EXCLUSIVE : Without advance notice, Magnolia Pictures on Friday will release Good Night, and Good Luck: Live From Broadway on Prime Video and other digital platforms. The David Cromer-directed film is is a live-capture of the Tony-nominated play that broke records during its limited Broadway run at the Winter Garden Theatre. George Clooney directed the acclaimed 2005 film and played CBS producer Fred Friendly, but this time he plays Edward R. Murrow, the chain-smoking iconic newsman who took on Joseph McCarthy and his House Un-American Activities Committee cancel campaign undertaken to root out communists at the height of the Cold War. His on-air stand helped stunt McCarthy’s momentum by exposing the fearmongering and disinformation done to ruin perceived enemies. That stand came

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