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Good Night, and Good Luck: The Screenplay and History Behind the Landmark Movie
Good Night, and Good Luck: The Screenplay and History Behind the Landmark Movie
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Author: George Clooney & Grant Heslov Publisher: Newmarket Press Format: Softcover # of Pages: 208 Pub. Date: 2006 ISBN-10: 1557047146 ISBN-13: 9781557047144
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About the Screenplay:
Complete with the original shooting script, this official companion book to the award-winning film Good
Night, and Good Luck also contains
extensive historical material and commentaries.
Good Night, and Good Luck was directed by George
Clooney. The film was written by George Clooney and Grant
Heslov and portrays the conflict between veteran radio and
television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph
McCarthy, especially relating to the anti-Communist Senator's
actions with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The
only book on the acclaimed movie Good Night, and Good Luck
– here is the complete screenplay, Q & A with the
screenwriters, production notes, and a special section on the history
behind the broadcast, including an essay by Fred Friendly and
an original article written by Joseph Wershba in 1955,
appearing in a book for the first time.
Subtitled The Screenplay and History Behind the Landmark Movie,
this fascinating, in-depth companion to one of the most provocative
films is essential reading for both film and history buffs.
What people say:
"A passionate, thoughtful
essay on power, truth-telling and responsibility." — The
New York Times
"Compelling ... By sticking to
events that are half a century old, it tells a story whose
implications for today are inescapable." — Los
Angeles Times
"Clooney and Heslov's
fine-chiseled script resonates with contemporary relevance ... Its
passion, which catches you at unexpected moments, is concentrated in
Strathairn's mesmerizing performance. Utterly still, yet roiling with
inner intensity, he gets Murrow's sorrowful gravitas ... Good Night
is a 'cri de coeur' in the form of a smoky, understated seduction."
— Newsweek
About the Authors:
George Clooney won the Special Achievement in Film award
from the National Board of Review for his directorial debut,
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. His acting credits include the
blockbuster hits Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Eleven, the critically
acclaimed Three Kings, the Oscar-nominated Out of Sight, and the Coen
brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou?, for which he won the Best Actor
(Musical or Comedy) Golden Globe.
Grant Heslov served as the director and producer of the
critically acclaimed series Unscripted, and co-executive producer of
K Street, both for HBO. In his long career as an actor, he has had
roles in the TV shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The X-Files,
and the feature films The Scorpion King, Enemy of the State, Dante's
Peak, The Birdcage, Congo, and True Lies. |
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