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Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 historical drama film directed by George Clooney from a screenplay he wrote with Grant Heslov, who also produced. It stars David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr. and Frank Langella, and portrays the conflict between veteran journalist Edward R. Murrow (Strathairn) and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, especially concerning the…
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While this is certainly not the first such instance in history, nor is it likely to be the last, it is still fascinating to see “left-wing”, “liberal” and “progressive” Hollywood doing a 180-degree turn in its stance on various political issues, including a preference for war over peace or censorship over freedom of expression. Much of this has to do with the increasingly tribalistic nature of US politics and the gr…More
