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“Quiz Show is a movie I've watched multiple times since it's release. A quiet rumination on many things, it's one of those movies you sit back and watc”
Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)" Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical mystery-drama film directed and produced by Robert Redford. Dramatizing the Twenty-One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the screenplay by Paul Attanasio adapts the memoirs of Richard N. Goodwin, a U.S. Congressional lawyer who investigated the accusations of game-fixing by show producers. The film chronicles the rise and fall of popular contestant Charles Van Doren after the fixed loss of Herb Stempel and Goodwin's subsequent probe. The film stars Jo"
Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)" Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical mystery-drama film directed and produced by Robert Redford. Dramatizing the Twenty-One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the screenplay by Paul Attanasio adapts the memoirs of Richard N. Goodwin, a U.S. Congressional lawyer who investigated the accusations of game-fixing by show producers. The film chronicles the rise and fall of popular contestant Charles Van Doren after the fixed loss of Herb Stempel and Goodwin's subsequent probe. The film stars Jo"
“Quiz Show is a movie I've watched multiple times since it's release. A quiet rumination on many things, it's one of those movies you sit back and watch on a lazy afternoon when you have nothing to do and all day to do it.
About those quiet ruminations: it's the 1950s and television is experiencing a nascent innocence. New York City is arguably the entertainment and financial center of the Western hemisphere and, therefore, many of the contestants on games shows are homegrown locals (unlike the later shift to Hollywood, where you needed to block off a day of your vacation to attend or participate in most games shows).
But underneath the champagne bubbles of post-WWII NYC life lay deep divisions: Manhattan vs the Outer Boroughs, old money vs a burgeoning post-war middle ” read more
“Based on Richard Goodwin's book Remembering America, this film pushes the message that in its infancy, Television was to entertain first, sell product”
Favorite Movies of All Time (2019 Edition) (1001 movies items)"2018: 933 2017: 922 2016: 912 2015: 887 "
The characters of: ETHAN HAWKE (80 movies items)"1994 as Don Quixote Student in QUIZ SHOW (1994, dir: Robert Redford)"
My Favorite Films of 1994 (25 movies items)" "You know why they call them Indians? Because Columbus thought he was in India. They're "Indians" because some white guy got lost." Directed by Robert Redford Written by Paul Attanasio Music by Mark Isham Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus Editing by Stu Linder"
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Favorite Drama Films: 1994-1995 (101 movies items)" Directed by: Robert Redford Produced by: Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Jacobs, Robert Redford, Judith James, Fredrick Zollo, and Judith James Written by: Paul Attanasio Based on the novel "Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties", by: Richard N. Goodwin Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus Edited by: Stu Linder Music by: Mark Isham Distributed by: Hollywood Pictures"
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