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Release Date:
14 September 1994 (USA)
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Tagline:
Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.
Plot:
Dick Goodwin discovers game shows are fixed: pretty boy WASP Charles Van Doren is fed answers so he beats geeky Jew Herbie Stempel. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 4 wins
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10 nominations
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(21 articles)
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Fantastic film, phenomenal performances
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Turturro | ... | Herbie Stempel |
 | Rob Morrow | ... | Dick Goodwin |
 | Ralph Fiennes | ... | Charles Van Doren |
 | Paul Scofield | ... | Mark Van Doren |
 | David Paymer | ... | Dan Enright |
 | Hank Azaria | ... | Albert Freedman |
 | Christopher McDonald | ... | Jack Barry |
 | Johann Carlo | ... | Toby Stempel |
| Elizabeth Wilson | ... | Dorothy Van Doren |
 | Allan Rich | ... | Robert Kintner |
 | Mira Sorvino | ... | Sandra Goodwin |
| George Martin | ... | Chairman |
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | Lishman |
 | Griffin Dunne | ... | Account Guy |
 | Michael Mantell | ... | Pennebaker |
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133 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 (certificate no. 32957) |
Netherlands:AL |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
Germany:6 (w) |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:15
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In January, 1957, Herb Stempel and Charles Van Doren actually had a series of three scripted ties and Charles Van Doren finally won on the fourth game. While Charles Van Doren did lose to Vivienne Nearing, he actually played against her three times to a tie before losing. He had beat her husband, Victor Nearing, earlier in the year. He signed a 3-year contract for $150,000 ($50,000 a year in the movie, pretty much got it right) in April, 1957, to guest on Steve Allen's show, guest host the "Today" (1952) show, and be a panelist on NBC's radio show, "Conversations."
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Anachronisms: The Thistle Class One sailboat is rigged with specialty Harken blocks (pulleys), which were introduced in the 1990s.
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Jack Barry:
Eleven points will bring you to 21 and you will be our new champion! Because of a disagreement with his commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant was virtually placed under arrest for a brief time early in 1862. Who was the commanding general of the Union army at that time? Tough question.
Charles Van Doren: Just so oddly familiar.
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Charles Van Doren: Just so oddly familiar.
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Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio (2007) (V)
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DANCING IN THE DARK
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It would be pretty surprising if Quiz Show, Robert Redford's film about the 1950's quiz show scandals was anything short of excellent. The principal actors give phenomenal performances: Fiennes' Van Doren is usually unflappable and cold, but manages to allow vulnerability to surface at times, and Turturro's Stempel is a study in almost sociopathic and manic behavior. What allows both actors to transcend mere greatness is their ability to make the viewer both admire and detest their characters with something as subtle as a glance or body language. Morrow's character of the `whistle-blower' is there as the moral fiber; the outsider who looks upon the situation both with objectivity and as the devil's advocate.
Redford's direction is rich and well-paced. There were not any slow moments in the film, and he did not have to adhere to rapid-fire editing to achieve the momentum of the film. Perhaps the subject matter is a factor, but I have found that with the exception of `Ordinary People', the films I have seen under Redford's direction have been good in a technical respect but lean toward the maudlin. With Quiz Show, he does what should be done when telling a true story – he does not resort to preaching, rather he directs with an objectivity that allows the viewer to come to their own conclusions.
Quiz Show is an excellent film that I highly recommend, especially to see the razor-sharp performances of Fiennes and Turturro.
--Shelly