Quiz Show (1994)


Quiz Show
Release Date14 September 1994
US Box Office$25,000,000
TaglineFifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.
GenreDrama, History
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBronx, New York City, New York, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassDocudrama, Period Film, Americana
MoodFood for Thought
ThemesCons and Scams, Rise and Fall Stories, Scandals and Cover-ups, Fathers and Sons, Class Differences
TonesWry, Earnest, Deliberate, Matter-of-Fact
TagsAdvertising, Champion, Con/scam, Contest, Cover Up, Discrimination, Fraud, Game Show, Intelligent, Investigation, Payoff, Scandal, Television

Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film produced and directed by Robert Redford. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from Richard Goodwin's memoir Remembering America, the film tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s. It stars John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, and Christopher McDonald.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Herbie Stempel

Dick Goodwin

Charles Van Doren

Mark Van Doren

Dan Enright

Albert Freedman

Toby Stempel

Dorothy Van Doren

Allan Rich
Robert Kintner

Sandra Goodwin

George Martin
Chairman

Lishman

Account Guy

Pennebaker

Byron Jennings
Moomaw

Childress

Martin Rittenhome

Joseph Blaire
Lester Stempel

Car Salesman

Dave Garroway

Kintner's Secretary

Passerby

Mrs. Nearing

Limo Driver

Scott Lucy
NBC Page

NBC Page

Ron Scott Bertozzi
NBC Page

Enright's Secretary

Mary Shultz
Freedman's Secretary

Dave Wilson
Director

Robert Caminiti
Associate Director

Eddie Korbich
Lighting Director

Le Clanché du Rand
Cornwall Neighbor

Cornwall Aunt

Cornwall Cousin

Cornelia Ryan
Cornwall Cousin

John Van Doren

Gina Rice
Mrs. John Van Doren

Vince O'Brien
Edmund 'Bunny' Wilson

Adam Kilgour
Thomas Merton, The Monk

Richard Seff
Congressman Devine

Bill Moor
Congressman Rogers

Nicholas Kepros
Congressman Flynt

Barry Snider
Congressman Springer

Chuck Adamson
Congressman Mack

Joseph Attanasio
Congressman Derounian

Dan Wakefield
Professor At Book Party

Hamilton Fish
Professor At Book Party

Merwin Goldsmith
Writer At Book Party

Woman at Book Party

Student At Book Party

Stephen Pearlman
Judge Schweitzer

Librarian

Snodgrass

Barnard Girl

Alysa Shwedel
Barnard Girl

Queens Neighbor

Dede Pochos
Queens Neighbor

Maria Radman
Queens Neighbor

David Stepkin
Queens Neighbor

Steve Roland
Today Announcer

Bernie Sheredy
Reporter

Joe Lisi
Reporter

Greg Martin
Reporter

Reno
Woman At Door

Neil Leifer
Psychoanalyst

Caryn Krooth
Blonde

Mario Contacessi
Waiter

Patricia Geri Russell
NBC Secretary

Bill Cwikowski
Challenger

Stage Manager

Vincent J. Burns
Crew Member

First Mom

Ray Abbott
Photographer

Grad Student

Ted Brunson
Reporter

Student

Michael Cline
Senator

Reporter #1

Brian Gildea
Student

Matthew T. Gitkin
NBC Staff

Jerry Griffin
Doorman

David Hausen
Camera Operator

Don Quixote Student

Michael Luceri
Student

Owen Lund
Technical Director

Photographer

NBC Page

James Prendergast
Lawyer

Nbc employee

Jonathan Marc Sherman
Don Quixote Student #2

Nick Taylor
Herbie's Neighbor

Glenn Zarr
Press Photographer

Director

Paul Attanasio

Producer

executive producer

co-producer

Michael Jacobs
producer

Judith James
executive producer

Julian Krainin
producer

co-producer

Susan Moore
associate producer

Gail Mutrux
co-producer

Michael Nozik
producer

producer

Frederick Zollo
executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Stu Linder
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Casting Director

Production Designer

Jon Hutman
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Art Director

Tim Galvin
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Set Decorator

Samara Schaffer
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Costume Designer

Makeup Department

Kymbra Callaghan
additional makeup artist

Angel De Angelis
additional hair stylist

Sharon Ilson
key makeup artist

Bernadette Mazur
additional makeup artist

Francesca Paris
additional hair stylist

Bunny Parker
key hair stylist

Linda Lazar
makeup artist

Gabriella Pollino
hair stylist

Production Manager

Lydia Dean Pilcher
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joe Burns
second assistant director

Stuart Feldman
dga trainee

Susan E. Fiore
second second assistant director

Joseph P. Reidy
first assistant director

Art Department

Troy R. Adee
set dresser

Tommy Allen
property master

Dimitri Apletchef
assistant property master

Jeff Balsmeyer
storyboard artist

Joe Bird
set dresser

Jeff Brink
set dresser

Conrad V. Brink Jr.
set dresser

Ed Check
assistant art director

Diane D'Addio
assistant set decorator

Tony Fanning
assistant art director

Gilbert Gertsen
set dresser

Gordon Gertsen
set dresser

Donna Hamilton
assistant set decorator

Sandy Hamilton
assistant property master

Brent Haywood
carpenter foreman

Mark Horstmann
carpenter foreman

Kalina Ivanov
storyboard artist

Gary Levitsky
set dresser

Kevin McCarthy
lead man

Matthew McCarthy
set dresser

Ken Nelson
construction coordinator

John Oates Jr.
set dresser

Charlotte Palmer-lane
design assistant

Joseph Proscia
set dresser

Miriam Schapiro
art department coordinator

Bob Shaw
assistant art director

Robert Topol
master scenic artist

M. Tony Trotta
camera scenic artist

Paul Wardwell
key construction grip

Alyssa Winter
assistant set decorator

John Merrick
construction grip

Silvija L. Moess
scenic artist

Mary Prlain
assistant set decorator

Sound Department

Sandina Bailo-Lape
foley editor

Tom Barwick
foley artist

Sara Bolder
dialogue editor

Christopher Boyes
assistant sound designer

Tony Eckert
foley mixer

Andre Fenley
assistant sound editor

Ken Fischer
sound effects editor

Rob Fruchtman
adr editor

J.R. Grubbs
assistant sound editor

Joel Holland
sound recordist

Richard Hymns
supervising sound editor

Donna Jaffe
assistant sound editor

sound re-recording mixer

Tod A. Maitland
sound mixer

boom operator

Kevin Rose-Williams
assistant sound editor

Gary Rydstrom
sound re-recording mixer, sound designer

Susan Sanford
assistant sound editor

Michael Silvers
dialogue editor

Karen Tenkhoff
assistant sound editor

Dennie Thorpe
foley artist

John Countryman
sound re-recordist

Sean England
machine room operator

assistant sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department

Bruce Atwater
grip

Florian Ballhaus
camera operator

Jerry DeBlau
gaffer

Michael Finnerty
rigging grip

Brian Fitzsimons
best boy

Kenneth Fundus
rigging grip

Dennis Gamiello
dolly grip, key grip

John Lowry
grip

Bobby Mancuso
second assistant camera

Anastas N. Michos
camera operator: "b" camera, Steadicam operator

Arthur Moshlak
electrician

Fred Muller
electrician

Heather Norton
camera trainee

Wayne Paull
camera operator: video camera

Louis Petraglia
electrician

Peter John Petraglia
best boy

Ronald Plant
rigging grip

Lance Shepherd
electrician

Susan Starr
first assistant camera

Bobby Vercruse
electrician

Barry Wetcher
still photographer

Rick Whitfield
video supervisor

Dick Fisher
camera operator: video camera

David Hausen
additional camera operator

Allen Stillman
light board operator

Casting Department

Karen E. Etcoff
extras casting

Barbara Harris
voice casting

Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto
casting assistant

Alison E. McBryde
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Michael Adkins
assistant wardrobe supervisor

Dan Bronson
assistant costume designer

Paul Buboltz
wardrobe supervisor

Danajean Cicerchi
assistant wardrobe supervisor

Patricia Eiben
wardrobe supervisor

Mary Gierczak
wardrobe assistant

Barrett Hong
wardrobe assistant

Beulah Jones-Black
assistant costume designer

Lisa Padovani
assistant to costume designer

Haleen K. Holt
costume illustrator

Valerie Laven-Cooper
costumer

Editorial Department

Blair Daily
associate editor

Mark Daily
assistant editor

Dale E. Grahn
color timer

Abraham Park
post-production assistant

Music Department

Sandy DeCrescent
music contractor

Dell Hake
additional orchestrator

musician: trumpet solos

Stephen Krause
score mixer

Ken Kugler
conductor, orchestrator

Craig Pettigrew
music editor

Katherine Quittner
music supervisor

Kim Scharnberg
additional orchestrator

Todd Homme
music producer

Transportation Department

Timothy Shannon
transportation co-captain

James Patrick Whalen Jr.
transportation captain

Bobby Marsh
driver

Other Crew

Alison Armstrong
production assistant

Jeffrey T. Barabe
set production assistant

Laura Berning
location assistant

Ron Scott Bertozzi
production assistant

Maria T. Bierniak
assistant location manager

Jessica Bradford
production assistant

Susan Bradley
title designer

Donnaldson Brown
assistant: Mr. Nozik

Elizabeth Collins
assistant accountant

John Crowder
location coordinator: Washington D.C.

Shirley Davis
office production assistant

David DeClerque
location manager

Michael Demers
craft service

Deborah Devgan
office production assistant

Lou DiGiaimo Jr.
office production assistant

Amy DiPrima
production assistant

Anne Disano
production assistant

Lynn D. Ezelle
post-production accountant

Kerin Ferallo
production assistant

Rebecca L. Feuer
production assistant

Daniel Freeman
technical advisor

Danny Glicker
production assistant

Scott Gottesman
production assistant

Amy Herman
location manager

Ellen M. Hillers
production coordinator

Shelley Houis
production coordinator

Andrea Isaacs
assistant accountant

Donna Kail
assistant: Mr. Redford

Mark Kamine
location assistant

Steve Kardell
production assistant

Lara Kelly
shop manager

R. Michael King
craft service

Caryn Krooth
set production assistant

Ilene S. Landress
production accountant

Sandra Leoncavallo
assistant: Ms. Mutrux

Ann-Louise Lipman
production assistant

Maria Alaina Mason
production assistant

Mary Kate McCormick
production assistant

Ron Mitchell
production assistant

Tim Monich
dialect coach

Carlos Moore
assistant location manager

Ric Morelli
set production assistant

Sheila Paige
script supervisor

Dawn Murphy Riley
assistant production coordinator

Marsha Robertson
unit publicist

Meika Rouda
production assistant

Shea Rowan
set production assistant

Bob Rubin
technical advisor

Alex Ruttenberg
production assistant

Cornelia Ryan
assistant: Mr. Redford

Alysa Shwedel
assistant production coordinator

Jane Silberstein
production assistant

Susan Sloan
set nurse

Lois Smith
public relations

Bryan Thomas
location assistant

Judy Thomason
assistant: Mr. Nozik

Jennifer Truelove
office production assistant

Thomas M. Tucker
location assistant

Tom Tumminello
location assistant

Melissa Unger
set production assistant

Amanda Weisenthal
office production assistant

Douglas Busby
production assistant

Kyle Cooper
title designer: end titles

Amanda Herman
location assistant

Diane Modafferi
production assistant

assistant: Fed Zollo

Production Company

Baltimore Pictures
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Hollywood Pictures
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Wildwood Enterprises
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Distributor

Buena Vista Pictures

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Abril Vídeo

Buena Vista International (Sweden)

Gativideo

Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI)

Laurenfilm

Miscellaneous

Buena Vista Imaging
main title opticals

Buena Vista Negative Cutting
negative cutting

Hollywood Records
soundtrack

Howard A. Anderson Company
optical effects

Movie Movers
star trailers

PMK Public Relations
publicity

Pacific Title and Art Studio
end title opticals

RGreenberg Associates
titles

Skywalker Sound
post-production sound services






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