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Quiz Show
1994
It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show 21 have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to take a dive and allow Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome .. Read more
| Starring | Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow, John Turturro |
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| Director | Robert Redford |
| Genres | Drama |
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Quiz Show
It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show 21 have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to take a dive and allow Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome and charming college professor, to become the show's new champion. Audiences like Van Doren, and he's certainly not averse to the money he's winning, but the ethics of the situation begin to trouble him, especially when the show's producers begin to give him the questions in advance. Director Robert Redford and writer Paul Attanasio paint a telling portrait of how the network heads and advertising men who manipulated the quiz shows were also able to manipulate the responsibility for the scandal away from themselves. While on the surface a story about the scandal itself, Quiz Show is just as importantly about a turning point in the 1950s when TV and advertising began to change American character and culture.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow, John Turturro, Calista Flockhart, Ethan Hawke |
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| Director | Robert Redford |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 7 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1994 To Rent: DVD: 15 Jun 2006 |
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A smart and gripping drama of media corruption, based on fact and revealing inequities of class and culture that retain their power today.
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- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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Quiz Show Cheater
This is a very odd subject for a film. It is a true story based on the 1950's scandal of NBC's quiz show rigging.
In the early days of ... read more » - 19047
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- 21 Sep 2004 at 11:57
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Brillantly acted
The background of this story was wholly new to me but the idea of a real life rigged quizzed show is hardly amazing. What this film has making it a worthwhile ... read more »
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If TV ruled the world
Apparently historical drama about cheating in a quiz. That's the pretext for looking at the social complexities of US corporate life in the post-war years... read more »
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Enjoyed it and thought the story line was interesting - especially as it was a true story
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Speculation over whether a movie version of New York drama series Sex and the City increased today as it was claimed the project is due to start filming this autumn. Mario Cantone - who played gay stylist Anthony Marantino in the show but previously starred in Mousehunt and Quiz Show - told MTV that director Michael Patrick King had asked him whether he was available for the film later in the year. The movie could be widely successful if it does come to fruition, given the series' popularity... Read more
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Quiz Show
It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show 21 have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to take a dive and allow Charles Van Doren (...
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