Quiz Show (1994)

Director:

Robert Redford

Writers (WGA):

Richard N. Goodwin (book)
Paul Attanasio (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 septiembre 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.

Plot:

Dick Goodwin discovers game shows are fixed: pretty boy WASP Charles Van Doren is fed answers so he beats geeky Jew Herbie Stempel.

Plot Keywords:

New York City | Father Son Relationship | Fraud | Perspiration | Advertising

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A wonderful film

Cast

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

También conocida como:

Quiz Show: El dilema (Spain) [es]
Quiz show: El dilema (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

133 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate no. 32957) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:6 (w) | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Baltimore Pictures

Trivialidades:

This film features at least three directors in small roles: Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson, and Douglas McGrath.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Visible on the bookshelves when Goodwin is talking to the Geritol rep are the oversize volumes of the "Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971"... published in 1979.

Quotes:

Herbie Stemple: [referring to television] That box is the biggest thing since Gutenberg invented the printing press, and I'm the biggest thing on it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

DANCING IN THE DARK

A wonderful film

I watched this film for about the fifth time last night. I first saw it a couple of years ago when my mum brought it home, she'd picked it out of the bargain bin at the supermarket, and what a bargain!

It is a superb tale, I notice some have said 'who cares it was just a dumb quiz show', well that is hardly the point, many films are made where, what was seemingly the subject is actually just a background for the real story to be told.

Quiz Show is a brilliantly told morality tale, but that is not to say it preaches. It can get away with not preaching because the consequences of their actions didn't harm anyone. It doesn't say, 'if you do something wrong you will be punished'. It says 'If you do something wrong, can you live with yourself'. "It's the getting away with it I couldn't stand" Charlie says at one point.

A classical tragedy of a man with the world at his fingertips who throws it all away at his own volition. As a classical Shakespearean actor Fiennes is perfect for the role.

A wonderful intelligent and literate script, the pieces between Charlie and his father in the Athanaeum and at the picnic are wonderful.

Subtle music and stylish presentation are the icing on the cake.