Quiz Show (1994)

August 25, 1994 (US) • History, Drama • 133m

Overview

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.

Director

Robert Redford

Writer

Paul Attanasio

Top Billed

John Turturro

Keywords

investigation manipulation manipulation of the media game show idealism tv ratings based on true story quiz idealist product placement lawyer 1950s fighting the system audacious awestruck cruel frustrated

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Top Billed Cast

John Turturro

Herb 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

Byron Jennings

Moomaw

Ben Shenkman

Childress

Timothy Busfield

Fred

Jack Gilpin

Jack

Bruce Altman

Gene

Martin Scorsese

Sponsor

Joseph Blaire

Lester Stempel

Ernie Sabella

Car Salesman

Barry Levinson

Dave Garroway

Debra Monk

Kintner's Secretary

Mario Cantone

Passerby

Timothy Britten Parker

Researcher

Grace Phillips

Mrs. Nearing

Jerry Grayson

Limo Driver

Scott Lucy

NBC Page

Matt Keeslar

NBC Page

Ron Scott Bertozzi

NBC Page

Harriet Sansom Harris

Enright's Secretary

Mary Shultz

Freedman's Secretary

Dave Wilson

Director

Robert Caminiti

Associate Director

Eddie Korbich

Lighting Director

Le Clanché du Rand

Cornwall Neighbor

Carole Shelley

Cornwall Aunt

Shawn Batten

Cornwall Cousin

Cornelia Ryan

Cornwall Cousin

Jeffrey Nordling

John Van Doren

Gina Rice

Mrs. John Van Doren

Vince O'Brien

Bunny Wilson

Adam Kilgour

Thomas Merton

Richard Seff

Congressman Devine

Bill Moor

Congressman Rogers

Nicholas Kepros

Congressman Flynt

Barry Snider

Congressman Springer

Chuck Adamson

Congressman Mack

Joseph Attanasio

Congressman Derounian

Dan Wakefield

Professor at Book Party

Hamilton Fish

Professor at Book Party

Merwin Goldsmith

Writer at Book Party

Illeana Douglas

Woman at Book Party

Gretchen Egolf

Student at Book Party

Stephen Pearlman

Judge Schweitzer

Anthony Fusco

Librarian

Douglas McGrath

Snodgrass

Calista Flockhart

Barnard Girl

Alysa Shwedel

Barnard Girl

Kelly Coffield Park

Queens Neighbor

Dede Pochos

Queens Neighbor

Maria Radman

Queens Neighbor

David Stepkin

Queens Neighbor

Steve Roland

Today Announcer (voice)

Bernie Sheredy

Reporter

Joe Lisi

Reporter

Greg Martin

Reporter

Reno

Woman at Door

Neil Leifer

Psychoanalyst

Caryn Krooth

Blonde

Mario Contacessi

Waiter

Patricia Geri Russell

Challenger

Bill Cwikowski

Challenger

William Fichtner

Stage Manager

Vincent J. Burns

Crew Member

Katherine Borowitz

#1 Mom

Ray Abbott

Photographer (uncredited)

Ted Brunson

Reporter (uncredited)

Michael J. Burg

Student (uncredited)

Hélène Cardona

Student (Uncredited)

Richard Council

Reporter #1 (uncredited)

Jerry Griffin

Doorman (uncredited)

David Hausen

Camera Operator (uncredited)

Ethan Hawke

Don Quixote Student (uncredited)

Christopher King

Congressional Hearing Reporter (uncredited)

Stas Kmiec

Man in Glasses (uncredited)

Michael Luceri

Student (uncredited)

Owen Lund

Techincal Director (uncredited)

Gerald McCullouch

Bus Boy (uncredited)

Peter Morse

Student (uncredited)

Ron Ostrow

Photographer (uncredited)

John Ponzio

NBC Page (uncredited)

James Prendergast

Lawyer (uncredited)

Steve Ryan

NBC Employee (uncredited)

Jonathan Marc Sherman

Don Quixote Student #2 (uncredited)

Nick Taylor

Herbie's Neighbor (uncredited)

Glenn Zarr

Press Phtographer (uncredited)

John D. Bair

Grad Student (uncredited)

Thomas Callahan

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Skip Rose

Reporter (uncredited)

Billy Marshall Thompson

Student (uncredited)

Crew

Michael Jacobs

Producer

Robert Redford

Director

Mark Isham

Original Music Composer

Stu Linder

Editor

Paul Attanasio

Screenplay

Michael Ballhaus

Director of Photography

Richard Dreyfuss

Executive Producer

Judith James

Executive Producer

Gail Mutrux

Co-Producer

Paul Buboltz

Wardrobe Supervisor

Kevin Rose-Williams

Assistant Sound Editor

Frederick Zollo

Executive Producer

Susan Moore

Associate Producer

Diane D'Addio

Assistant Set Decoration

Richard N. Goodwin

Co-Producer

Francesca Paris

Hairstylist

Kymbra Callaghan

Makeup Artist

Susan E. Fiore

Second Second Assistant Director

Donna Hamilton

Assistant Set Decoration

Tod A. Maitland

Sound Mixer

Florian Ballhaus

Camera Operator

Sharon Ilson

Key Makeup Artist

Christopher Boyes

Assistant Sound Designer

Patricia Eiben

Wardrobe Supervisor

Angel De Angelis

Hairstylist

Susan Sanford

Assistant Sound Editor

Richard N. Goodwin

Book

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Production Manager

Andre Fenley

Assistant Sound Editor

Katherine Quittner

Music Supervisor

Joseph P. Reidy

First Assistant Director

Bernadette Mazur

Makeup Artist

Jeff McCracken

Co-Producer

Donna Jaffe

Assistant Sound Editor

Alyssa Winter

Assistant Set Decoration

Karen Tenkhoff

Assistant Sound Editor

J.R. Grubbs

Assistant Sound Editor

Samara Hutman

Set Decoration

Michael Nozik

Producer

Kathy O'Rear

Costume Design

Tony Fanning

Assistant Art Director

Robert Redford

Producer

Ed Check

Assistant Art Director

Julian Krainin

Producer

Tim Galvin

Art Direction

Jon Hutman

Production Design

Miriam Schapiro

Art Department Coordinator

Bob Shaw

Assistant Art Director

Bonnie Timmermann

Casting

Sheila Paige

Script Supervisor

Ken Nelson

Construction Coordinator

Sharon Ilson

Makeup Artist

Dan Bronson

Assistant Costume Designer

Bunny Parker

Key Hair Stylist

Beulah Jones-Black

Assistant Costume Designer

Richard Hymns

Supervising Sound Editor

Gary Rydstrom

Sound Designer

Tom Johnson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gary Rydstrom

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Alysa Shwedel

Assistant Production Coordinator

Joanne Cocuzza

Hairstylist

Linda Lazar

Makeup Artist

Gabriella Pollino

Hairstylist

Jovan Vitagliano

Hairstylist

Miguel Ángel Poveda

Post Production Supervisor

Joe Burns

Second Assistant Director

Jeff Balsmeyer

Storyboard Artist

Stephen Barth

Scenic Artist

Joe Bird

Set Dresser

Conrad V. Brink Jr.

Set Dresser

Jeff Brink

Set Dresser

Gilbert Gertsen

Set Dresser

Brent Haywood

Carpenter

Mark Horstmann

Carpenter

Kalina Ivanov

Storyboard Artist

Kevin McCarthy

Leadman

John Oates Jr.

Set Dresser

Joseph Proscia

Set Dresser

Robert Topol

Scenic Artist

M. Tony Trotta

Scenic Artist

Paul Camarro

Set Dresser

Deni Holl

Set Painter

John Merrick

Construction Grip

Silvija L. Moess

Scenic Artist

Louis J. Porzio

Carpenter

Mary Prlain

Assistant Set Decoration

Sandina Bailo-Lape

Foley Editor

Tom Barwick

Foley Artist

Sara Bolder

Dialogue Editor

Tony Eckert

Foley Mixer

Ken Fischer

Sound Effects Editor

Rob Fruchtman

ADR Editor

Joel Holland

Sound Recordist

David Platt

Boom Operator

Michael Silvers

Dialogue Editor

Dennie Thorpe

Foley Artist

Matthew Wood

Assistant Sound Editor

Bruce Atwater

Grip

Jerry DeBlau

Gaffer

Michael Finnerty

Rigging Grip

Brian Fitzsimons

Best Boy Grip

Kenneth Fundus

Rigging Grip

Dennis Gamiello

Dolly Grip

Dennis Gamiello

Key Grip

John Lowry

Grip

Bobby Mancuso

Second Assistant Camera

Anastas N. Michos

"B" Camera Operator

Anastas N. Michos

Steadicam Operator

Arthur Moshlak

Electrician

Fred Muller

Electrician

Heather Norton

Camera Trainee

Wayne Paull

Camera Operator

Louis Petraglia

Electrician

Peter John Petraglia

Best Boy Electric

Ronald Plant

Rigging Grip

Lance Shepherd

Electrician

Susan Starr

First Assistant Camera

Bobby Vercruse

Electrician

Barry Wetcher

Still Photographer

Dick Fisher

Camera Operator

David Hausen

Additional Camera

Gábor Kövér

Additional Camera

Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto

Casting Assistant

Karen E. Etcoff

Extras Casting

Barbara Harris

ADR Voice Casting

Alison E. McBryde

Casting Assistant

Mary Gierczak

Wardrobe Assistant

Barrett Hong

Wardrobe Assistant

Haleen K. Holt

Costume Illustrator

Valerie Laven-Cooper

Costumer

Blair Daily

Associate Editor

Mark Daily

Assistant Editor

Laura Berning

Location Assistant

Maria T. Bierniak

Assistant Location Manager

John Crowder

Location Coordinator

David DeClerque

Location Manager

Amy Herman

Location Manager

Mark Kamine

Location Assistant

Carlos Moore

Assistant Location Manager

Bryan Thomas

Location Assistant

Tom Tumminello

Location Assistant

Deren Getz

Location Scout

Robin F. Samson

Location Scout

Dell Hake

Orchestrator

Mark Isham

Musician

Stephen Krause

Scoring Mixer

Ken Kugler

Conductor

Ken Kugler

Orchestrator

Craig Pettigrew

Music Editor

Kim Scharnberg

Orchestrator

Tom Boyd

Musician

Todd Homme

Music Producer

James Thatcher

Musician

Louise Di Tullio

Musician

Sebastian Toettcher

Musician

Timothy Shannon

Transportation Co-Captain

James P. Whalen Jr.

Transportation Captain

Bobby Marsh

Driver

Dale E. Grahn

Color Timer

David Hamme

Colorist

Ellen M. Hillers

Production Coordinator

Dawn Murphy Riley

Assistant Production Coordinator

Shelley Houis

Production Coordinator

Lynn D. Ezelle

Post Production Accountant

Andrea Isaacs

Assistant Accountant

Ilene Landress

Production Accountant

Tommy Allen

Property Master

Dimitri Apletchef

Assistant Property Master

Sandy Hamilton

Assistant Property Master

Marsha Robertson

Unit Publicist

Susan Bradley

Title Designer

Tim Monich

Dialect Coach

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$31,000,000

Revenue

$24,822,619

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Quiz Show (1994)

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