Quiz Show movie plot

2022-01-02 08:01
In the 1950s, a "21-minute question and answer" puzzle program was popular in the United States, and thousands of viewers were attracted by it. Staple is a winning general in the "21-point quiz" and has won the first prize many times in a row, but the TV boss felt that he had lost his freshness and ordered the show producer Dan Ai to find a new replacement. Columbia University honor student Charles was selected by Dan Ai. He bluntly told Charles that the reason why Stanpur was undefeated was because he had known the answer in advance, and that it was nothing new for TV executives to cheat on programs in order to consolidate ratings. Charles repeatedly considered and decided to agree to Dan Ai's request. So Dan Ai ordered Staple to lose in the next match. As a result, in the match against Charles, Staple answered the simplest question incorrectly. Charles became the new favorite of the public immediately after winning, which made Congressman Dick suspect in the show. There is fraud. After detailed investigation and evidence collection, both Staple and Charles appeared in court to testify. Charles' confession was understood by everyone, but the hearing did not achieve the purpose of exposing the TV station scandal. Dan Ai took the need of mass entertainment as an understanding of the TV station to make another statement. A publicity. Charles was expelled from Columbia University for this, and later he became a columnist. A few years later, Dan Ai created a show called "Wild Match", which is still warmly welcomed by everyone   .
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  • Kristoffer 2022-04-23 07:02:37

    Thinking of a cartoon, in front of the TV, all the faces of the people turned into toilets with the lids lifted, and they took the initiative to receive them. Of course, it's not so unbearable, and I want to see who can't control it. The current network may have changed a bit, but if you don’t change yourself, you will see everything the same and believe everything.

  • Cary 2022-01-02 08:01:21

    At that time, only five films could be nominated for Oscar Best Picture. "Quiz" is nominated together with Forrest Gump, Shawshank's Redemption, Pulp Fiction, four weddings and one funeral, and there are also classic movies such as Red, Ed Wood, Bullet Flying Broadway and so on in the same Oscar. Back then, "Quick Questions and Answers" also did the best in the Oscars, but now it is not as well-known as any of the above, and "American Hoax" will also end in the future.

Quiz Show quotes

  • Student At Book Party: Professor Van Doren, I took your course at Columbia - "Hawthorne, Original Sin, and the American Experience". Well, as silly as it sounds, it changed my life.

    Mark Van Doren: Was it the Hawthorne or the sin?

  • Dick Goodwin: Excuse me. Do you think he might see me before the peacock molts?

    Kintner's Secretary: Who are you with again?

    Dick Goodwin: I'm with the United States Congress. Perhaps you've heard of them.

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