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Article: GEORGE CLOONEY FILM HONORS NEWSMAN\ MURROW'S BATTLE WITH MCCARTHY ON SCREEN THIS WEEK.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- October 3, 2005
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Byline: John Lippman Wall Street Journal
When George Clooney test-screened his movie, "Good Night, and Good Luck," in June the reaction wasn't exactly heartening. Less than half of the audience knew about the communist witch-hunts of the 1950s that serve as a backdrop to the plot. Worse, "literally no one knew" the movie's hero, broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, says the tri-state native Clooney, who directed and co-wrote the film.
Not a good omen that "Good Night" will find a large audience when it opens to the public (this Friday in New York and Los Angeles; probably on Oct. 21 in Cincinnati).
And there are other challenges, too: the 90-minute film is in ...