*limited run* Quiz Show (1994) | Region-Free (Blu-Ray) | *BLACK CASE EDITION*

Title: Quiz Show (1994)

Genre: Drama / Historical

Plot Synopsis
In the late 1950s, a popular television quiz show rigs its outcomes to increase drama and ratings. A modest contestant is quietly displaced in favor of a more charismatic challenger. A government lawyer begins probing the deceit behind the scenes, uncovering the layers of manipulation and public illusion.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Robert Redford

• Writers: Paul Attanasio

• Cast:

  • John Turturro as Herbert Stempel

  • Rob Morrow as Richard Goodwin

  • Ralph Fiennes as Charles Van Doren

  • Paul Scofield as Mark Van Doren

  • David Paymer as Daniel Enright

YouTube Trailer: Quiz Show | Trailer

IMDb Link: Quiz Show (1994)

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. Mike Flanagan – ★★★★☆
   “One of the very best films of 1994, or of any year, for that matter. I appreciate it more every time I see it, and experiencing it in 35mm with Rob Morrow seated just a few rows away will be a memory I’ll always treasure.”

2. joshmatthews – ★★★★☆
   “Fascinating middlebrow movie about a now-humdrum TV scandal that has a hundred political angles. … The movie plays up TV’s implication in the glorification of money and hedonism in general.”

3. Adam Nayman – ★★★☆☆
   “I love that John Turturro was the face of Jewish-American abjection in the early 90; his performance here is a 0.6 on the Barton Fink scale, while Ralph Fiennes is sublimely well cast … This is Redford in deluxe cultural mythology mode … though lacking the urgency and pungency that a filmmaker like, say, Oliver Stone or David Mamet would have brought it.”

4. Steve G – ★★★★☆
   “A good chance to show where these people could be so smart that they’re positively dumb at times goes begging but you’re still left with a lot. The end scenes where John Turturro and Ralph Fiennes put on shows in their own very different ways are particularly excellent.”

Meta Description:
A gripping dramatization of the 1950s quiz-show scandal, Quiz Show uncovers how a television game was manipulated, revealing the limits of integrity under public pressure.