Not just a history lesson - a warning

Rating: Null/10 (13 November 2007)

This is the true story of Edward R. Murrow's television commentator/news man career in the early 1950's, and his battle with the fear mongering, political bully Eugene McCarthy. Restrained acting, subtle period sets, low key costuming, the use of actual footage when possible, and the most beautiful, velvety blacks, grays, and whites of any film ever, made this an extremely high quality film experience. For those too young or uneducated to have knowledge of this period of history, it is a good start towards understanding what not only happened, but what can easily happen again, if we remain a society of passive consumers. David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella star.