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Quiz Show (1994)

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Film details

Featuring

John Turturro Rob Morrow Ralph Fiennes
Country

USA
Year

1994
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Set in 1958. On an NBC game show, "Twenty-One", a working-class Jewish student remains king of the show for weeks. The show's producers decide to create a new champion by feeding a new contestant, middle-class Charles Van Doren, with the right answers. He becomes a symbol of intellect to students and the nation. Based on a real life incident.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Herbie Stempel
    
    John Turturro
  - Dick Goodwin
    
    Rob Morrow
  - Charles Van Doren
    
    Ralph Fiennes
  - Dan Enright
    
    David Paymer
  - Mark Van Doren
    
    Paul Scofield
  - Albert Freedman
    
    Hank Azaria
  - Jack Barry
    
    Christopher McDonald
  - Toby Stempel
    
    Johann Carlo
  - Dorothy Van Doren
    
    Elizabeth Wilson
  - Robert Kintner
    
    Allan Rich
  - Sandra Goodwin
    
    Mira Sorvino
  - chairman
    
    George Martin
  - Lishman
    
    Paul Guilfoyle
  - account guy
    
    Griffin Dunne
  - Pennebaker
    
    Michael Mantell
  - Moomaw
    
    Byron Jennings
  - Childress
    
    Ben Shenkman
  - Fred
    
    Timothy Busfield
  - Jack
    
    Jack Gilpin
  - Gene
    
    Bruce Altman
  - sponsor
    
    Martin Scorsese
  - Lester Stempel
    
    Joda Hershman
  - car salesman
    
    Ernie Sabella
  - Dave Garroway
    
    Barry Levinson
  - Kintner's secretary
    
    Debra Monk
  - passerby
    
    Mario Cantone
  - researcher
    
    Timothy Britten Parker
  - Mrs Nearing
    
    Grace Phillips
  - limo driver
    
    Jerry Grayson
  - NBC page
    
    Scott Lucy
  - NBC page
    
    Matt Keeslar
  - NBC page
    
    Ron Scott Bertozzi
  - Enright's secretary
    
    Harriet Sansom Harris
  - Freedman's secretary
    
    Mary Shultz
  - director
    
    Dave Wilson
  - associate director
    
    Robert Caminiti
  - lighting director
    
    Eddie Korbich
  - Cornwall neighbour
    
    Le Clanché du Rand
  - Cornwall aunt
    
    Carole Shelley
  - Cornwall cousin
    
    Shawn Batten
  - Cornwall cousin
    
    Cornelia Ryan
  - John Van Doren
    
    Jeffrey Nordling
  - Mrs John Van Doren
    
    Gina Rice
  - Bunny Wilson
    
    Vince O'Brien
  - Thomas Merton, the monk
    
    Adam Kilgour
  - congressman Devine
    
    Richard Seff
  - congressman Rogers
    
    Bill Moor
  - congressman Flynt
    
    Nicholas Kepros
  - congressman Springer
    
    Barry Snider
  - congressman Mack
    
    Chuck Adamson
  - congressman Derounian
    
    Joseph Attanasio
  - professor at book party
    
    Dan Wakefield
  - professor at book party
    
    Hamilton Fish
  - writer at book party
    
    Merwin Goldsmith
  - woman at book party
    
    Illeana Douglas
  - student at book party
    
    Gretchen Egolf
  - judge Schweitzer
    
    Stephen Pearlman
  - librarian
    
    Anthony Fusco
  - Snodgrass
    
    Douglas McGrath
  - Barnard girl
    
    Calista Flockhart
  - Barnard girl
    
    Alysa Shwedel
  - Queens neighbour
    
    Kelly Coffield
  - Queens neighbour
    
    Dede Pochos
  - Queens neighbour
    
    Maria Radman
  - Queens neighbour
    
    David Stepkin
  - Today announcer
    
    Steve Roland
  - reporter
    
    Bernie Sheredy
  - reporter
    
    Joe Lisi
  - reporter
    
    Greg Martin
  - woman at door
    
    Reno
  - psychoanalyst
    
    Neil Leifer
  - blonde
    
    Caryn Krooth
  - waiter
    
    Mario Contacessi
  - NBC secretary
    
    Pat Russell
  - challenger
    
    Bill Cwikowski
  - stage manager
    
    William Fichtner
  - crew member
    
    Vincent J. Burns
  - 1st mom
    
    Katherine Turturro
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Robert Redford
  - ©
    
    Hollywood Pictures Company
  - Production Company
    
    Wildwood Enterprises
  - Production Company
    
    Baltimore Pictures
  - Presents
    
    Hollywood Pictures Company
  - This motion pictures was created by
    
    The Quiz Show Company
  - Distributed by
    
    Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc.
  - Executive Producer
    
    Fred Zollo
  - Executive Producer
    
    Richard Dreyfuss
  - Executive Producer
    
    Judith James
  - Produced by
    
    Robert Redford
  - Produced by
    
    Michael Jacobs
  - Produced by
    
    Julian Krainin
  - Produced by
    
    Michael Nozik
  - Co-producer
    
    Gail Mutrux
  - Co-producer
    
    Jeff McCracken
  - Co-producer
    
    Richard N. Goodwin
  - Associate Producer
    
    Susan Moore
  - Production Manager
    
    Dean Pilcher, Lydia
  - Production Co-ordinator
    
    Shelley Houis
  - Production Co-ordinator
    
    Ellen M. Hillers
  - Assistant Production Co-ordinator
    
    Alysa Shwedel
  - Assistant Production Co-ordinator
    
    Dawn Murphy Riley
  - Production Accountant
    
    Ilene S. Landress
  - Assistant Accountant
    
    Andrea Isaacs
  - Assistant Accountant
    
    Elizabeth Collins
  - Post-production Accountant
    
    Lynn D. Ezelle
  - Location Manager
    
    Amy Herman
  - Location Manager
    
    David Declerque
  - Assistant Location Manager
    
    Maria T. Bierniak
  - Assistant Location Manager
    
    Carlos Moore
  - D.C. Location Co-ordinator
    
    John A. Crowder Jr
  - Location Assistant
    
    Laura J. Berning
  - Location Assistant
    
    Mark Kamine
  - Location Assistant
    
    Bryan Thomas
  - Location Assistant
    
    Thomas M. Tucker
  - Location Assistant
    
    Tom Tumminello
  - Assistant to Mr Redford
    
    Donna Kail
  - Assistant to Mr Redford
    
    Cornelia Ryan
  - Assistant to Mr Nozik
    
    Judy Thomason
  - Assistant to Mr Nozik
    
    Donnaldson Brown
  - Assistant to Ms Mutrux
    
    Sandra Leoncavallo
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Jennifer Truelove
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Shirley Davis
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Louis Digiaimo
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Debbie Devgan
  - Office Production Assistant
    
    Amanda Weisenthal
  - Set Production Assistant
    
    Ric Morelli
  - Set Production Assistant
    
    Jeffrey Barabe
  - Set Production Assistant
    
    Melissa Unger
  - Set Production Assistant
    
    Caryn Krooth
  - Set Production Assistant
    
    Shea Rowan
  - Production Assistant
    
    Alison Armstrong
  - Production Assistant
    
    Ron Scott Bertozzi
  - Production Assistant
    
    Jessica Bradford
  - Production Assistant
    
    Amy Diprima
  - Production Assistant
    
    Anne Disano
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kerin Ferallo
  - Production Assistant
    
    Rebecca L. Feuer
  - Production Assistant
    
    Daniel Glicker
  - Production Assistant
    
    Scott Gottesman
  - Production Assistant
    
    Steve Kandell
  - Production Assistant
    
    Ann-Louise Lipman
  - Production Assistant
    
    Mary Kate McCormick
  - Production Assistant
    
    Ron Mitchell
  - Production Assistant
    
    Meika Rouda
  - Production Assistant
    
    Alex Ruttenberg
  - Production Assistant
    
    Jane Silberstein
  - Assistant Director (1st)
    
    Joseph Reidy
  - Assistant Director (2nd)
    
    Burns, Joseph R.
  - Assistant Director (2nd 2nd)
    
    Susan E. Fiore
  - DGA Trainee
    
    Stuart Feldman
  - Script Supervisor
    
    Sheila Paige
  - Casting by
    
    Bonnie Timmermann
  - Casting Assistant
    
    Alison McBryde
  - Casting Assistant
    
    Patricia Kerrigan
  - Extras Casting
    
    Karen E. Etcoff
  - Voice Casting
    
    Barbara Harris
  - Screenplay by
    
    Paul Attanasio
  - Based on the book by
    
    Richard N. Goodwin
  - Director of Photography
    
    Michael Ballhaus
  - Camera Operator
    
    Florian Ballhaus
  - 1st Assistant Camera
    
    Susan Starr
  - 2nd Assistant Camera
    
    Mancuso, Bobby
  - Camera Trainee
    
    Heather Norton
  - Gaffer
    
    Jerry Deblau
  - Best Boy
    
    Peter John Petraglia
  - Electrician
    
    Bobby Vercruse
  - Electrician
    
    Lance Shepherd
  - Electrician
    
    Fred Muller
  - Electrician
    
    Arthur Moshlak
  - Key Grip/Dolly Grip
    
    Dennis Gamiello
  - Best Boy [Grip]
    
    Fitzsimons, Brian
  - Grip
    
    John Lowry
  - Grip
    
    Bruce Atwater
  - Rigging Grip
    
    Ronald Plant
  - Rigging Grip
    
    Kenneth Fundus
  - Rigging Grip
    
    Michael Finnerty
  - Video Supervisor
    
    Rick Whitfield
  - Video Camera Operator
    
    Wayne Paull
  - Still Photographer
    
    Barry Wetcher
  - Film Editor
    
    Stu Linder
  - Associate Editor
    
    Blair Daily
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Mark Daily
  - Production Designer
    
    Jon Hutman
  - Art Director
    
    Tim Galvin
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Ed Check
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Tony Fanning
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Robert K. Shaw Jr
  - Art Department Co-ordinator
    
    Miriam Schapiro
  - Leadman
    
    Mccarthy, Kevin B.
  - Set Decorator
    
    Samara Schaffer
  - Assistant Set Decorator
    
    Hamilton, Donna F.
  - Assistant Set Decorator
    
    Alyssa Winter
  - Set Decorator Assistant
    
    Diane D'addio
  - Set Dresser
    
    Joseph L. Bird
  - Set Dresser
    
    Joseph F. Proscia
  - Set Dresser
    
    Gilbert H. Gertsen
  - Set Dresser
    
    Gordon H. Gertsen
  - Set Dresser
    
    John Oates
  - Set Dresser
    
    John Oates Jr
  - Set Dresser
    
    Matthew McCarthy
  - Set Dresser
    
    Gary Levitsky
  - Set Dresser
    
    Brink, Conrad
  - Set Dresser
    
    Jeffrey S. Brink
  - Set Dresser
    
    Troy R. Adee
  - Master Scenic Artist
    
    Robert Topol
  - Camera Scenic Artist
    
    M. Tony Trotta
  - Storyboard Artist
    
    Kalina Ivanov
  - Storyboard Artist
    
    Ballsmeyer, Jeff
  - Property Master
    
    Tommy Allen
  - Assistant Property Master
    
    Sandy Hamilton
  - Assistant Property Master
    
    Dimitri Apletchef
  - Construction Co-ordinator
    
    Kenneth D. Nelson
  - Carpenter Foreman
    
    Brent Haywood
  - Carpenter Foreman
    
    Mark Horstmann
  - Key Construction Grip
    
    Paul Wardwell
  - Shop Manager
    
    Lara Kelly
  - Costume Designer
    
    Kathy O'Rear
  - Assistant Costume Designer
    
    Dan Bronson
  - Assistant Costume Designer
    
    Beulah Jones-Black
  - Assistant to Costume Designer
    
    Lisa Padovani
  - Design Assistant
    
    Charlotte Palmer-Lane
  - Wardrobe Supervisor
    
    Patricia Eiben
  - Wardrobe Supervisor
    
    Paul Buboltz
  - Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor
    
    Michael Adkins
  - Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor
    
    DanaJean Cicerchi
  - Wardrobe Assistant
    
    Mary C-Gierczak
  - Wardrobe Assistant
    
    Barrett Hong
  - Key Make-up Artist
    
    Sharon Ilson
  - Additional Make-up Artist
    
    Bernadette Mazur
  - Additional Make-up Artist
    
    Kymbra Callaghan
  - Key Hairstylist
    
    Bunny Parker-Adamson
  - Additional Hairstylist
    
    Angelina De Angelis
  - Additional Hairstylist
    
    Francesca Paris
  - End Titles Designed/Supervised by
    
    R/Greenberg Associates West
  - Main Titles Designed by
    
    Susan Bradley
  - Main Titles Opticals
    
    Buena Vista Imaging
  - Colour Timer
    
    Dale E. Grahn
  - Negative Cutter
    
    Buena Vista Negative Cutting
  - Camera/Lenses by
    
    Arriflex
  - Colour by
    
    DuArt
  - Prints by
    
    Technicolor
  - Produced/Distributed on
    
    Eastman Film
  - Music by
    
    Mark Isham
  - Trumpet Solos
    
    Mark Isham
  - Conducting
    
    Ken Kugler
  - Orchestrations
    
    Ken Kugler
  - Additional Orchestrations
    
    Kim Scharnberg
  - Additional Orchestrations
    
    Dell Hake
  - Music Supervisor
    
    Katherine Quittner
  - Music Contractor
    
    Sandy Decrescent
  - Music Editor
    
    Craig Pettigrew
  - Music Scoring Mixer
    
    Stephen Krause
  - Sound Designer
    
    Gary Rydstrom
  - Sound Mixer
    
    Maitland, Tod A.
  - Recordist
    
    Joel Holland
  - Boom Operator
    
    David Platt
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Tom Johnson
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Gary Rydstrom
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Richard Hymns
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Karen Tenkhoff
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Donna Jaffe
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Susan Sanford
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    J.R. Grubbs
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    Kevin Rose-Williams
  - Assistant Sound Editor
    
    André Fenley
  - Dialogue Editor
    
    Michael Silvers
  - Dialogue Editor
    
    Sara Bolder
  - Sound Effects Editor
    
    Ken Fischer
  - ADR Editor
    
    Rob Fruchtman
  - Foley Editor
    
    Sandina Bailo-Lape
  - Post-production Sound Services prov'd by
    
    Skywalker Sound
  - This film mixed/recorded in a
    
    THX Sound System Theatre
  - Craft Service
    
    R. Michael King
  - Craft Service
    
    Michael Demers
  - Technical Consultant
    
    Bob Rubin
  - Technical Consultant
    
    Daniel Freeman
  - Set Nurse
    
    Susan Sloan
  - Transportation Captain
    
    James P. Whalen Jr
  - Transportation Co-captain
    
    Timothy Shannon
  - Dialect Coach
    
    Tim Monich
  - Unit Publicist
    
    Marsha Robertson
  - Public Relations
    
    Lois Smith
  - Public Relations
    
    PMK Public Relations

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