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- Good night, and good luck [videorecording] / by Clooney, George.ausdrtact; Heslov, Grant,1963-auspro; Strathairn, David.act; Clarkson, Patricia.act; Daniels, Jeff,1955-act; Downey, Robert,Jr.,1965-act; Langella, Frank.act; Warner Independent Pictures.; 2929 Entertainment (Firm); Participant Productions.; Davis Films (Firm); Redbus Pictures (Firm); Tohokushinsha Film Corporation.; Section Eight Ltd.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, dual layer.David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey, Jr., Frank Langella, Ray Wise.Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Jim Papoulis ; costume designer, Louise Frogley ; production designer, James D. Bissell.Takes place in the 1950's America, during the early days of broadcast journalism. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist 'witch-hunts'. A very public feud develops when the Senator responds by accusing the anchor of being a communist. In this climate of fear and reprisal, the CBS crew carries on and their tenacity will prove historic and monumental.MPAA rating: PG; for mild thematic elements and brief language.Widescreen version presented in a "matted" format -- Commentary by director/screenwriter George Clooney and producer/screenwriter Grant Heslov -- Good night, and good luck companion piece -- Theatrical trailer -- Language: English Dolby surround 5.1 -- Subtitles (feature film only): English, French, Spanish.Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay.- Subjects: Feature films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Murrow, Edward R.; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities; Television broadcasting of news;
- © [2006], Warner Home Video,
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- The postmistress / [electronic resource]. by Blake, Sarah.; Cassidy, Orlagh.;
Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy.In 1940, on the eve of the United States' entrance into World War II, Iris James, the postmistress of Franklin, a small town on Cape Cod, does the unthinkable: she doesn't deliver a letter. In London, American radio gal Frankie Bard is working with Edward R. Murrow, reporting on the blitz. One night in a bomb shelter, she meets a doctor from Cape Cod with a letter in his pocket, a letter Frankie vows to deliver when she returns from Germany and France where she is to record the stories of war refugees desperately trying to escape. The residents of Franklin think the war can't touch them, but as Frankie's radio broadcasts air, some know that the war is indeed coming. And when Frankie arrives at their doorstep, the two stories collide in a way no one could have foreseen. The Postmistress is an unforgettable tale of the secrets we must bear or bury.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 297743 KB).- Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.;
- © 2010., Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC,
- On-line resources: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=277248 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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- That's the way it is : a history of television news in America / by Ponce de Leon, Charles L.(Charles Leonard).;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Beginnings -- The voice of God -- Public alternatives -- News you can use -- Rebirth -- The new entertainment -- Fade to black."When critics decry the current state of our public discourse, one reliably easy target is television news. It's too dumbed-down, they say; it's no longer news but entertainment, celebrity-obsessed and vapid. The critics may be right. But, as Charles L. Ponce de Leon explains in That's the Way It Is, TV news has always walked a fine line between hard news and fluff. The familiar story of decline fails to acknowledge real changes in the media and Americans' news-consuming habits, while also harking back to a golden age that, on closer examination, is revealed to be not so golden after all. Ponce de Leon traces the entire history of televised news, from the household names of the late 1940s and early '50s, like Eric Sevareid, Edward R. Murrow, and Walter Cronkite, through the rise of cable, the political power of Fox News, and the satirical punch of Colbert and Stewart. He shows us an industry forever in transition, where newsmagazines and celebrity profiles vie with political news and serious investigations. The need for ratings success--and the lighter, human interest stories that can help bring it--Ponce de Leon makes clear, has always sat uneasily alongside a real desire to report hard news. Highlighting the contradictions and paradoxes at the heart of TV news, and telling a story rich in familiar figures and fascinating anecdotes, That's the Way It Is will be the definitive account of how television has showed us our history as it happens." -- Publisher's description- Subjects: Television broadcasting of news; Television broadcasting of news;
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