Cheaters

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Release year: 2000

Storyline

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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0 wins & 1 nomination

Did you know

• The film is based upon the events of the infamous Steinmetz Cheating Scandal that took place at the Illinois Academic Decathlon State Championship in 1995, in which the real-life Dr. Gerald Plecki and his seven students did lose to Whitney Young High School at the Regional Decathlon Championship but mysteriously won the State Championship. Later the students were accused of cheating by the State Decathlon Committee, the Department of Education, and Whitney Young (which lost to Steinmetz at the competition). It was eventually discovered that the students did cheat, although several of the students to this day maintain that they did not.

• 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.

• The real-life Jolie Fitch, who was played by Jena Malone, was interviewed by the press in 2000 (at the time of the release of the movie), noting that she had dropped out of college because she was pregnant. She now works at a department store in the suburbs of Chicago.

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Dolby Digital

Aspect ratio

1.33 : 1, 1.78 : 1

Color

Color