Quiz Show (1994)
Directed by Robert Redford
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.
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Quiz Show was the prestigious version that didn’t have any exploding heads…
…and specifically, I think, to Robert Redford’s Quiz Show, particularly in the early scenes in which we see all the lesser programmes that Ben could in theory go in for.
It's interesting to note that despite worldwide popularity, the quiz-show format has seldom made it to the screen apart from Richard Whorf?s delicious 1950 send-up, Champagne for Caesar, and the 1994 Robert Redford Quiz Show.
Though the premise of Jamal's personal connection to every question is sometimes too much of a stretch -- this feels a little like "Forrest Gump" meets "Quiz Show" -- director Danny Boyle's in complete control of the material and his largely inexperienced young actors.