Quiz Show (film)
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| Directed by | Robert Redford |
| Produced by | Robert Redford Michael Jacobs Julian Krainin Michael Nozik |
| Screenplay by | Paul Attanasio |
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Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties by Richard Goodwin |
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| Music by | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography | Michael Ballhaus |
| Edited by | Stu Linder |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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133 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $31 million |
| Box office | $24.8 million |
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical film produced and directed by Robert Redford, and written by Paul Attanasio, based on Richard N. Goodwin's memoir Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties. It stars John Turturro, Rob Morrow, and Ralph Fiennes, with Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, and Christopher McDonald appearing in supporting roles.
The film chronicles the Twenty One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the rise and fall of popular contestant Charles Van Doren after the rigged loss of Herb Stempel, and Congressional investigator Richard Goodwin's subsequent probe. Goodwin co-produced the film. The film received generally positive reviews and was nominated for several awards, including a Best Picture Oscar nomination and several Golden Globes. It had a disappointing box office return.
In 1958, the questions and answers to be used for the latest broadcast of NBC's popular quiz show Twenty One are transported from a secure bank vault to the studio as producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank Azaria) watch from the control booth. The evening's main attraction is Queens resident Herb Stempel (John Turturro), the reigning champion, who correctly answers question after question. However, both the network and the program's corporate sponsor, the supplementary tonic Geritol, find that Stempel's approval ratings are beginning to level out, meaning the show would benefit from new talent.
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