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Info: The movie focuses on legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow during the 1950’s when he helped stop the campaign driven by the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy to flush out alleged communists in the government.
Directed by Clooney, who also starred in the film, the movie is being used by his father in journalism classes at American University in Washington, D.C.. The screening was part of the university’s “Reel Journalism” series at the Newseum, a museum dedicated to news.
Part of the entertainment was the wisecracks traded between father and son. “Never cared for this kid! His sister’s great,” said Nick. “I always wanted to be adopted, couldn’t find anyone,” George quipped in response.
Infos: George Clooney said he learned about Murrow and other great journalists from his dad when he was growing in up Kentucky where his father was a TV anchorman and also a columnist in Cincinnati.
A long-time critic of the Iraq war, George Clooney said he wanted the movie to be as accurate as possible, because there was criticism that Hollywood actors were becoming too involved in politics. Clooney said, “I’d been politically active at a time that wasn’t popular,” and took a lot of heat. “I realized if I was going to do a movie like this, I was going to have to get everything right,” he said.
Bill Small, former TV news executive with CBS and NBC, talked about the sense of fear among journalists who questioned the government during the 1950’s and 1960’s. He also pointed out that sober programs such as “60 Minutes” were making money for their networks, adding that he’d been told the franchise had brought in about $2 billion to CBS over the years.
The younger Clooney chimed in with a reminder that you shouldn’t underestimate your audience or play down to them. But his dad Nick wasn’t entirely sure. Noting shifts in audience preferences from news to entertainment, he got the last word, telling the audience: “You will get precisely the news you deserve if you accept mediocrity.”
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News: The first casting announcement for Jason Reitman's next film, Up in the Air, has hit today. George Clooney is in talks to star in the film as Ryan Bingham, a frequent traveler pursuing his millionth frequent flyer mile in his last week in employment with his company. For me at least, this is the highly anticipated follow-up to Juno for Reitman. I'm a huge fan of Reitman and was excited to hear that Up in the Air would be his next film - and now with Clooney potentially attached, this is on is way to being a mainstream hit, or so I hope. Reitman has compared Up in the Air to Thank You for Smoking but for the corporate world - and I can't wait to see it! Clooney's addition only further solidifies my high hopes for this adaptation.
Information: As we first announced back in May, Up in the Air is an adaptation of Walter Kirn's book of the same name. Reitman once said of the film that "most of the time, in a movie, it's about a guy and at the beginning he's lonely, and he thinks he has it all and he meets a girl and she changes everything… this is not that movie." Reitman first picked up the book years ago and has been developing the script while working on Thank You for Smoking and Juno. I expect great things from him with Up in the Air, which says a lot because Reitman has consistently (with two movies so far) done a fantastic job and I expect another hit with Up in the Air. Honestly, Clooney seemed a bit old to me for the character, but in the end I think he'll be the right fit.
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