Detailed item info | Movie description | This acclaimed drama, directed by Robert Redford, tells the true story behind the quiz show scandal of 1959. Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), a disgruntled former champion, prompts a congressional investigation into the popular game show TWENTY-ONE with his charge that the current champion, Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome professor who has become a celebrity, has been provided with answers by the producers. Rob Morrow stars as Dick Goodwin, the investigator on the case and the author of the book that inspired the film.
| | Credits | | Cast: | Christopher McDonald, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, John Turturro, Paul Scofield, Ralph Fiennes, Rob Morrow |
| | Notes | DVD Features:
Region 1
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Letterboxed - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Surround - English
Dolby Surround - French
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Theatrical release: September 1994.
Filmed in the Bronx and Manhattan, NY, and Washington, DC.
Ethan Hawke makes an uncredited appearance in the film.
Steven Soderbergh was initially slated to direct QUIZ SHOW before Robert Redford took over as director.
"I don't defend the practice of rigging quiz shows, but I also don't defend the practice of rigging the movie," says [Don Enright]. "It's being presented as a documentary and sold as one, without any disclaimers; pictures of my dad are everywhere...Does that matter? I don't know...It's not true."--Don Enright interviewed by Susan Spillman, USA Today, 9/7/1994
"Far more than I realized at the time, the producers gauged my strengths and profound weaknesses, treating a kid with kid gloves as they concocted questions that took me incrementally from $64 to $16,000."--Mike Clark on his experience as a 10-year-old contestant on quiz show THE $64,000 QUESTION, in USA Today, 9/14/1994
| | Editorial reviews | "...Directed with probing intelligence and slashing wit....Fiennes gives a brilliant performance..."
Rolling Stone - p.103-4 - Peter Travers
"...Razor sharp..." -- Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly - pp.64-5 - Joe Neumaier
"...Directed with quietly dazzling acuity by [Redford]....A rich, handsome articulate film about a subject truly worth talking about..."
New York Times - p.C11 - Janet Maslin
"...A nuanced and thoroughly gripping fable..." - Recommended
Premiere - p.145 - Josh Rottenberg
"...Redford's direction is fluid and self-effacing, and he draws fine performances from his cast..."
Sight and Sound - Philip Kemp (03/01/1995)
"...Robert Redford has directed QUIZ SHOW as entertainment, history and challenge....[The screenplay] is smart, subtle and ruthless..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (09/16/1994)
"...A thoughtful, absorbing drama about moral ambiguity and the affability of evil....Fiennes' ability to project the pain behind a well-mannered façade, to turn intellectual and emotional agony into a real and living thing, is devastating..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (09/16/1994)
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