Quiz Show
Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.
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- Drama
- Mystery
- History
Overview
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.
Keywords
- manipulation
- based on true story
- investigation
- 1950s
- lawyer
- frustrated
- product placement
- awestruck
- game show
- quiz
- audacious
- idealism
- idealist
- fighting the system
- manipulation of the media
- tv ratings
- cruel
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 25, 1994
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- John Turturro,Rob Morrow,Ralph Fiennes,Paul Scofield,David Paymer,Hank Azaria,Christopher McDonald,Johann Carlo,Elizabeth Wilson,Allan Richand 93 more
- Director
- Robert Redford
- Producer
- Michael Jacobs,Richard Dreyfuss,Judith James,Frederick Zollo,Michael Nozik,Robert Redford,Julian Krainin
- Cinematography
- Michael Ballhaus
- Music
- Mark Isham
- Budget
- $31,000,000
- Revenue
- $24,822,619
- IMDb
- tt0110932