Cheaters

Name: Cheaters
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000-05-20
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Jena Malone, Paul Sorvino

TV Movie
2000
R
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.9K

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Jeff Daniels, Luke Edwards, Blake Heron, Jena Malone, Anna Raj, Dov Tiefenbach, and Dan Warry-Smith in Cheaters (2000)

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Drama

One teacher and his students know they can win the state's academic contest with the right amount of study, the right application, and the right answers. When one of them steals the test pap... Read allOne teacher and his students know they can win the state's academic contest with the right amount of study, the right application, and the right answers. When one of them steals the test papers, will they cheat their way to the trophy?One teacher and his students know they can win the state's academic contest with the right amount of study, the right application, and the right answers. When one of them steals the test papers, will they cheat their way to the trophy?

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Director John Stockwell and the film's producers hired a private investigator to track down the real Dr. Gerald Plecki. It took nearly half a year to convince Plecki to sell his rights and become involved in the production.

Goofs
When Dr. Plecki and the students are watching "Stand and Deliver" at his house, the scenes from that movie are shown out of order in "Cheaters".

Quotes
Irwin Flickas: It was a multiple choice test. Nobody told me you could only pick one answer!

Connections
Features Stand and Deliver (1988)

Soundtracks
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Written by Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley
Performed by Portishead

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Very real

This tv movie basically shows what cheating gets you: short lived triumph and a quick downfall. But this goes way beyond an after school special. This tv movie examines it all as a scandal and goes into great detail about why and what happened. One thing I found interesting about this movie was how people reacted to the Steinmetz High win. Even though we know they cheated, it's interesting to see how some people automatically assume they cheated because they beat out a private school in a game of intelligence. Acting is superb and the whole movie is very realistic. Thumbs up on this one.