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:
- Sales Rank: 2,519
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- Common Sense Rates this for Ages: More
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Features
Theatrical trailer; French-language track; Dolby Surround; Widescreen [1.85:1]
Full Product DetailsScene 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]
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
Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 12 and UP
What to watch out for
- Drugs:
Social drinking and smoking.
- Language:
One use of "f--k" and a few lesser swear words. Some anti-Semitic language.
- Messages:
Not an issue.
- Sex:
Not an issue.
- Violence:
Not an issue.
- Consumerism:
The game show was sponsored by Geritol and contestants put in their plugs for it.
What Parents Need to Know
About Quiz Show
Parents need to know that this movie, based on a true story, is mostly PG-13 for some swearing. It also includes scenes of social drinking and smoking.
Families Can Talk About
Families can talk about cheating and lying, and how it affected the characters. Why did Stempel agree to cheat? Why did he tell the truth to the investigators? Why did Van Doren cheat? What were some of the feelings Van Doren had about his parents? How can you tell? In what ways was Goodwin like Stempel? In what ways was he like Van Doren? Why was Goodwin intimidated by the Van Dorens? Who was responsible for the "quiz show scandals?" Was the outcome fair? Who should have been punished, and how?
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