Quiz Show Page #3

Synopsis: An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.
Director(s): Robert Redford
Production: Buena Vista Internationa
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 28 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
88
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
PG-13
Year:
1994
133 min
1,301 Views


could l take the third part last ?

[ Barry ] That's fine.

The code was, uh,

''One if by land, two if by sea.''

Therefore, it would have to be

two lanterns in the Old North Church.

That's right. And the second part.

Who rode with him ?

- Dawes and Prescott.

- Dawes and Prescott.

[ Chattering ]

What these books

have conclusively proven...

is that the difference between men

and women is exactly 38 pages.

- Can l quote you, Mark ?

- Not before l quote me.

His own quotes are

his greatest pleasure.

Did you hear the market

dropped 30 points today ?

There's a rumor Eisenhower died.

- How would they tell ?

- Oh, please, don't get

Dorothy started on politics.

- There'll be a raid.

- Good night.

Good night, Dorothy. Sorry l'm late.

lt's impossible out there.

- You can't get a cab without a dragnet.

- Eisenhower died.

- What ?

- Professor Van Doren, l took

your course at Columbia--

''Hawthorne, Original Sin

and the American Experience.''

- Nixon is president ?

- Well, as silly as it sounds,

it changed my life.

- Was it the Hawthorne or the sin?

- Perhaps you'd like to meet

my son, the unmarried Van Doren.

- Oh, where is Charlie ?

- You're right again, Herb.

You got the first two parts correct.

Just three more for 11 points.

Excuse me.

Are you the son ?

- l'm Charlie. Pleasure.

- Elizabeth. The pleasure's all mine.

lt was a mare,

Mr. Barry.

How did he know that ?

- Oh, there you are.

- We're making our getaway,

Charlie, if you want a ride.

Have you ever watched one

of these quiz shows, Dad ?

The $64,000 Question

or Twenty-One ?

For $64,000, l hope they ask you

the meaning of life.

Okay, Herb, finally: Name the man

who loaned Paul Revere his horse...

for that fateful

midnight ride.

The horse.

Who loaned him the horse ?

- Okay, Herb, l'm afraid l'm going

to have to ask for your answer.

- Yes, Mr. Barry.

[ Kintner ] Look, just give him

what he wants. l don't want

to talk to these agency guys.

- So what do you want me

to do, Mr. Kintner ?

- You're a producer, Dan.

- Produce.

- [ Barry ] Would you

like more time, Herb ?

- Right.

- [ Herb ] lf l may.

Herbie's dead.

Larkin ?

Deacon John Larkin ?

That's correct for 11 points !

- [ Applause ]

- [ Sighing ]

- [ Fanfare ]

- All right, Herb, take a deep

breath and relax, will you ?

And we'll get back to the game

after this word from our sponsor.

Now, friends, l was just wondering,

what kind of a day did you have today ?

Did you greet the sunrise with plenty

of vim, vigor and vitality,

only to feel the wind go out

of your sails just after lunchtime ?

Do you find you're not having

as much fun as you used to ?

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