Oct 13, 2017
72 min
Full-HD

Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much (2017)

Maths teacher Ted Slauson became adept at recording and memorizing prices of products featured on the iconic game show The Price is Right, an obsession dating back to the show's inception in 1972. This passion and dedication for the show culminated in him helping a contestant place a perfect bid during a 2008 showcase, an innocent act that would create one of the biggest controversies in television industry history.

Category

Documentary

Country

Canada

Companies

MK Ultra Productions FortyFPS Productions

Bob Barker

Self

Drew Carey

Self

Kevin Pollak

Self

Theodore Slauson

Self

Roger Dobkowitz

Self

Recommended For You

Horror
2021
Movie

Bad Hair

Bad Hair

5.9
2021

In 1989, an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.

Documentary
2019
Movie

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads

6.9
2019

Robert Johnson was one of the most influential blues guitarists ever. Even before his early death, fans wondered if he'd made a pact with the Devil.

Genre : Documentary

Comedy
2018
Movie

Demetri Martin: The Overthinker

Demetri Martin: The Overthinker

6.7
2018

With his signature one-liners and drawings, Demetri Martin muses on doughnut holes, dogs, sports bars, the alphabet's most aggressive letters and more.

Drama
2006
Movie

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

5.8
2006

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.

Documentary
2015
Movie

The Brainwashing of My Dad

The Brainwashing of My Dad

6.1
2015

A filmmaker examines the rise of right-wing media through the lens of her father, whose immersion in it radicalized him and rocked the foundation of their family. She discovers this political phenomenon recurring in living rooms everywhere, and reveals the consequences conservative media has had on families and a nation.

Genre : Documentary

Documentary
2017
Movie

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

6.9
2017

See how the world’s most influential chefs battle food waste through the eyes of chef-heroes like Massimo Bottura, Dan Barber and Danny Bowien.

Genre : Documentary

Documentary
2003
Movie

Major Fraud

Major Fraud

7.7
2003

Footage from the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is examined to reveal how a contestant almost cheated his way to the jackpot.

Genre : Documentary

Comedy
2022
Movie

A Christmas Story Christmas

A Christmas Story Christmas

6.5
2022

Ralphie is now all grown up and must deal with Christmas and all that comes with it… as a dad.

Documentary
2013
Movie

Jodorowsky's Dune

Jodorowsky's Dune

7.8
2013

Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) and his 1974 Quixotic attempt to adapt the seminal sci-fi novel Dune into a feature film. After spending 2 years and millions of dollars, the massive undertaking eventually fell apart, but the artists Jodorowsky assembled for the legendary project continued to work together. This group of artists, or his “warriors” as Jodorowsky named them, went on to define modern sci-fi cinema with such films as Alien, Blade Runner, Star Wars and Total Recall.

Genre : Documentary

Romance
1998
Movie

Gia

Gia

7.1
1998

Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

Genre : Romance

Science Fiction
2018
Movie

Prospect

Prospect

6.2
2018

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

Genre : Science Fiction

Drama
2018
Movie

Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace

6.8
2018

A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.

Horror
2018
Movie

Suspiria

Suspiria

6.9
2018

Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, the woman she replaces breaks down and accuses the company's female directors of witchcraft. Meanwhile, an inquisitive psychotherapist and a member of the troupe uncover dark and sinister secrets as they probe the depths of the studio's hidden underground chambers.

Horror
2003
Movie

Final Destination 2

Final Destination 2

6.2
2003

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.

Comedy
2014
Movie

What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows

7.6
2014

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

Animation
2018
Movie

The Grinch

The Grinch

6.9
2018

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

Genre : Animation

Comedy
2015
Movie

The Lobster

The Lobster

7.1
2015

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

Drama
2013
Movie

About Time

About Time

7.9
2013

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.