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Quiz Show (1994) 7.5
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Metascore: 88/100
Reviews: 147 user | 53 critic | 13 from Metacritic.com Dick Goodwin discovers game shows are fixed: Charles Van Doren is fed answers so he beats Herbie Stempel. Director:Robert Redford |
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| John Turturro | ... | ||
| Rob Morrow | ... | ||
| Ralph Fiennes | ... | ||
| Paul Scofield | ... | ||
| David Paymer | ... |
Dan Enright
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| Christopher McDonald | ... | ||
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Johann Carlo | ... |
Toby Stempel
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| Elizabeth Wilson | ... | ||
| Allan Rich | ... | ||
| Mira Sorvino | ... | ||
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George Martin | ... |
Chairman
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| Paul Guilfoyle | ... |
Lishman
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| Griffin Dunne | ... |
Account Guy
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Pennebaker
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An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story. Written by Tim Horrigan <horrigan@hanover-crrel.army.mil>
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Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 September 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Kviz See more »Box Office
Gross:
$24,822,619 (USA)Company Credits
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Sandra Goodwin: I'm not the one who came home with a Chrysler catalogue.
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Written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Marc Blitzstein
Performed by Bobby Darin
Courtesy of Atco Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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In the film Dick Goodwin mentions that the Reuben Sandwich as being the only "truly invented" sandwich in the world and he credits a Reuben K (actual name Reuben Kulakofsky) as having invented it. It was entered into a national sandwich competition in 1956 by a Fern Snider. Truth is that the inventor of the sandwich is unknown and the recipe goes back to about 1908 which is about 20 years before Mr Kulakosky first invented it. See more »Goofs
During the "Today Show" interview, flags are visible as the camera pans to the shot of the crowd. The present-day South African flag is clearly visible. See more »Quotes
Dick Goodwin: You know, money isn't everything.Sandra Goodwin: I'm not the one who came home with a Chrysler catalogue.
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No.1 Mom.......Katherine Turturro See more »Soundtracks
"MACK THE KNIFE"Written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Marc Blitzstein
Performed by Bobby Darin
Courtesy of Atco Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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I watched this film for about the fifth time last night. I first saw it a couple of years ago when my mum brought it home, she'd picked it out of the bargain bin at the supermarket, and what a bargain!
It is a superb tale, I notice some have said 'who cares it was just a dumb quiz show', well that is hardly the point, many films are made where, what was seemingly the subject is actually just a background for the real story to be told.
Quiz Show is a brilliantly told morality tale, but that is not to say it preaches. It can get away with not preaching because the consequences of their actions didn't harm anyone. It doesn't say, 'if you do something wrong you will be punished'. It says 'If you do something wrong, can you live with yourself'. "It's the getting away with it I couldn't stand" Charlie says at one point.
A classical tragedy of a man with the world at his fingertips who throws it all away at his own volition. As a classical Shakespearean actor Fiennes is perfect for the role.
A wonderful intelligent and literate script, the pieces between Charlie and his father in the Athanaeum and at the picnic are wonderful.
Subtle music and stylish presentation are the icing on the cake.