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Drama (Robert REDFORD) Quiz Show [DVDrip] 1994
RIP+UP | XviD-1179 | mp3@128 | 688x368 | English (Dutch, English, French, Spanish idx+sub in file) | DVD Cover & Sticker | 2h07 | 1.2 Gb
USA 14 sept 1994
Director Robert REDFORD

Cast/Avec John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, Christopher McDonald, Johann Carlo, Elizabeth Wilson, Allan Rich …

In 1958 when television quiz shows ruled the airwaves, Charles Van Doren was the wildly popular champion of a successful TV show called "Twenty-One." A national celebrity who appeared on the covers of both "Time" and "Life" magazines, Van Doren was an American folk hero–the intellectual's answer to Elvis Presley. Week after week audiences tuned in to watch as Van Doren, a popular English instructor at Columbia University and the product of one of America's most renowned literary families, seemed to draw from his vast knowledge the correct answers to obscure questions. His charming presence seduced 50 million people into believing him. But the truth is, viewers were fooled and saw only what the network and program's producers wanted them to see. Then someone pulled the plug. When disgruntled contestant Herbie Stempel charged that the quiz game was a fraud, Congressional investigator Richard Goodwin uncovered the facts that exposed the deception, and sent shock waves reverberating across America.

Aux Etats-Unis, le grand succès télévisuel de 1956 c'est le jeu "Twenty-One" où Herbert Stempel est le champion incontesté depuis plusieurs semaines. Mais son érudition ne change rien au fait qu'il est d'origine juive et d'un physique plutôt ingrat…les taux d'audience sont en baisse, les producteurs de l'émission vont truquer le jeu pour éliminer Stampel et faire gagner Charles Van Doren, un jeune homme de bonne famille tout ce qu'il y a de plus "WASP". Stempel décide de porter plainte et fait pour cela appel à un brillant juriste de Harvard, Richard Goodwin.