Geraldine's Fortune

Oct 22, 2004

★ 1.0

Overview

A grocery-store worker in a small Canadian town gets a chance to appear on a popular television game show.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Cité-Amérique

Grana Productions

Geraldine's Fortune Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Geraldine Liddle

Jane Curtin

Cameron Geary

Matt Frewer

Henry Liddle

Peter MacNeill

Tina Larose

Sheila McCarthy

Louis Owen

Patrick McKenna

Diede Murphy

Pascale Montpeti

Greta Jones

Jennifer Morehouse

Cilla

Marina Orsini

Josh Fisher

Dylan Smith

Rose Owen

Mary Walsh

Philippe Torreton

Nicole Maillet

Wedding Guest #1

Marshall Button

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.

0.0

Love or Money

Oct 16, 2001

Two young people, Daniel and Samantha, are selected in a television show to marry. They have never seen each other ever. After the wedding ceremony took place on television, then married life really starts. To collect the price money of one million pounds, they have to stay together for at least six months.

6.7

Quiz Lady

Sep 9, 2023

A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny, must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne into a bona-fide gameshow champion.

6.2

Stay Tuned

Aug 14, 1992

Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy's home entertainment system sucks him and Helen into Hellvision, a realm run by Spike, who is an emissary of Satan. For 24 hours, the couple must survive devilish parodies of TV programs if they want to return to reality alive.

6.2

National Lampoon's European Vacation

Jul 25, 1985

The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.

7.7

Slumdog Millionaire

Nov 12, 2008

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

6.7

UHF

Jul 21, 1989

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

6.0

The King

May 20, 2007

The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.

6.8

Mallrats

Oct 20, 1995

Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant others and take care of their respective nemeses.

5.7

The Contestant

Mar 16, 2007

Martín's lucky hit when he wins the most lucrative prize in television history puts his life upside down.

6.4

Melvin and Howard

Sep 19, 1980

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

6.4

Reckless

Nov 17, 1995

On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.

5.2

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

Apr 4, 1979

In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.

3.5

For Love or Money

Nov 20, 1984

A man and a woman participate in a new game show where partners have to choose between love and money.

0.0

The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You'

Nov 25, 2002

Compilation of classic moments and unseen outtakes from the first 23 series (1990-2002) of the popular BBC comedy show.

3.7

The Gong Show Movie

May 23, 1980

A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris.

0.0

Tell 'Em Steve Dave Presents: ElephANTS in the Room

May 26, 2018

In the summer of 2017, the podcast Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave filmed a gameshow pilot episode to pitch to an unnamed television network. “ElephANTs in the Room” combines the classic atmosphere of beloved gameshows, with the insightful and humorous world of podcasting. When you add in elephant-based physical changes, and the perils of taboo topics that no that sane person would ever dare to discuss, you get “ElephANTs in the Room!” With an explosive and shocking final challenge, it’s safe to say you have NEVR seen a gameshow like this!

10.0

Perfgina

May 31, 2023

All Perfgina wants is to be on Jeopardy, but will her moms own plans stand in her way?

5.3

Monster Challenge

Sep 21, 2018

Famed composer Michael Giacchino catapults a hapless Patton Oswalt (as himself) into an outrageous series of challenges in his infectiously silly tribute to the eccentricities of Japanese game shows.

0.0

Mahal Kita: Final Answer!

Jan 23, 2002

Joanna, a good-for-nothing girl who miserably failed in her attempt to win any television game show and contest, is hired by Nino as his personal secretary, believing that she could be her lucky charm. But things did not work as he planned, until...