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Good Night, and Good Luck Quotes

Good Night, and Good Luck is a television show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Good Night, and Good Luck ended its run in 1970.

It features Grant Heslov as producer, Jim Papoulis, and Basil Poledouris in charge of musical score, and Robert Elswit as head of cinematography.

Good Night, and Good Luck is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Good Night, and Good Luck is 93 minutes long. Good Night, and Good Luck is distributed by Warner Independent Pictures (US).

The cast includes: Frank Langella as William Paley, David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow, Jeff Daniels as Sig Mickelson, George Clooney as Fred Friendly, Patricia Clarkson as Shirley Wershba, Robert Downey Jr. as Joe Wershba, and Ray Wise as Don Hollenbeck.

Good Night, and Good Luck Quotes

David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow

  • (David Strathairn) "Had Senator McCarthy looked just three lines earlier he would have found this: "The fault dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves -- ""
  • (David Strathairn) "You always were yellow."
  • (George Clooney) "Better than red."
  • (David Strathairn) "We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may see a totally different picture too late."
  • (David Strathairn) "To those who say people wouldn't look; they wouldn't be interested; they're too complacent, indifferent and insulated, I can only reply: There is, in one reporter's opinion, considerable evidence against that contention. But even if they are right, what have they got to lose? Because if they are right, and this instrument is good for nothing but to entertain, amuse and insulate, then the tube is flickering now and we will soon see that the whole struggle is lost. This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. Good night, and good luck."
  • (David Strathairn) "He's gonna hope a senator trumps a newsman."
  • (George Clooney) "He'll lose."
  • (David Strathairn) "Not if we're playing bridge."
  • (David Strathairn) "We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."
  • (David Strathairn) "It is my desire if not my duty to try to talk to you journeymen with some candor about what is happening in radio and television, and if what I say is responsible, I alone am responsible for the saying of it. Our history will be what we make of it. And if there are any historians about fifty or a hundred year from now, and there should be preserved the kinescopes of one week of all three networks, they will there find, recorded in black and white and in color, evidence of decadence, escapism, and insulation from the realities of the world in which we live. We are are currently wealthy, fat, comfortable, and complacent. We have a built in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information; our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses, and recognize that television, in the main, is being use to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may see a totally different picture, too late."
  • (David Strathairn) "No one familiar with the history of this country, can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating. But the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the Junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to associate, to speak, and to defend the causes that were for the moment unpopular. This is no time for men who oppose Sen. McCarthy's methods to keep silent or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. We proclaim ourselves as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom wherever it continues to exist in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. The actions of the Junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his, he didn't create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully. Cassius was right, the fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves. Good night, and good luck."
  • (David Strathairn) "He was one of those civilized individuals who did not insist upon agreement with his political principals as a precondition for conversation or friendship."
  • (David Strathairn) "Oh, if none of us had ever read a dangerous book or had a friend who was different, never joined an organization that advocated change, we'd all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants. We're gonna go with the story, cos the terror is right here in this room."
  • (David Strathairn) "We will not walk in fear, one of another."
  • (David Strathairn) "Let us dream to the extent of saying that on a given Sunday night the time normally occupied by Ed Sullivan is given over to a clinical survey of the state of American education, and a week or two later the time normally used by Steve Allen is devoted to a thoroughgoing study of American policy in the Middle East."
  • (David Strathairn) "What'd the general have to say?"
  • (George Clooney) "It was a colonel. Two of them."
  • (David Strathairn) "That makes a general."
  • (David Strathairn) "Oh, forget it, no one worth their salt reads O'Brian."
  • (Ray Wise) "You read him."
  • (David Strathairn) "See? I rest my case."
  • (David Strathairn) "Funny thing, Freddie, every time you light a cigarette for me, I know you're lying."
  • (David Strathairn) "Did you know the most trusted man in America is Milton Berle?"
  • (George Clooney) "See? You should have worn a dress."
  • (David Strathairn) "Good night, and good luck."

George Clooney as Fred Friendly

  • (George Clooney) "Did you write your closing piece?"
  • (David Strathairn) "It's Shakespeare."
  • (George Clooney) "Uh-huh. Write your closing piece."
  • (CBS Page) "Should I turn the phones back on?"
  • (Jimmy) "Yes, that would be helpful, thank you."
  • (George Clooney) "Turn the phones back on."
  • (George Clooney) "Shirley, honey, would you go across the street and get the early editions?"
  • (Patricia Clarkson) "All of them?"
  • (David Strathairn) "Just get O'Brian."
  • (George Clooney) "There's no news, boys, so go out there and make some news. Rob a bank, mug an old lady, whatever; just do something."
  • (Colonel Anderson) "Wouldn't you guess that the people who have seen the contents of that envelope might have a better idea of what makes someone a danger to his country, or do you think it should just be you, sir, who decides?"
  • (George Clooney) "Who? Who? Who are these people, sir? Who are the people? Are they elected? Are they appointed? Is it you?"

Ray Wise as Don Hollenbeck

  • (Ray Wise) "I could use a scotch."
  • (David Strathairn) "I think everyone could use a scotch."
  • (Ray Wise) "You're getting really good at this; people might think you actually like it."

Frank Langella as William Paley

  • (Frank Langella) "I'm with you today Ed, and I'm with you tomorrow."
  • (Frank Langella) "There's a Knickerbocker game tonight, I've got front row seats. Are you interested?"
  • (David Strathairn) "I'm a little busy bringing down the network tonight, Bill."

Jeff Daniels as Sig Mickelson

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Patricia Clarkson as Shirley Wershba

  • (Patricia Clarkson) "Name me another wife who reminds her husband to take off his wedding ring before he goes to the office."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Ava Gardner."

Robert Downey Jr. as Joe Wershba

  • (Don Surine) "-- no pun intended."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "No pun elocuted."

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