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Sep 16, 1994 · The early quiz shows rewarded knowledge, and made celebrities out of people who knew a lot of things and could remember them. The post-fix quiz shows rewarded luck. On “The $64,000 Question” and “Twenty-One” you could see people getting rich because they were smart.
Sep 16, 1994 · Movie Review : ‘Quiz Show’s’ Category: Evil and Moral Ambiguity. By KENNETH TURAN. Sept. 16, 1994 12 AM PT. TIMES FILM CRITIC. As the subject for a major motion picture, the fuss surrounding the...
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Richard Goodwin, a young Congressional lawyer, learns that the grand jury findings have been sealed and travels to New York City to investigate rumors of rigged quiz shows. Visiting a number of contestants, including Stempel and Van Doren, he begins to suspect that Twenty-One is a fixed operation.
May 11, 2021 · Robert Redford’s fascinating and meticulously crafted Quiz Show (1994) is one such determined showcase of TV’s moral corruption and duplicity that also doubles up as a insightful commentary on 50s America.
Quiz Show: Directed by Robert Redford. With John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield. A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.
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Sep 14, 1994 · The brilliantly unsettling prologue to "Quiz Show" is a seduction scene in an automobile showroom, with a shiny new Chrysler working its wiles upon a wary young man.
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Robert Redford’s Quiz Show is an engrossing chronicle of the investigation that blew the lid on Twenty-One's fixing, revealed when disgruntled champion Herb Stempel became a whistleblower.