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People are Funny: the Movie
TLEberle:
At least one, and that's my final answer.
/survey says that The Running Man is on the boundary of your qualification.
Thunder:
My wife just yelled out "Jerry Springer's 'Ringmaster'". I told her to go away. :D
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: SamJ93 on May 22, 2016, 12:00:42 PM ---So aside from Quiz Show, are there any recent movies (past 30 years or so) whose plot centered around a real or fictional game show?
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About 15 years ago, Bill Murray was supposed to play Michael Larson in a movie based on his PYL reign of terror. That never came to fruition.
Matt Ottinger:
Recently on the art film scene, Slumdog Millionaire and Starter For Ten both had real game shows very much at the center of their stories.
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on May 22, 2016, 04:25:17 PM ---Recently on the art film scene, Slumdog Millionaire and Starter For Ten both had real game shows very much at the center of their stories.
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That was indeed my oblique reference earlier, though I had forgotten about Starter for Ten. (Since we're here, the book Q&A has several differences and a strange turn at the billion rupee question, and is a marvelous read anyway.)
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on May 22, 2016, 08:13:30 AM ---For the sake of the three of us who care about this and want to Horanically show off what we know:
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Not for nothing in particular, I've always thought the difference between eagerness to share what we know and his name should be forever blotted out was that for the most part our dispersal of knowledge comes from enjoying our hobby.
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