Quiz Show (2005)

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Directed by

Robert Redford

Starring (View all)

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

Written by

Paul Attanasio
(screenplay)

Richard N. Goodwin

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11 years, 11 months ago at Jul 11 17:34

Spike Marshall

2 votes

I'm currently reading Down and Dirty Pictures by Peter Biskind (the Easy Riders, Raging Bulls guy) which details the independent movie scene in the 1990s. It's mostly centred on Miramax, but there's a lot of stuff about the Sundance Festival and Robert Redford's film community. It doesn't paint a particularly kind picture of Redford, but the stuff surrounding the creation of Quiz Show fascinated m... read more

its Show Biz!

16 years, 5 months ago at Jan 8 12:20

Ticko

1 vote

Its amazing to see how the TV industry works in the 50s. Has anything changed? it hink the TV industry is the same they are smarter in covering up we need to see a movie about Reality TV! is it real or just another Quiz Show fake? Good movie.

A charming tale

10 years, 9 months ago at Aug 21 1:17

Exeter

1 vote

Based on Richard Goodwin's book Remembering America, this film pushes the message that in its infancy, Television was to entertain first, sell product and then inform. Thanks to lack of oversight and regulation, companies soon cottoned on to the massive earning potential of the medium.

It's worth remembering that Goodwin was Kennedy's (and later Johnson's) speechwriter so his recoll... read more

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Quiz Show is a riveting film about the television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. This thought-provoking drama offers an opportunity to explore the decline of morality, the inviolability of corporate power, and the unstoppable influence of television on the psyche and soul of America.

Release date: 7 October 1994
UPC: 717951003492

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