Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
George Clooney researched his approach to directing the film by watching many movies from the 50s and 60s. He was particularly enamored by Sidney Lumet's Fail-Safe (1964) and 12 Angry Men (1957) and Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960). He even tried unsuccessfully to procure the same lenses used on the French film.
Sig Mickelson:
In 1935, Ed Murrow began his career with CBS. When World War II broke out, it was his voice that brought the Battle of Britain home to us, through his "This Is London" radio series. He started with us all, many of us here tonight, when television ...
There is a plastic water bottle on the desk in the newsroom when Friendly, Wershba, and Murrow are standing around and talking.
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