Quiz Show

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Summary: It doesn't get much better then this.
Review: When I first heard about this movie, I thought, "A guy cheats on a quiz show. What a dumb idea." Then when it was up for the 1994 Oscar for Best Picture, I said to myself, "Well, I saw the other four movies up for BP this year." So I rented it. Then I bought it. Then it was playing in my VCR almost every day as background sound when I played on the computer or ate. I have the dialogue pretty much memorized now. The movie is art. It was an instant classic. A must see. Every time I watch it I notice something new or "get" a joke I never understood before. It has fantastic actors, unbelievable dialogue, and is a cute little story. This reigns as my favorite movie of all time.

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Summary: What exactly is the point?
Review: Why was this picture even made? Who cares at this juncture that 1950s TV quiz shows were rigged? Or that ivy-league brahmin were caught with their hands out? Were we that much more "innocent" when this film was made than we are now? I seriously doubt it. This movie constantly TELEGRAPHS ITS MESSAGES - LOUD & CLEAR. Yet when you get down to it, TV fare in the 1950s & 1960s was of a far higher quality then than it is today. Of course today we are finding out (again) that many more American corporations are involved in pulling wool over the public's eyes. I hope we're not going to get whiny civics lesson movies about them too? I admit there's some fine acting in this film done by Paul Scofield & Allen Rich, but Ralph Fiennes was HUGELY MISCAST. He must have been assigned the lead by the same casting director who got Anthony Hopkins to play Picasso, someone who's got it in for good Brit actors.

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Summary: that was pretty good
Review: wow, that amazing. the story of a corrupted entertainment world and the gullible public victims. Not a lot of movies come close to this level of drama and human nature. The story of men's rise to the top and falling back down, but being caught in the net and then letting go of the net and falling the rest of the way so he can get back up again. A very modern but timeless story that's ripples can still be seen in the hearts of the now untrusting public.