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   "No Kidding!"  wrote in   
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   > George Clooney will direct and star in the McCarthy-era drama "Goodnight,   
   > and Good Luck."   
   >   
   > The film will center on CBS News anchor Edward R. Murrow's legendary   
   > on-air   
   > confrontations with red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the mid-1950s.   
   >   
   > The screenplay by Clooney and Grant Heslov traces the true story of how   
   > Murrow (David Strathairn) and his producer, Fred Friendly (Clooney),   
   > helped   
   > bring an end to the tyranny of the blacklist and the House Un-American   
   > Activities Committee's anti-Communist hearings.   
   >   
   > With the platform provided by his CBS News program "See It Now," Murrow   
   > challenged McCarthy on his claims that hundreds of avowed Communists were   
   > working covertly as Soviet spies in the U.S. government, among other   
   > allegations that at the time had the power to destroy lives and careers.   
   >   
   > Patricia Clarkson also stars. The Section Eight and 2929 Entertainment   
   > production will begin principal photography Feb. 28. The shoot is   
   > scheduled   
   > for seven weeks in Los Angeles.   
   >   
   > Warner Bros. Pictures will release the film domestically.   
   >   
   > Clooney and Section Eight, his Warners-based production shingle with   
   > Steven   
   > Soderbergh, had long been developing a Murrow-themed project as a TV   
   > movie.   
   > The aim was to stage the drama as a live production for CBS. Clooney   
   > spearheaded and starred in the ambitious live telecast of nuclear thriller   
   > "Fail Safe" for CBS in April 2000. It was unclear late Friday how the   
   > decision came about to shift from a telefilm to feature production.   
   >   
   > Clooney directed the Chuck Barris biopic "Confessions of a Dangerous   
   > Mind,"   
   > in which he also starred, and is about to hit the big screen again in   
   > "Ocean's Twelve," directed by Soderbergh.   
   >   
   > Strathairn's credits include "Passion Fish," "L.A. Confidential" and "Blue   
   > Car." Besides "Goodnight," his upcoming films are "Woodcutter," "The   
   > Ballad   
   > of Bettie Page" and "Heavens Fall."   
   >   
   > Clarkson recently completed work on three films: "Conquistadora," "The   
   > Dying   
   > Gaul" and "The Woods." Her screen credits include "The Station Agent,"   
   > "Pieces of April," "Far From Heaven" and the Section Eight production   
   > "Welcome to Collinwood."   
   >   
   > Reuters/Hollywood Reporter   
   >   
   >   
   Could be intersesting. Took long enough to finally get the green light. I   
   think Strathairn is a fine actor and will bring a lot to the production.   
      
   Thanks for the update NK.   
      
   Feesha   
      
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