Robert Redford directed this Oscar-nominated true story about a rigged game show

In the 1950s, viewers glued to their fledgling television sets were shocked to learn that one of their favorite game shows, Twenty-onehad rigged the results by providing answers to the winners. Although the ensuing congressional investigation was wide-ranging, national attention focused on Charles Van Dorenthe dashing son of a prominent literary family who became an overnight celebrity when the producers of Twenty-one conspired to keep him on the air as a star candidate. In 1994, Robert Redford dramatized this scandal in his Oscar-nominated film Quizusing a real life incident to examine how America’s obsession with fame and fortune destroys all who pursue it.