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Clooney’s second feature as director (after Confessions
of a Dangerous Mind) sees him exploring the political atmosphere
of the 50’s. CBS reporter and anchorman Ed Murrow (David
Strathairn), one of the legendary figures of US journalism,
challenges Senator Joe McCarthys’ bullyboy tactics
on air, jeopardising his career and the network.
Clooney, whose father was an anchorman, works from his own
script and shoots in lustrous black and white which enables
him to cast the real Joe McCarthy as himself by intercutting
archive footage. The result is a powerful period piece on
the power of journalism to confront societies iniquities.
BEST SCREENPLAY
& ACTOR (David Strathairn)
Venice Film Festival 2005
"a passionate, thoughtful essay on power,
truth-telling and responsibility" New York Times
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