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Quiz Show | Actors/Actresses: - Ethan Hawke - Griffin Dunne - Hank Azaria - Illeana Douglas - John Turturro - Martin Scorsese - Ralph Fiennes - Robert Redford - William Fichtner Even Redford Can Make a Fine Movie with a Cast Like This Almost everything I've seen by Robert Redford bowls me over with its blandness. Remember the aptly titled Ordinary People? Few people seem to any more. Quiz Show was the exception that proved the rule. Although it's overdone in parts, particularly Rob Morrow's role, many of the other actors do such a superlative job here that the film approaches masterpiece status. Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro and, of course, Paul Schofield are three of the very finest actors working today and each is up to his best here. Another performer who has been very good whenever I've seen him, but who seems to be highly underrated, is David Paymer who also brings a subdued intensity to his role as the producer at the center of things. Although the plot, based on the notorious government investigations of the game show frauds of the late 50's, is a bit loose ended, the performance by these four actors is just splendid and overcomes any script shortcomings. It's difficult to imagine Schofield, Fiennes or Turturro needing any direction here. Now, if only Robert Redford could work with them all the time his productions wouldn't be limited to white bread consistency. Buy Quiz Show at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Quiz Show Search with the Priority Search Engine on Quiz Show This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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