Good Night, and Good Luck/Hamburger Hill/Pierrepoint

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Label

Good Night, and Good Luck/Hamburger Hill/Pierrepoint

Statement of responsibility

director, George Clooney; director, John Irvin; director, Adrian Shergold; producer, Grant Heslov; producer, Marcia Nasatir; producer, Christine Langan; writer, Jim Carabatsos; writer, Bob Mills; writer, Jeff Pope

Contributor

• Irvin, John
• Phipps, Martin
• Clooney, George
• Shergold, Adrian
• Spall, Timothy, 1957-
• Downey, Robert, 1965-
• Glass, Philip
• Strathairn, David

Actor

• Spall, Timothy, 1957-
• Strathairn, David
• Downey, Robert, 1965-

Director

• Clooney, George
• Irvin, John
• Shergold, Adrian

Language

eng

Summary

Triple bill of heavyweight political dramas. The Oscar-nominated 'Good Night, and Good Luck' (2005) is directed by, written by and starring George Clooney. The year is 1953, television is still in its infancy and the esteemed broadcast journalist, Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn), anchors the popular news documentary show, 'See it Now', on CBS. Murrow, alongside producer Fred Friendly (Clooney), oversees a show that reports on the news items of the day. He has a dedicated crew of reporters that includes Don Hewitt (Grant Heslov), Joe Wershba (Robert Downey Jr.), Palmer Williams (Tom McCarthy), Jesse Zousmer (Tate Donovan), John Aaron (Reed Diamond), Charlie Mack (Robert John Burke) and Eddie Scott (Matt Ross). All these men will become broadcast legends, but right now, their careers are just beginning. With the threat of Communism creating an air of paranoia in the United States and Senator Joseph McCarthy exploiting those fears, Murrow and Friendly decide to take a stand and challenge McCarthy, exposing him for the fearmonger he is. 'Hamburger Hill' (1987) is a fictionalised account of the battle to secure Hill 937 (aka Hamburger Hill), an objective which resulted in one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Vietnam War. Focusing on the exploits of 3rd Squad, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company of the 101st Airborne Division, it shows the extreme duress suffered by the soldiers involved, as they do their best to win a pointless prize in a war being fought without popular support and which - like the attempt to secure the hill itself - is destined to end in failure. Written by John Carabatsos, who himself served with the 1st Air Cavalry in 1968-69. 'Pierrepoint' (2005) is the dramatic true-life story of Albert Pierrepoint (Timothy Spall), Britain's most notorious hangman. Following in the footsteps of his father and uncle before him, Albert joins the 'family business' in 1934. Living a secret life as a master hangman, as well as a humble grocery deliveryman and loyal husband, Pierrepoint's reputation as the most highly regarded executioner in the land results in him executing some of Britain's most infamous murderers including Derek Bentley and Ruth Ellis, and also the Nazi war criminals convicted at the Nuremberg Trials. But the media coverage from these shatters Pierrepoint's closely guarded anonymity, turning him into a minor celebrity

Cataloging source

StDuWE

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

• 791.437
• 791.437
• 791.437

Intended audience

BBFC code: 18

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PerformerNote

Cast: David Strathairn, Robert Downey Jr, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Anthony Barrile, Juliet Stevenson, Ray Wise, Michael Patrick Boatman, Eddie Marsan, Cavan Clerkin, Jeff Daniels, James Corden, Tate Donovan, Christopher Fulford, Matt Ross, Don Cheadle, Claire Keelan, Thomas Joseph McCarthy, Michael Dolan, Ben McKay, Michael Norton, Frank Langella, Tegan West, Peter Ryder, Harry O'Reilly, Michael A. Nickles, Dylan McDermott, Tim Quill, Courtney B. Vance