I myself am a former Fraud Investigator, and, ' Quiz Show ', is the most realistic depiction of what a real fraud investigation is like that I have ever seen in a feature film.
I've long been somewhat suspicious of the Game Show "Wheel Of Fortune". I've seen so many contestants literally get to within one letter-ONE LETTER-of being able to solve a puzzle, and then "Blow it", by guessing the wrong letter, in order to complete the puzzle, and win that particular round. I've also seen, in the past, what looks like favoritism. Seems like that, more often than not, regular people are somehow passed over, so that somebody else that's "More beautiful & possibly really well off" gets to win. I'm wondering:Is the same kind of thing happening, that happened in this movie? I don't even watch "Wheel Of Fortune" anymore. I'm done with it!
@@ronaldshank7589NO GAME SHOW CAN BE RIGGED NOW BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL LAWS PASSED FOLLOWING THE SCANDALS. THEY CAN WORM THEIR WAY AROUND THOSE LAWS BUT THEY WILL GET CAUGHT BEFORE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
I wonder what They woud've taught about Movies from 2014 to 2019, Like. 2014 Movies. The Nut Job. Animated Movie. I, Frankenstein. Robocop 2014 Movie. Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Muppet's Most Wanted/The Muppet's. Noah. Rio 2. Heaven Is For Real. The Amazing Spider-Man 2. X-men Days Of Future Past. Maleficent. How To Train Your Dragon 2. Transformers Age Of Extinction. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Planes/Planes Fire and Rescue. Hercules. Guardians Of The Galaxy. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 Movie. Leprechaun Origins. Dolphin Tale/Dolphin Tale 2. Annabelle. Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The Book Of Life. Big Hero 6. Penguins Of Madagascar. Exodus Gods and Kings. Annie 2014. Night At The Museum/Night At The Museum 2/Night At The Museum Secret Of The Tomb. Into The Woods. 2015 Movies. Shaun The Sheep Movie. The SpongeBob Movie Sponge out of Water. Cinderella 2015 Movie. Home. Avengers Age Of Ultron. Monkey Kingdom Disney Nature Movie. Tomorrowland. Inside Out. Poltergeist 2015 Movie. San Andreas. 2015 Movie. Jurassic World. Minions. Terminator Genisys. Ant-Man. Pixels. Fantastic Four. Hotel Transylvania/Hotel Transylvania 2. Goosebumps. Jem and The Holograms 2015 Movie. The Peanuts Movie. The Good Dinosaur. Star Wars The Force Awakens. 2016 Movies. Kung Fu Panda 3. Zootopia. Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice. The Jungle Book 2016 Movie. The Angry Birds Movie. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out Of The Shadows. Finding Dory. The Secret Life Of Pets. Independence Day Resurgence. The BFG. Star Trek Beyond. Ghostbusters 2016 Movie. Batman The Killing Joke. Nine Lives. Pete's Dragon. Ben-Hur 2016 Movie. Kubo and the two strings. Sing. Storks. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Moana. Rouge One a Star Wars Story. Patriot's Day. 2017 Movies. Monster Trucks. The Red Turtle. A Dog's Purpose. The Lego Batman Movie. Beauty and The Beast 2017 movie. Kong Skull Island. Ghost In The Shell 2017 Movie. Smurfs The Lost Village. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. Born In China Disney Nature Movie. Baywatch 2017 Movie. Wonder Woman. Cars 3. Despicable Me 3. Transformers The Last Knight. Spider-Man Homecoming. War For The Planet Of The Apes. The Emoji Movie. Annabelle Creation. The Nut Job 2 Nutty By Nature. IT 2017 movie. The Lego Ninjago Movie. My Little Pony The Movie. The Florida Project. Coco. Pokemon The Movie I Chose You. Paddington 2. Wonder. Jumanji Welcome to the jungle. Star Wars The Last Jedi. Ferdinand 2017 animated movie. Hostiles. 2018 Movies. Mary and The Witch's Flower. Peter Rabbit. Black Panther. A Winkle In Time 2018 Movie. Sherlock Gnomes. Ready Player One. Avengers Infinity War. Show Dogs. Solo A Star Wars Story. Incredible's 2. Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. Ant-Man and The Wasp. Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation. Teen Titans Go to the movies. Christopher Robin. Alpha. A.X.L. The Nun. Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween. Halloween 2018 movie. The Nutcracker and The Four Realms. Fantastic Beasts The Crimes Of Grindelwald. Ralph Breaks The Internet. Pokemon The Movie The Power Of Us. Mary Queen Of Scots. Spider-Man into the Spider-verse. Mary Poppins Returns. Bumblebee. Holmes & Watson. 2019 Movies. A Dog's Way Home. The Kid Who Would Be King. The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part. How To Train Your Dragon The Hidden World. Fighting For My Family. Wonder Park. Dumbo 2019 Movie, Shazam. Hellboy 2019 movie. Missing Link. Penguins Disney Nature Movie. Avengers Endgame. Uglydolls. Pokemon Detective Pikachu. Aladdin 2019 Movie. Godzilla King Of Monsters 2019 Movie. Dark Phoenix. etc. etc.
@@65g4 I didn't say there aren't great movies that haven't come out since 2001. I loved No Country For Old Men, True Grit, There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread - off the top of my head.
They were at their best when they reviewed a truly great film. Or when they reviewed bad films. Or mediocre ones. Or when they agreed or disagreed. They were simply great. Miss them.
If I ever have to go to a desert island with a DVD player and nothing else, I'm taking QUIZ SHOW along. One of the best and most heartbreaking character studies I've ever seen, and by far Redford's best directorial effort. LOVE it!
Wonderful film, I just saw this earlier on tonight as I am typing this comment, & truly I must say this screenplay, & the preceding played out greatly, from beginning to end. Marvelous performances by both actors Ralph Fiennes, plus John Turturro, are the ones that really stood out.
Siskel & ebert were wonderful. I used to get excited stumbling on it on a Saturday morning. Every yt movie reviewer inspiration is siskel & ebert even though some of them are to young to remember it got it from other you tubers that were inspired by these 2 greats
Actually, the sponsors WERE touched. Before the scandal broke, sponsors had more say over a television show than the networks since they were the ones putting up the money. The fallout took a lot of power away from the sponsors and put it back in the networks hands, and gave us "standards and practices". My only complaint about Quiz Show is it never mentions the show that actually started the entire scandal, Dotto. But don't get me wrong, Quiz Show is still a fantastic movie.
While important to the public hearings in that it bolstered Stempel's claims, the 1958 Dotto incident, which happened nearly 2 years after Stempel took his fall on Twenty-One, would have added nothing but confusion to an otherwise tight, solid movie. Including every detail surrounding a story is not how screenplays work.
They say that the producers of “Twenty One”, Jack Barry & Dan Enright of Barry & Enright Productions made millions off the scandal, but they also had a period of time where they couldn’t get the networks to touch any of their game shows until “The Joker’s Wild” appeared in 1971 on CBS. Barry & Enright was ostracized from television for a long period of time after Twenty One was on NBC.
Martin Rittenhome [Martin Scorsese in a great cameo] : Television is gonna go on. The quiz shows are gonna go on. Makes me wonder what you hope to accomplish with all this. Dick Goodwin [Rob Morrow] : Don't worry, I'm just getting started. Martin Rittenhome : You're a bright young kid with a bright future. Watch yourself out there.
I'm glad the actual show episodes were available on RUclips because it revealed that Stempel didn't actually lose on "Marty" He had other questions after that one, unlike how it was portrayed in the film. It certainly added context. .
If Disney is willing to do it (they released the movie through their Hollywood Pictures label), it'll happen. This movie is a classic. Why not give it the Criterion treatment?
100% yes. One of my favorite films of all time, would love to see a special edition or a 4k cut, anything. Such a phenomenal film, and one of the smartest screenplays I think I've ever seen.
it's incredible to me that Rob Morrow didn't become a massive star after his performance in this. i thought it was a really rare, star-making thing. not that i have an eye for that sort of thing, but the scene where they're sitting around, totally drunk at the poker table? "I know you're lying." "Bluffing. In poker it's called bluffing" . . . ? that's great stuff . . . for a Hollowood movie? that's great stuff. and Morrow KILLED it, i thought. but anyway, that's me. what do i know?
@@atari2602 What you call "weird" is supposed to be a Boston accent. Goodwin, like JFK, was born in Brookline. Apparently, a lot of New Englanders talk like that. If strange accents and dialects bother you that much, don't watch "Fargo" by the Coens.
Just watched this. What a sick movie, sick cast, sick cinematography (split focus is one of my favourite techniques), sick story. Haven't watched a lot of S&E, but I'm glad they liked it too, a great review.
OK, for those of us a little more literal in our language, "sick" meaning "well done." I'm from a time when "sick" meant disgusting or reprehensible. I kinda miss it...when someone said something, it was easier to follow.
@@ApartmentKing66 Language evolves, just how it goes. I'm sure there are things that you say that your elders would have scoffed at. Apparently flipping negative words goes back to 80's skating and surfing. Same with words like wicked, gnarly, and ill. I think it's fun.
you know, i really don't care for Robert Redford. as an actor, i just don't get his appeal. for whatever reason, my mind insists on rejecting him onscreen. but in the early 1990s he directed two (2)! _really_ memorable movies for me: yes, _Quiz Show,_ but also _A River Runs Through It._ the scene where the (!spoilers! doomed) Brad Pitt character catches that big fish, both his brother and dad looking on in awe . . . i think you have to see the movie to understand what i'm talking about it. i'm sure it doesn't sound even a little bit interesting.
Redford was gorgeous in his youth, and he had this appeal that's hard to define. He made some great choices with the films he appeared in, and has some very fine performances to his credit. But I always thought Redford looked a little self-conscious and maybe a little awkward onscreen. I got the feeling that he was a little uncomfortable with being onscreen and being this movie star. Maybe I'm wrong. But he transitioned to behind the camera very well, so maybe I'm right about that. Redford certainly seems to have a way with actors and knows how to bring out the best in actors (e.g. the cast of "Ordinary People" especially young Timothy Hutton who went on to win an Oscar for that role). I know a lot of actors-turned-directors are good at this, obviously as they know what it's like being an actor, but Redford also brings a lot of subtlety, sensitivity and depth to his films.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO VAN DORAN. AMERICAN GREED CAN LETIGIMIZE ANYTHING. CHARLES SAYS " I'D REALLY RATHER TRY TO BEAT THEM HONESTLY." PAYMER'S CHARACTER FIRES OUT "WHAT'S DISHONEST? OH, I DON'T KNOW GIVING ONE CONTESTANT THE ANSWERS BEFORE THE SHOW COULD BE CONSTRUED AS DISHONEST.❤😊
Because of this scandal, the amount of money to be won in quiz shows was reduced considerably. When I was a kid, first round Jeopardy answers were only worth $10, $20, $30, $40, and $50. Of course they've rebounded since then.
And it was BECAUSE of the scandals, Jeopardy! was born. Merv Griffin wasn't sure of a quiz show post-scandal, but his wife Julann suggested one with a twist: give the players the answers, but have THEM come up with the questions.
The real villain in all of this is the slug Dan Enright, the producer of the game show "21". He's the one who pressured the game show contestants into cheating, then actually Took the Prize Money Back that they won, pressuring them to sign a secret agreement to do that, forcing them to accept a pittance for selling their souls. When he was finally exposed (after threatening to ruin many lives to intimidate witnesses), he paid almost no penalty, laid low for a few years, and then was accepted back in Hollywood again, producing more game shows including The Joker's Wild. The contestants they pressured into cheating became pariahs, and the producers who committed fraud on a national scale paid no penalty at all, when they should have been fired, had their assets seized, and been banned from the industry (oh, and served serious jail time for extortion and blackmail). But then, that's justice in America.....
the only thing i didn't like about quiz show was how they didn't portray the episode correctly. specifically the part when Van Doren answered the question he knew the answer to correctly
I love the congressional hearing scene in which all of the congressmen just fall all over themselves to tell Van Doren that it is okay, we all make mistakes, etc. Then Rep. Steve Derounian (R-New York) basically cuts through all the chickens#@t by telling Van Doren that he can't understand how an adult of his intelligence has trouble simply telling the truth.
I couldn't help it, but during that entire movie, I was horribly distracted by Rob Morrow's terribly, overblown fake New England accent. I can't help but wonder -- did he have to lay that phony accent on so thick? I know his character was a Harvard grad, but sheesh, that was awful ...
Murph I love this movie, an underrated gem-and it’s on Netflix-but I agree, Rob Morrow’s New England accent irritated me, he was trying too hard, he shouldn’t have used it, better to use no accent than a lousy one (IMO), though his performance was good. As far as I know, Van Doren and Stemple are still around.
Quizz SHow a totally underrated movie. I had expected to find the title at least on the Oskar aspiration list but weard enough it fall in the Orcus of the trashed classics. Guess why, world wide thousands of quizz shows are filling the early evening programs if some " nitpicker movie " like this would become famous not only the TV program makers would loose money, the insurance companies backing the price money on every show also. So it is all because of the cash,, After all this scandal aobout the Professor with his renomée faking the answers had been an authentic major scandal in it´s days. Our two gentlemen in their intrioduction were absolutly right.
I wonder what they thought about present day movies, like, Mary and the witch's flower, rouge one a star wars story, solo a star wars story, star wars the force awakens, cars 3, Ralph breaks the intranet, incredibles 2, Mary Poppins Returns, etc. Etc.
Movies and TV shows are fiction everyone knows that. But Van Doren was just an actor that wasn’t acting but was burned because he was acting because he was given the answers. Lol
They literally said in every other seen they wanted someone more good looking. Truth is, if Herb kept his mouth shut it probably would of gone on a bit longer.
True, but in those days, anti-Semitism was more common and he definitely looked Jewish. Remember Al's line to Charlie: "If you were a kid, would you want to be an annoying Jewish guy with a sidewall haircut?" On the other hand, they went out of their way to make Stempel look bad. The haircut and the dead father-in-law's ill-fitting suit were Enright's idea.
Well they had a pattern of a Jewish guy, then a WASP who makes more money, then a Jewish guy again etc. It was just time for a WASP. But what really got me was that when they appeared at the hearing, Stempel the Jewish guy tells the truth and gets discredited and told he has psychiatric problems. Ralph Fiennes the WASP tells the truth and gets commended and an ovation.
That was my second cousin, Charlie Van Doren. They didn’t mention that all of the contestants were given the answers. They didn’t even note that Charlie was married to a Jewish woman and had two kids.
It's strange. There was a period in the 1990s when non-Jews were playing Jewish characters in leading roles. Robert DeNiro in Casino. Warren Beatty in "Bugsy", along with Ben Kingsley - fricken' Gandhi - playing Meyer Lansky. They were the two most famous Jewish mobsters of all time. And of course Kingsley plays the most important Jewish character in "Schindler's List". I mean, what was up with that? Meanwhile, in Seinfeld, the Jewish actors (except for Jerry) were playing gentile characters. "Shiksa appeal" - Julia Louise DREYFUS? Which reminds me of Richard Dreyfuss playing the titular character in "Mr. Holland's Opus". I mean, it doesn't matter. It shouldn't matter. Actors should get to play whatever roles they want. Hopefully Jewish actors weren't being denied Jewish character roles because of it. But I noticed this phenomenon back then and it seemed really strange. I can't attest to whether this is still a thing, because I don't care so much about movies anymore. Is it the movies, or is it me?
@@toonman6382 Lol. And, 'you don't mess with the Jesus.' Turturro played a Mexican in that one. And, of course he nailed it. Like 'the Dude, he abides. 😎
@@aquamarine99911 It's the movies. I would add that a good actor, which these are, transcend the whole non Jew playing a gentle, and vica versa, thing. Oh, and that reminds me, how great Dreyfuss was in Mr. Holland's Opus.
A bloated, sorta-interesting-for-about-fifteen-minutes movie about how ashamed we should be to live in a capitalistic society directed by multi-millionaire Robert Redford. And when of course no one wanted to see it - Redford shamed us all for not buying tickets to see something boring, pretentious, and what amounts to a lecture from a zillionaire about how ashamed the rest of us should be not to pay $15 a pop to see his movie about how awful capitalism is.
What does Redford having money have to do with anything? A person with money is not supposed to opine about a system like capitalism or any other when people exploit it for their own greed? Are we supposed to just be shown shinny happy stories about how well it works and not bring up when people abuse it? Your comment reads like what a dictatorship follower would preach! You are a bit confused dear stranger. This is a story. Based on real events. You don't have to feel ashamed. Nobody other than you can make you feel ashamed. Stories are for learning from them. Seeing different perspective. Thinking about other things other than your past concept of them. The good and the bad. If you want to live in an insular society where nobody can talk about the bad things in it, you are in the wrong country. People that love America are supposed to criticize the bad aspects of it to create change so it can be a better place, for all of us. Do you understand the concept of America? Guess you don't. And by the way, this was done in 1994. Tickets were not $15 then. They were barely $5. See how prices have tripled in just a generation. Have wages tripled? Nope. See another problem with capitalism?! Ahh, better shut up and keep in line. Right? Right.
One of the most underrated movies ever!!!
Quiz Show is in my top 10 of favorite all time movies.
Vastly underrated.
Looks like a movie that I'd want to see. I'll have to check it out!
@@ronaldshank7589 On amazon prime for 3.99
@@RocketRoketto Thanks for letting me know! Have a great 4th of July! 🇺🇸🎆🇺🇸🎆🇺🇸🎆
Great movie!!
I myself am a former Fraud Investigator, and, ' Quiz Show ', is the most realistic depiction of what a real fraud investigation is like that I have ever seen in a feature film.
I've long been somewhat suspicious of the Game Show "Wheel Of Fortune". I've seen so many contestants literally get to within one letter-ONE LETTER-of being able to solve a puzzle, and then "Blow it", by guessing the wrong letter, in order to complete the puzzle, and win that particular round. I've also seen, in the past, what looks like favoritism. Seems like that, more often than not, regular people are somehow passed over, so that somebody else that's "More beautiful & possibly really well off" gets to win. I'm wondering:Is the same kind of thing happening, that happened in this movie? I don't even watch "Wheel Of Fortune" anymore. I'm done with it!
@@ronaldshank7589 wheel is not rigged! Get that outta your mind!
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@@ronaldshank7589NO GAME SHOW CAN BE RIGGED NOW BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL LAWS PASSED FOLLOWING THE SCANDALS. THEY CAN WORM THEIR WAY AROUND THOSE LAWS BUT THEY WILL GET CAUGHT BEFORE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
We miss the film reviews of Siskel and Ebert so much.....
I can copy their mind-set and mannerism pretty well to movies today.
I wonder what They woud've taught about Movies from 2014 to 2019, Like.
2014 Movies.
The Nut Job. Animated Movie.
I, Frankenstein.
Robocop 2014 Movie.
Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
Muppet's Most Wanted/The Muppet's.
Noah.
Rio 2.
Heaven Is For Real.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
X-men Days Of Future Past.
Maleficent.
How To Train Your Dragon 2.
Transformers Age Of Extinction.
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes.
Planes/Planes Fire and Rescue.
Hercules.
Guardians Of The Galaxy.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 Movie.
Leprechaun Origins.
Dolphin Tale/Dolphin Tale 2.
Annabelle.
Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
The Book Of Life.
Big Hero 6.
Penguins Of Madagascar.
Exodus Gods and Kings.
Annie 2014.
Night At The Museum/Night At The Museum 2/Night At The Museum Secret Of The Tomb.
Into The Woods.
2015 Movies.
Shaun The Sheep Movie.
The SpongeBob Movie Sponge out of Water.
Cinderella 2015 Movie.
Home.
Avengers Age Of Ultron.
Monkey Kingdom Disney Nature Movie.
Tomorrowland.
Inside Out.
Poltergeist 2015 Movie.
San Andreas. 2015 Movie.
Jurassic World.
Minions.
Terminator Genisys.
Ant-Man.
Pixels.
Fantastic Four.
Hotel Transylvania/Hotel Transylvania 2.
Goosebumps.
Jem and The Holograms 2015 Movie.
The Peanuts Movie.
The Good Dinosaur.
Star Wars The Force Awakens.
2016 Movies.
Kung Fu Panda 3.
Zootopia.
Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice.
The Jungle Book 2016 Movie.
The Angry Birds Movie.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out Of The Shadows.
Finding Dory.
The Secret Life Of Pets.
Independence Day Resurgence.
The BFG.
Star Trek Beyond.
Ghostbusters 2016 Movie.
Batman The Killing Joke.
Nine Lives.
Pete's Dragon.
Ben-Hur 2016 Movie.
Kubo and the two strings.
Sing.
Storks.
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.
Moana.
Rouge One a Star Wars Story.
Patriot's Day.
2017 Movies.
Monster Trucks.
The Red Turtle.
A Dog's Purpose.
The Lego Batman Movie.
Beauty and The Beast 2017 movie.
Kong Skull Island.
Ghost In The Shell 2017 Movie.
Smurfs The Lost Village.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2.
Born In China Disney Nature Movie.
Baywatch 2017 Movie.
Wonder Woman.
Cars 3.
Despicable Me 3.
Transformers The Last Knight.
Spider-Man Homecoming.
War For The Planet Of The Apes.
The Emoji Movie.
Annabelle Creation.
The Nut Job 2 Nutty By Nature.
IT 2017 movie.
The Lego Ninjago Movie.
My Little Pony The Movie.
The Florida Project.
Coco.
Pokemon The Movie I Chose You.
Paddington 2.
Wonder.
Jumanji Welcome to the jungle.
Star Wars The Last Jedi.
Ferdinand 2017 animated movie.
Hostiles.
2018 Movies.
Mary and The Witch's Flower.
Peter Rabbit.
Black Panther.
A Winkle In Time 2018 Movie.
Sherlock Gnomes.
Ready Player One.
Avengers Infinity War.
Show Dogs.
Solo A Star Wars Story.
Incredible's 2.
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.
Ant-Man and The Wasp.
Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation.
Teen Titans Go to the movies.
Christopher Robin.
Alpha.
A.X.L.
The Nun.
Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween.
Halloween 2018 movie.
The Nutcracker and The Four Realms.
Fantastic Beasts The Crimes Of Grindelwald.
Ralph Breaks The Internet.
Pokemon The Movie The Power Of Us.
Mary Queen Of Scots.
Spider-Man into the Spider-verse.
Mary Poppins Returns.
Bumblebee.
Holmes & Watson.
2019 Movies.
A Dog's Way Home.
The Kid Who Would Be King.
The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part.
How To Train Your Dragon The Hidden World.
Fighting For My Family.
Wonder Park.
Dumbo 2019 Movie,
Shazam.
Hellboy 2019 movie.
Missing Link.
Penguins Disney Nature Movie.
Avengers Endgame.
Uglydolls.
Pokemon Detective Pikachu.
Aladdin 2019 Movie.
Godzilla King Of Monsters 2019 Movie.
Dark Phoenix.
etc. etc.
The year 2001 marks the end of consistent high quality movies for me. Now it's all sequels, Comic book movies, and remakes.
@@1qwasz12 i still feel there are great movie out there like Roma and Cold War and Parasite
@@65g4 I didn't say there aren't great movies that haven't come out since 2001. I loved No Country For Old Men, True Grit, There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread - off the top of my head.
They were at their best when they reviewed a truly great film. Or when they reviewed bad films. Or mediocre ones. Or when they agreed or disagreed. They were simply great. Miss them.
I miss Sisley and Ebert, they were so good. Quiz Show is one of my faves
I finally saw "Marty" last week. It is a good film, and Borgnine is absolutely adorable in it.
Ernest won his Best Actor Academy Award for it!
If I ever have to go to a desert island with a DVD player and nothing else, I'm taking QUIZ SHOW along. One of the best and most heartbreaking character studies I've ever seen, and by far Redford's best directorial effort. LOVE it!
Great film......Underrated by many, forgotten by most.
Wow, I had forgotten that this movie was directed by Robert Redford!
Definitely in my *10 Best* for *1994* and that was a great year for cinema
👍🏻👍🏻🎬
Wonderful film, I just saw this earlier on tonight as I am typing this comment, & truly I must say this screenplay, & the preceding played out greatly, from beginning to end. Marvelous performances by both actors Ralph Fiennes, plus John Turturro, are the ones that really stood out.
Rob Morrow should have received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in this excellent film.
yes! it was HE who made this film great not Ralphy
Saw it on Netflix a few months back. Enjoyed it.
XRJ92 I loved it but they made Stemple look like an idiot
@@HeavyJ713 I enjoyed John Turturro as that character though
Siskel & ebert were wonderful. I used to get excited stumbling on it on a Saturday morning. Every yt movie reviewer inspiration is siskel & ebert even though some of them are to young to remember it got it from other you tubers that were inspired by these 2 greats
Rob Morrow played his part flawlessly
Seriously? That was one of the worst performances I've ever seen in an excellent film.
@@lizclegg7556 his Kennedyesque accent was cheesy but I still feel his performance was solid.
Actually, the sponsors WERE touched. Before the scandal broke, sponsors had more say over a television show than the networks since they were the ones putting up the money. The fallout took a lot of power away from the sponsors and put it back in the networks hands, and gave us "standards and practices". My only complaint about Quiz Show is it never mentions the show that actually started the entire scandal, Dotto. But don't get me wrong, Quiz Show is still a fantastic movie.
While important to the public hearings in that it bolstered Stempel's claims, the 1958 Dotto incident, which happened nearly 2 years after Stempel took his fall on Twenty-One, would have added nothing but confusion to an otherwise tight, solid movie. Including every detail surrounding a story is not how screenplays work.
It's a great movie and so fitting for our time still.
Thank you for uploading this!
They say that the producers of “Twenty One”, Jack Barry & Dan Enright of Barry & Enright Productions made millions off the scandal, but they also had a period of time where they couldn’t get the networks to touch any of their game shows until “The Joker’s Wild” appeared in 1971 on CBS. Barry & Enright was ostracized from television for a long period of time after Twenty One was on NBC.
I heard this film was good i need to check it out
It's a great film, with great dialogue.
It's really good. Worth your time.
It is, believe it.
Quiz show is a great movie.
Anybody else think Gene was subtweeting Roger with that "great screenplay from a film critic hooray" comment?
Martin Rittenhome [Martin Scorsese in a great cameo] : Television is gonna go on. The quiz shows are gonna go on. Makes me wonder what you hope to accomplish with all this.
Dick Goodwin [Rob Morrow] : Don't worry, I'm just getting started.
Martin Rittenhome : You're a bright young kid with a bright future. Watch yourself out there.
Yep Quiz Show is a great film.
I'm glad the actual show episodes were available on RUclips because it revealed that Stempel didn't actually lose on "Marty" He had other questions after that one, unlike how it was portrayed in the film. It certainly added context. .
When my second cousin , Charles died a few years ago in his 90’s and still had the stain of the scandal as the first headline.
that was a deep analysis
QS needs the Criterion treatment
Agreed...the original release was terrible and it's never had a special edition.
If Disney is willing to do it (they released the movie through their Hollywood Pictures label), it'll happen. This movie is a classic. Why not give it the Criterion treatment?
Agreed
100% yes. One of my favorite films of all time, would love to see a special edition or a 4k cut, anything. Such a phenomenal film, and one of the smartest screenplays I think I've ever seen.
Agreed. It's hard to believe that to this day they haven't even graced it with a bluray release...
My Fave......Saw it as a kid
it's incredible to me that Rob Morrow didn't become a massive star after his performance in this.
i thought it was a really rare, star-making thing. not that i have an eye for that sort of thing, but the scene where they're sitting around, totally drunk at the poker table?
"I know you're lying."
"Bluffing. In poker it's called bluffing" . . . ?
that's great stuff . . . for a Hollowood movie? that's great stuff. and Morrow KILLED it, i thought.
but anyway, that's me. what do i know?
He was good, but he should have dropped the weird accent. Goodwin didn't talk like that.
He was a star at the time; he was the lead in an early '90s sitcom called "Northern Exposure" that was pretty popular for a year or two.
@@atari2602 What you call "weird" is supposed to be a Boston accent. Goodwin, like JFK, was born in Brookline. Apparently, a lot of New Englanders talk like that. If strange accents and dialects bother you that much, don't watch "Fargo" by the Coens.
Rob Morrow was absolutely terrible in Quiz Show. He was very badly miscast, the weakest link in the entire film, and his acting truly dreadful.
i liked quiz show too. rob marrow was the key to its success. s and e dont give him his due
Just watched this. What a sick movie, sick cast, sick cinematography (split focus is one of my favourite techniques), sick story. Haven't watched a lot of S&E, but I'm glad they liked it too, a great review.
OK, for those of us a little more literal in our language, "sick" meaning "well done." I'm from a time when "sick" meant disgusting or reprehensible. I kinda miss it...when someone said something, it was easier to follow.
@@ApartmentKing66 Language evolves, just how it goes. I'm sure there are things that you say that your elders would have scoffed at. Apparently flipping negative words goes back to 80's skating and surfing. Same with words like wicked, gnarly, and ill. I think it's fun.
You're English.
@@TinyDancer250 I'm Canadian, but close enough
@@Trowa71 British slang. Americans don't try to be cool with linguistic gymnastics.
It's a good movie.
nice edit at the end :)
Good movie
you know, i really don't care for Robert Redford.
as an actor, i just don't get his appeal. for whatever reason, my mind insists on rejecting him onscreen.
but in the early 1990s he directed two (2)! _really_ memorable movies for me: yes, _Quiz Show,_ but also _A River Runs Through It._
the scene where the (!spoilers! doomed) Brad Pitt character catches that big fish, both his brother and dad looking on in awe . . . i think you have to see the movie to understand what i'm talking about it. i'm sure it doesn't sound even a little bit interesting.
Not a huge fan of Redford but I liked him fine as the Sundance Kid.
Redford was gorgeous in his youth, and he had this appeal that's hard to define. He made some great choices with the films he appeared in, and has some very fine performances to his credit.
But I always thought Redford looked a little self-conscious and maybe a little awkward onscreen. I got the feeling that he was a little uncomfortable with being onscreen and being this movie star. Maybe I'm wrong. But he transitioned to behind the camera very well, so maybe I'm right about that. Redford certainly seems to have a way with actors and knows how to bring out the best in actors (e.g. the cast of "Ordinary People" especially young Timothy Hutton who went on to win an Oscar for that role). I know a lot of actors-turned-directors are good at this, obviously as they know what it's like being an actor, but Redford also brings a lot of subtlety, sensitivity and depth to his films.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO VAN DORAN. AMERICAN GREED CAN LETIGIMIZE ANYTHING. CHARLES SAYS " I'D REALLY RATHER TRY TO BEAT THEM HONESTLY." PAYMER'S CHARACTER FIRES OUT "WHAT'S DISHONEST? OH, I DON'T KNOW GIVING ONE CONTESTANT THE ANSWERS BEFORE THE SHOW COULD BE CONSTRUED AS DISHONEST.❤😊
Film was good, but Rob Morrow's accent was not.
I agree. His accent got on my nerves.
He was the weakest link.
Rob Morrow's entire performance was not good.
Because of this scandal, the amount of money to be won in quiz shows was reduced considerably. When I was a kid, first round Jeopardy answers were only worth $10, $20, $30, $40, and $50. Of course they've rebounded since then.
And it was BECAUSE of the scandals, Jeopardy! was born. Merv Griffin wasn't sure of a quiz show post-scandal, but his wife Julann suggested one with a twist: give the players the answers, but have THEM come up with the questions.
The real villain in all of this is the slug Dan Enright, the producer of the game show "21". He's the one who pressured the game show contestants into cheating, then actually Took the Prize Money Back that they won, pressuring them to sign a secret agreement to do that, forcing them to accept a pittance for selling their souls. When he was finally exposed (after threatening to ruin many lives to intimidate witnesses), he paid almost no penalty, laid low for a few years, and then was accepted back in Hollywood again, producing more game shows including The Joker's Wild. The contestants they pressured into cheating became pariahs, and the producers who committed fraud on a national scale paid no penalty at all, when they should have been fired, had their assets seized, and been banned from the industry (oh, and served serious jail time for extortion and blackmail).
But then, that's justice in America.....
Absolutely! It affected our family very detrimentally. Charles was my second cousin.
the only thing i didn't like about quiz show was how they didn't portray the episode correctly. specifically the part when Van Doren answered the question he knew the answer to correctly
I love the congressional hearing scene in which all of the congressmen just fall all over themselves to tell Van Doren that it is okay, we all make mistakes, etc. Then Rep. Steve Derounian (R-New York) basically cuts through all the chickens#@t by telling Van Doren that he can't understand how an adult of his intelligence has trouble simply telling the truth.
1:50 "Ray Feinnes". It's Ralph Gene.
I couldn't help it, but during that entire movie, I was horribly distracted by Rob Morrow's terribly, overblown fake New England accent. I can't help but wonder -- did he have to lay that phony accent on so thick? I know his character was a Harvard grad, but sheesh, that was awful ...
Murph I love this movie, an underrated gem-and it’s on Netflix-but I agree, Rob Morrow’s New England accent irritated me, he was trying too hard, he shouldn’t have used it, better to use no accent than a lousy one (IMO), though his performance was good. As far as I know, Van Doren and Stemple are still around.
Yeah he sounded ridiculous, a bunch of Bostonians sound like that. I didn't mind at all.
Nailed it.
Rob Morrow is terrible in this
@@williamfreemon3878 the movie had wonderful reviews, but I wonder what the reviews of his performance?
Quizz SHow a totally underrated movie. I had expected to find the title at least on the Oskar aspiration list but weard enough it fall in the Orcus of the trashed classics. Guess why, world wide thousands of quizz shows are filling the early evening programs if some " nitpicker movie " like this would become famous not only the TV program makers would loose money, the insurance companies backing the price money on every show also. So it is all because of the cash,, After all this scandal aobout the Professor with his renomée faking the answers had been an authentic major scandal in it´s days. Our two gentlemen in their intrioduction were absolutly right.
Is your native language "mushrooms?"
I wonder what they thought about present day movies, like, Mary and the witch's flower, rouge one a star wars story, solo a star wars story, star wars the force awakens, cars 3, Ralph breaks the intranet, incredibles 2, Mary Poppins Returns, etc. Etc.
Lol, "Rouge One" sounds like the name of the obligatory porno spoof.
They’d hate it.
Never saw that film.
Mark Uyeda you should see it,it’s really good
It's a very good movie.
Not many people have seen it because it's pretty talky. It's really a very good movie and worth checking out.
It's a great film I just saw it for the first time last week
Thank you for that.
RALPH Fiennes, not Ray Fiennes, Siskel.
Or is he saying “Rafe” - the old English pronunciation?
The only thing I didn't like in this movie was Morrow's cheesy accent.
C'mon, give the guy a break-He was doing his best Boston drawl. Still a great film!
And the rest of his hopeless performance.
Movies and TV shows are fiction everyone knows that. But Van Doren was just an actor that wasn’t acting but was burned because he was acting because he was given the answers. Lol
He was a professor at Columbia, not an actor!
@@johnniejones535 He was putting on an act because he was given the answers. I know he was a professor.
They didn’t drop Stempel because he was a Jew, but because he was a shmuck and they wanted someone from high society.
They literally said in every other seen they wanted someone more good looking. Truth is, if Herb kept his mouth shut it probably would of gone on a bit longer.
True, but in those days, anti-Semitism was more common and he definitely looked Jewish. Remember Al's line to Charlie: "If you were a kid, would you want to be an annoying Jewish guy with a sidewall haircut?"
On the other hand, they went out of their way to make Stempel look bad. The haircut and the dead father-in-law's ill-fitting suit were Enright's idea.
Well they had a pattern of a Jewish guy, then a WASP who makes more money, then a Jewish guy again etc. It was just time for a WASP. But what really got me was that when they appeared at the hearing, Stempel the Jewish guy tells the truth and gets discredited and told he has psychiatric problems. Ralph Fiennes the WASP tells the truth and gets commended and an ovation.
It's was a good drama but not anything amazing.
What do Charles Van Doren,Barack Obama,and Meadow Soprano have in common?
None of them show up for Columbia class reunions.
Whut?
@@lipby I'll connect the dots for you:Van Doren was too embarrassed,Obama and Soprano never went there.
Good movie, but preachy
How is it preachy? What is it trying to convice you of? That pharmaceutical funded sham corporate game shows aren't on the level?
I found the jew-gentile subtext of this movie extremely tedious.
That was my second cousin, Charlie Van Doren. They didn’t mention that all of the contestants were given the answers. They didn’t even note that Charlie was married to a Jewish woman and had two kids.
Why does John Turturro keep playing jewish characters?
Because he's believable? After all, he is the Jesus.
It's strange. There was a period in the 1990s when non-Jews were playing Jewish characters in leading roles. Robert DeNiro in Casino. Warren Beatty in "Bugsy", along with Ben Kingsley - fricken' Gandhi - playing Meyer Lansky. They were the two most famous Jewish mobsters of all time. And of course Kingsley plays the most important Jewish character in "Schindler's List". I mean, what was up with that? Meanwhile, in Seinfeld, the Jewish actors (except for Jerry) were playing gentile characters. "Shiksa appeal" - Julia Louise DREYFUS? Which reminds me of Richard Dreyfuss playing the titular character in "Mr. Holland's Opus".
I mean, it doesn't matter. It shouldn't matter. Actors should get to play whatever roles they want. Hopefully Jewish actors weren't being denied Jewish character roles because of it. But I noticed this phenomenon back then and it seemed really strange. I can't attest to whether this is still a thing, because I don't care so much about movies anymore. Is it the movies, or is it me?
He looks Jewish. Italians and jews look alike
@@toonman6382 Lol. And, 'you don't mess with the Jesus.' Turturro played a Mexican in that one. And, of course he nailed it. Like 'the Dude, he abides. 😎
@@aquamarine99911 It's the movies.
I would add that a good actor, which these are, transcend the whole non Jew playing a gentle, and vica versa, thing.
Oh, and that reminds me, how great Dreyfuss was in Mr. Holland's Opus.
A bloated, sorta-interesting-for-about-fifteen-minutes movie about how ashamed we should be to live in a capitalistic society directed by multi-millionaire Robert Redford. And when of course no one wanted to see it - Redford shamed us all for not buying tickets to see something boring, pretentious, and what amounts to a lecture from a zillionaire about how ashamed the rest of us should be not to pay $15 a pop to see his movie about how awful capitalism is.
I love this movie, but the normie fox news mention made me cringe.
Get better material.
Sorry it didn't have enough explosions and dead bodies for you Timmy.
In a greater sense, Tim Mitchell, you are correct. But I still thought it was a good film.
You must be fun at parties
What does Redford having money have to do with anything? A person with money is not supposed to opine about a system like capitalism or any other when people exploit it for their own greed? Are we supposed to just be shown shinny happy stories about how well it works and not bring up when people abuse it? Your comment reads like what a dictatorship follower would preach! You are a bit confused dear stranger. This is a story. Based on real events. You don't have to feel ashamed. Nobody other than you can make you feel ashamed. Stories are for learning from them. Seeing different perspective. Thinking about other things other than your past concept of them. The good and the bad. If you want to live in an insular society where nobody can talk about the bad things in it, you are in the wrong country. People that love America are supposed to criticize the bad aspects of it to create change so it can be a better place, for all of us. Do you understand the concept of America? Guess you don't. And by the way, this was done in 1994. Tickets were not $15 then. They were barely $5. See how prices have tripled in just a generation. Have wages tripled? Nope. See another problem with capitalism?! Ahh, better shut up and keep in line. Right? Right.