Quiz Show
Buena Vista (1994)
Drama, History, Thriller
In Collection
#10546
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Seen ItYes
717951003492
IMDB   7.5
2 hr 10 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 2, Region 4   PG-13
Ralph Fiennes Charles Van Doren
John Turturro Herbie Stempel
Rob Morrow Dick Goodwin
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
Chris McDonald Jack Barry
Director
Robert Redford
Producer Robert Redford
Julian Krainin
Writer Paul Attanasio
Richard N. Goodwin
Cinematography Michael Ballhaus
Musician Mark Isham


In the late 1950s it seemed everyone tuned in to watch the game show "Twenty-One". Their favorite contestant was Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes) an Ivy League English professor from a wealthy family. Then Herbie Stempel (John Turturro) challenged his winning streak with his own wits and lost. But Herbie's suspicions that he was cheated by the producers of the show giving the right answers to Charles were supported by Dick Goodwin (Rob Morrow), a government investigator. Dick was assigned to investigate the show for possible fraud and took Herbie's complaints seriously. The Van Doren family, used to being in the spotlight but not because of scandal, struggles with Charles to represent the family with integrity.
Edition Details
Distributor Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date 9/7/1999
Packaging Snap Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles Danish; English; English (Closed Captioned); Finnish; Norwegian; Swedish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Dolby Digital Surround [Spanish]
Dolby Surround [German]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Scene Selection