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Quiz Show (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
133 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Redford

Written By:
Paul Attanasio
Richard N. Goodwin

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

Experience Quiz Show, the acclaimed film from director Robert Redford, for the first time on Blu-ray, featuring a new digital restoration with enhanced picture and sound. Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro star in this gripping drama based on true events and nominated for 4 Academy Awards. Take a thrilling look behind the scenes of TVs hottest big-money game show. Fame and fortune become a hotbed of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption beneath the quiz shows glittering facade. What he discovers brings down one of the countrys most influential families and changes the landscape of American entertainment forever. Relive this powerful story like never before on Blu-ray!

In 1958 when television quiz shows ruled the airwaves, Charles Van Doren was the wildly popular champion of a successful TV show called 'Twenty-One.' A national celebrity who appeared on the covers of both 'Time' and 'Life' magazines, Van Doren was an American folk hero. Week after week audiences tuned in to watch as Van Doren, a popular English instructor at Columbia University and the product of one of America's most renowned literary families, seemed to draw from his vast knowledge the correct answers to obscure questions. His charming presence seduced 50 million people into believing him. But the truth is, viewers were fooled and saw only what the network and program's producers wanted them to see. Then someone pulled the plug. When disgruntled contestant Herbie Stempel charged that the quiz game was a fraud, Congressional investigator Richard Goodwin uncovered the facts that exposed the deception, and sent shock waves reverberating across America.

An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show 'Twenty-One': Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 14 March, 2013.

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