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It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show 21 have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to "take a dive" and allow Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome and charming college professor, to become the show's new champion. Audiences like Van Doren, and he's certainly not averse to the money he's winning, but the ethics of the situation begin to trouble him, especially when the show's producers begin to give him the questions in advance. Director Robert Redford and writer Paul Attanasio paint a telling portrait of how the network heads and advertising men who manipulated the quiz shows were also able to manipulate the responsibility for the scandal away from themselves. While on the surface a story about the scandal itself, Quiz Show is just as importantly about a turning point in the 1950s when TV and advertising began to change American character and culture. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

John Turturro - Herbie Stempel
Rob Morrow - Dick Goodwin
Ralph Fiennes - Charles Van Doren
Paul Scofield - Mark Van Doren
David Paymer - Dan Enright

1994	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominee)	Golden Globe	John Turturro
1994	Best Director (nominee)	Golden Globe	Robert Redford
1994	Best Screenplay (nominee)	Golden Globe	Paul Attanasio
1994	Best Director (nominee)	Directors Guild of America	Robert Redford
1994	Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Paul Attanasio
1994	Best Director (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Robert Redford
1994	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Robert Redford
1994	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Paul Scofield
1994	Best Screenplay (Runner-up) (winner)	National Society of Film Critics	Paul Attanasio
1994	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominee)	Screen Actors Guild	John Turturro
1994	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Michael Jacobs
1994	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Julian Krainin
1994	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Michael Nozik

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