Quiz Show

Rating: 7/10 (2 September 2009)

Quiz Show shows how people are blinded by greed. It was made by Robert Redford. This movie is a 1994 film based on the late 1950's scandal of the popular show, and it based on a true story.
People like watching quiz shows, because they like the challenge to contestants and the chance to test them. People also like learning something new in an easy way and without having to study. And, they like ordinary people winning big prizes in a short time. If you want to win for a quiz show, you need talent. Also all quiz shows include a bit of good luck. In this movie, Quiz Show producers made a winner for entertainment. They seem to prefer entertainment more than conscience.
Herbert Stempel is the winner of a quiz show, Twenty-One. He has talent, but he doesn't win with honesty. One day, Twenty-One producers gave Herbert Stempel the air by reason of people wanting a new face on TV. They hire Charles Van Doren who is looking well and is charming. Plus his family is famous. The first time Charles Van Doren has a mental conflict, but he is blinded by greed later. People realized the truth by Herbert Stempel's greed and Dick Goodwin's search for the truth. Quiz Show's last scene is Charles Van Doren telling the truth, and he lost honor.
How much one can earn is important, of course, but there are other equally important considerations, neglect of which may produce frustration in later years. While I was watching the Quiz Show, I had a big moral thought. That is: nobody can deceive oneself.