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14 September 1994 (USA)
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Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.
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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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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 4 wins
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10 nominations
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A study in ethics
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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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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 |
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At one point, Steven Soderbergh was offered to direct with Tim Robbins starring as Charles Van Doren.
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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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Albert Freedman:
It's not like we're hardened criminals here. We're in show business.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)
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MACK THE KNIFE
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Although `Quiz Show' is entirely concerned with morality and the nature of moral choices, I can't think of a single moment when it isn't obvious whether or not a character is doing the right thing. There are no moral dilemmas whatever. And a good thing too - thorny ethical issues would only turn it into an episode of `Star Trek'. If you think a film needs to be confused about right and wrong in order to be interesting, watch `Quiz Show' and realise your error.
Here's most of the ethics in a nutshell: the star contestants of a popular quiz show are cheating, with the connivance of the producers, the sponsor, and the network. That they shouldn't be cheating is never in dispute. The interesting questions are: Why are they cheating? and, What is it like for them, and how do they maintain dignity, when they're found out? Of course, in an intelligent character study like this there are plenty of other questions. I won't ruin your pleasure by giving away any of the answers. The best scenes, probably, are the ones in which a character must admit to someone or some group of people that he has cheated. All these scenes are very good and each is handled in a different way. But they're just cherries in a rich fruitcake. `Quiz Show' is one of my personal favourites. It was nominated for Best Picture of 1994 - an unusually fertile year - although the award went instead to some big dumb propaganda piece.