Quiz Show (1994)

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Synopsis
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

Cast

Hank Azaria	Albert Freedman
Johann Carlo	Toby Stempel
Ralph Fiennes	Charles Van Doren
George Martin	Chairman
Christopher McDonald	Jack Barry
Rob Morrow	Dick Goodwin
David Paymer	Dan Enright
Paul Scofield	Mark Van Doren
Griffin Dunne	Account Guy
Barry Levinson	Dave Garroway
Allan Rich	Robert Kintner
Martin Scorsese	Sponsor
John Turturro	Herbie Stempel
Elizabeth Wilson	Dorothy Van Doren
Mira Sorvino	Sandra Goodwin
Paul Guilfoyle	Lishman

Production Crew

Sue Moore	Associate Producer
Richard N. Goodwin	Book Author
Florian Ballhaus	Camera Operator
Bonnie Timmermann	Casting
Michael Ballhaus	Cinematographer
Gail Mutrux	Co-producer
Jeff McCracken	Co-producer
Richard N. Goodwin	Co-producer
Mark Isham	Composer (Music Score)
Kathy O'Rear	Costume Designer
Robert Redford	Director
Stu Linder	Editor
Frederick Zollo	Executive Producer
Judith James	Executive Producer
Richard Dreyfuss	Executive Producer
Bernadette Mazur	Makeup
Sharon Ilson	Makeup
Gary Rydstrom	Musical Direction/Supervision
Joseph P. Reidy	Producer
Julian Krainin	Producer
Michael Jacobs	Producer
Michael Nozik	Producer
Robert Redford	Producer
Jon Hutman	Production Designer
Tim Galvin	Production Designer
Lydia Dean Pilcher	Production Manager
Paul Attanasio	Screenwriter
Samara Schaffer	Set Designer
Tod A. Mailand	Sound/Sound Designer

Genre
Drama

Awards
1993 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1994 - Best Film (Drama) - Golden Globe
1994 - Best Picture - Academy
1994 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1994 - Best Picture - New York Film Critics Circle
1994 - Best Picture - Academy
1994 - Best Picture - Academy
1994 - Best Picture - Academy
1994 - Best Picture - Academy
1994 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1994 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1994 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1994 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1994 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1994 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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