Ethan Hawke


Ethan Hawke is uncredited in this film but he makes a cameo in the Don Quixote scene with Mark Van Doren near the end.
Was this supposed to be some reference to the movie Dead Poets Society? It's just that he looks exactly like the character he portrays on that movie

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It was possibly an homage to the "poets", as not only was Hawke in the film, but the actor who played the "traitor"( sorry... I can't remember the characters name, or the actor) is there as well. It could be a reference to the characters now being at Columbia, which would be logical since they wanted to go to Ivy League schools, and would be the right age. Probably a little homage to that film from the producers of quiz show. It does seem a bit odd, as "QS" doesn't strike me as whimsical enough to play with film quotes like that, but hey... Who knows. Maybe if we ever get a commentary on the film they can explain it!

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Yeah, that took me by surprise when I saw him.

I was MovieKid56, but then I was cured alright

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