Ron Berkeley, Assistant Make-up Artist: Kathleen Vercruysse, Kimberly Felix, Key Hairstylist: Joe Zapata, Hairstylist: Carolyn Elias, Violet Ortiz, Titles: Scarlet Letters, Digital Intermediate: Technicolor Digital Intermediates, [Musician] Sax: Matt Catingub, [Musician] Drums: Jeff Hamilton, [Musician] Bass: Christoph Luty, Robert Hurst, [Musician] Piano: Peter Martin, Music Supervisor: Allen Sviridoff, Production Sound Mixer: Edward Tise, Boom Operator: Randy Johnson, Utility Sound: Rocky Quiroz, Re-recording Mixer: Aaron Glascock, Re-recording Mixer: Curt Schulkey, Lance Brown, Re-recording Services Provided by: Warner Bros. Post Production Services, Supervising Sound Editor: Curt Schulkey, Supervising Sound Editor: Aaron Glascock, Dialogue Editor: Susan Dudeck, Sound Effects Editor: John Joseph Thomas, ADR Recordist: Carolyn Tapp, ADR Mixer: Eric Gotthelf, Foley Artist: John Roesch, Foley Artist: Alyson Moore, Foley Artist: Pamela Kahn, Foley Recordist: Scott A. Morgan, Foley Mixer: Mary Jo Lang, Archival Scene Research: Kenn Rabin, BBC/CBS Liaison: Lisa Oberhofer, Consultant: Joe Wershba, Consultant: Shirley Wershba, Publicist: Rogers & Cowan, Filmed at: CBS Studio Center
Cast (30)
David Strathairn (Edward R. Murrow), Patricia Clarkson (Shirley Wershba), George Clooney (Fred Friendly), Jeff Daniels (Sigfried 'Sig' Mickelson), Robert Downey Jr (Joe Wershba), Frank Langella (William Paley), Ray Wise (Don Hollenbeck), Robert John Burke (Charlie Mack), Reed Diamond (John Aaron), Tate Donovan (Jessie Zousmer), Grant Heslov (Don Hewitt), Tom Mccarthy (Palmer Williams), Matt Ross (Eddie Scott), Rose Abdoo (Millie Lerner), Alex Borstein (Natalie), Peter Jacobson (Jimmy), Robert Knepper (Don Surine), Dianne Reeves (jazz singer), Peter Martin (pianist), Christoph Luty (bassist), Jeff Hamilton (drummer), Matt Catingub (saxophonist), Glenn Morshower (Colonel Anderson), Don Creech (Colonel Jenkins), Helen Slayton-Hughes (Mary), Simon Helberg (CBS page), JD Cullum (stage manager), John Kepley (CBS lawyer 1), David Paul Christian (CBS lawyer 2), Joyce Lasley (make-up girl)