In 1953 begint de beroemde radiojournalist Edward R. Murrow in zijn populaire TV-show verslag te doen van de anticommunistische heksenjacht van senator McCarthy. Terwijl hij geconfronteerd wordt met bedreigingen, probeert Murrow het publiek te informeren over McCarthy’s bangmakerij.

George Clooney scored 6 Oscar® nominations—including Best Picture and Best Director—for his second turn behind the camera. A thrilling drama about the early days of television shot in lustrous black-and-white, Good Night, and Good Luck is a riveting dissection of the mechanics of the media machine.