Quiz Show (1994)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Robert Redford

Escritores (WGA):

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

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 septiembre 1994 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Historia

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:

Columbia University | Television | Investigation | Fraud | 1950s

Premios:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A study in ethics

Reparto

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:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

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

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Baltimore Pictures

Trivialidades:

The real Herb Stempel makes an unbilled appearance as one of the former contestants interviewed by Richard Goodwin.

Errores:

Anacronismos: During the "Today Show" interview, flags are visible as the camera pans to the shot of the crowd. The present-day South African flag is clearly visible.

Citas:

Mark Van Doren: If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Quiz Show (#2.22)" (1998)

Banda de Sonido:

MACK THE KNIFE

A study in ethics

Although `Quiz Show' is entirely concerned with morality and the nature of moral choices, I can't think of a single moment when it isn't obvious whether or not a character is doing the right thing. There are no moral dilemmas whatever. And a good thing too - thorny ethical issues would only turn it into an episode of `Star Trek'. If you think a film needs to be confused about right and wrong in order to be interesting, watch `Quiz Show' and realise your error.

Here's most of the ethics in a nutshell: the star contestants of a popular quiz show are cheating, with the connivance of the producers, the sponsor, and the network. That they shouldn't be cheating is never in dispute. The interesting questions are: Why are they cheating? and, What is it like for them, and how do they maintain dignity, when they're found out? Of course, in an intelligent character study like this there are plenty of other questions. I won't ruin your pleasure by giving away any of the answers. The best scenes, probably, are the ones in which a character must admit to someone or some group of people that he has cheated. All these scenes are very good and each is handled in a different way. But they're just cherries in a rich fruitcake. `Quiz Show' is one of my personal favourites. It was nominated for Best Picture of 1994 - an unusually fertile year - although the award went instead to some big dumb propaganda piece.