The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Acting
Strathairn's Murrow: granite voice, flickering doubt, pure nicotine conviction
Cinematography
Sleek black-and-white that makes 1954 look impossibly cool
Direction
Clooney's restraint—lets silence and cigarettes do the work
Director
George Clooney
David Strathairn
Edward R. Murrow
Patricia Clarkson
Shirley Wershba
George Clooney
Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels
Sig Mickelson
Robert Downey Jr.
Joe Wershba
Frank Langella
William Paley
Ray Wise
Don Hollenbeck
Robert John Burke
Charlie Mack
Reed Diamond
John Aaron
Tate Donovan
Jesse Zousmer
Grant Heslov
Don Hewitt
Tom McCarthy
Palmer Williams
Matt Ross
Eddie Scott
Rose Abdoo
Mili Lerner
Alex Borstein
Natalie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Strathairn studied actual Murrow broadcasts, matching his cadence so precisely that CBS veterans wept on set.
Released 2005, directly responding to post-9/11 media compliance—Clooney essentially made a $7 million subtweet of the Bush administration.
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