Trivia

Each morning, George Clooney would gather his cast members together and give them copies of the newspapers from that day in 1953. He'd then give them an hour and a half, working on old manual typewriters, to copy out the stories from the paper. He would then hold an improvised news conference with hidden cameras, in which the cast members would then pitch their stories to the editor, just like a real newsroom.

Precisely every 23 minutes (the standard running time of television shows from the 1950s), the film is punctuated by a jazz song performed by Dianne Reeves.

Initially, the famous concluding catchphrase, "Good Night and Good Luck", that became the title of the film, was a habit Edward R. Murrow kept from his London years as a war reporter for the radio. Then British people under constant night German bombing systematically ended their conversations with the very same words, uncertain they would meet again.

George Clooney was paid one dollar each for writing, directing, and starring in the film. This helped keep the film's costs low, coming in at a budget of just $7.5 million.

George Clooney was extremely nervous about showing the film to his father, Nick, a newsman himself. Nick Clooney got up after watching it, patted his son on the shoulder and said, "You got it right".

Robert F. Kennedy: During the archive footage of John L. McClellan's questioning Joseph McCarthy, a very young RFK (then a minority counsel to the committee) can be seen when the camera pans to the right.