Quiz Show with John Turturro: DVD Cover

    Quiz Show Director: Robert Redford Cast: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield

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    • DVD Release Date: 09/07/1999
    • Original Release: 1994
    • Rating: Rated PG13
    • Sales Rank: 6,810

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    Theatrical trailer; French-language track; Dolby Surround; Widescreen [1.85:1]

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Chapter Selection
    1. Program Start [:12]
    2. Opening Credits [:12]
    3. "Twenty-One" On Air [5:19]
    4. A Problem With Stempel [5:19]
    5. At Home With The Stempels [:10]
    6. Just An Idea [:10]
    7. Asked To Take A Dive [2:54]
    8. A New Champion [4:40]
    9. Celebrity/Angry Loser [3:48]
    10. Stempel Sees Enright [7:13]
    11. "TV Quiz Inquiry Sealed By Judge" [5:53]
    12. Lunch At The Athenaeum [6:40]
    13. Goodwin Sees Stempel [2:48]
    14. Connecticut Visit [2:50]
    15. Goodwin Sees Enright & Freedman [8:33]
    16. Stempel Fesses Up [4:45]
    17. Poker Game [2:58]
    18. Father-Son Talk [7:33]
    19. At Mr. Kintner's Office [:41]
    20. Changing Of The Guard [2:24]
    21. Man To Man [4:01]
    22. Subcommittee Calls Herb Stempel [3:10]
    23. Kintner Sees Van Doren [6:03]
    24. Goodwin And The Sponsor [1:23]
    25. A Subpoena For Van Doren [9:29]
    26. Dad Finds Out The Truth [5:23]
    27. Van Doren Testifies [4:17]
    28. A Raucous Scene [3:47]
    29. Enright Testifies [4:44]
    30. End Credits [1:45]

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    Editorial Reviews

    It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show 21 have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to "take a dive" and allow Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome and charming college professor, to become the show's new champion. Audiences like Van Doren, and he's certainly not averse to the money he's winning, but the ethics of the situation begin to trouble him, especially when the show's producers begin to give him the questions in advance. Director Robert Redford and writer Paul Attanasio paint a telling portrait of how the network heads and advertising men who manipulated the quiz shows were also able to manipulate the responsibility for the scandal away from themselves. While on the surface a story about the scandal itself, Quiz Show is just as importantly about a turning point in the 1950s when TV and advertising began to change American character and culture. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    Very Very Good Movieby Anonymous

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    March 09, 2005: Superb movie delving on the issue of corporate America's evils and to what extent it will stoop in order to make money.

    wonderful movie!by Anonymous

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    January 12, 2005: i stumbled upon this movie after researching the quiz show scandals of the '50s. the first time i watched the movie i was impressed, but it took me the second time to fully comprehend everything. it's *wonderful* how robert redford put so much detail into this movie. i found out that after the show where Van Doren had beaten Stempel, Stempel overheard someone say 'i'm glad we got a clean cut individual other than a freak with a sponge memory' and that was in the movie. the copyright of where i researched that was before the date of the movie. i was impressed! it just goes to show the extent of corporate america and how far they'll go for money. this is an excellent movie!


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