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Good Night, and Good Luck.

Movie · 2005 · 93 min

A taut, black-and-white plunge into a newsroom under siege, crackling with cigarette smoke and moral conviction.

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2005 film by George Clooney
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Year
2005
Runtime
93 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • politics
  • power
  • morality
  • corruption
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, historical
Directed by
George Clooney
Written by
George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Starring
Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Joseph McCarthy, Simon Helberg, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella
Music
Dianne Reeves
Cinematography
Robert Elswit
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States, France
Languages
English

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