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Story by: Jack Foley
GEORGE Clooney's second film as director has brought the 49th
London Film Festival to a close in exhilarating fashion.
Goodnight, and Good Luck tells the true story of how Edward R
Murrow (David Strathairn) and his producer, Fred Friendly (George
Clooney), helped bring an end to the House Un-American Activities
Committee' anti-Communist hearings.
It is shot in black and white and is a fantastic expose of the
early days of broadcast journalism in 1950s America - complete
with a brilliant supporting cast.
As both one of the film's stars and its director, Clooney attended
the gala screening which took place in London's Leicester Square
on Thursday, November 3.
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He signed autographs for dozens of
fans outside the cinema and fended off questions from reporters,
refusing to confirm whether he would be attending the rumoured
wedding of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and confirming that his
back - which was injured during filming on Syriana - was doing
fine.
He also admitted that he now found directing more enjoyable than
acting, adding: "You can last a little longer. You can get
old and grey and they still let you do the job."
Goodnight, and Good Luck has already proved an award winner at
this year's Venice Film Festival and could well earn Clooney his
first Oscar nomination as director.
The screening of the film marked the end of another strong year
for the London Film Festival, during which more than 180 films
from 50 countries were shown.
John Le Carre's excellent political thriller, The
Constant Gardener, starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz,
opened the festival in October, while there were gala performances
for The Brothers Grimm,
Walk The Line, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Separate Lies.
Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown,
Steven Soderbergh's Bubble and Lars Von Trier's Manderlay all
received their UK premieres during the fortnight.
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