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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Coming Out at 31 December 2002 in theaters.

Biography, Comedy, Crime

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is biographical spy comedy film depicting the fictional life of popular game show host and producer Chuck Barris, who claimed to have also been an assassin for the CIA. The film was George Clooney’s directorial debut, was written by Charlie Kaufman and starred Sam Rockwell, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, and George Clooney himself.

Columbia Pictures had planned to produce a film adaptation of Barris’s 1984 “unauthorized autobiography” of the same title in the late 1980s. When the film rights were purchased by producer Andrew Lazar, Kaufman was commissioned to write a new script, which attracted various A-list actors and filmmakers to the project. Bryan Singer at one point planned to direct the film with Johnny Depp in the lead role, but the production was canceled. The production resumed when Clooney took over directing duties.

Tired of being rejected by the beautiful women he lusts after, Chuck Barris moves to Manhattan to become an NBC page with dreams of becoming famous in television but is eventually fired. He moves back to Philadelphia and becomes Dick Clark’s personal assistant on American Bandstand in 1961. He writes the successful song “Palisades Park” and becomes romantically involved with a woman named Penny Pacino. Chuck is given permission to pitch the concept for The Dating Game at ABC. He is given $7,500 to create a television pilot, but ABC abandons the idea in favor of Hootenanny.

Director: George Clooney

Writers: Chuck Barris (book), Charlie Kaufman

Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts

Cast:

Dick Clark
Sam RockwellChuck Barris
Michelle SweeneyJ. Sweeney
Drew BarrymorePenny
Chelsea CeciTuvia, Age 8
Michael CeraChuck Age 8 and 11 
Aimee Rose AmbroziakChuck’s Date #1
Isabelle BlaisChuck’s Date #2
Melissa CarterChuck’s Date #3
Jennifer HallGeorgia
Ilona ElkinGeorgia’s Girlfriend
Sean TuckerBarfly
Jaye P. Morgan
Maggie GyllenhaalDebbie
David Julian HirshFreddie Cannon 
Jerry WeintraubLarry Goldberg
George ClooneyJim Byrd
Frank FontaineABC Executive
Rachelle LefevreTuvia, Age 25
Gene Patton
Robert John BurkeInstructor Jenks
Daniel ZacapaRenda
Emilio RiveraBenitez
Carlos CarrascoBrazioni
Barbara BacciWoman in Veil
Janet LaneBlonde Bachelorette
Shaun BalbarBeanpole Bachelor
Jeff LefebvreFrizzy Hair Bachelor
Michael FilipowichHandsome Bachelor
Samantha KaineBlack Bachelorette
Christian PaulBlack Bachelor
Jim LangeSelf
Kristen WilsonLoretta
Steve AdamsDating Game Director
Maria BertrandStud Bachelorette
J. Todd AndersonStud Bachelor
Brad PittBrad, Bachelor #1
Matt DamonMatt, Bachelor #2
Murray LangstonActual Unknown Comic
Marlida FerreiraWoman in Pub
Julia RobertsPatricia Watson
Jérôme TiberghienEnglishman
Michael EnsignSimon Oliver
Martin KevanChuck’s Father
Claudia BessoChuck’s Mother
Isabelle JuneauAmana Girl
Nathalie MorinBachelorette Winner
Tony ZancaBachelor Winner
Sergei PriselkovShaving Man
Rutger HauerKeeler
Norman RoyColbert
Marlene FisherCasting Executive Woman
Richard KindCasting Executive Man
Suyun KimAsian Folksinger #1
Shu Lan TuanAsian Folksinger #2 
Andre MinicozziGong Show Band
Richard BeaudetGong Show Band
Ron Di LauroGong Show Band
Peter N. WilsonGong Show Band
Bruce PepperGong Show Band
Francois St-PierreGong Show Band
Bridget PowersLittle Person
Krista AllenPretty Woman
George RandolphGene Gene
Pascale DevigneCritic 
Carlo BerardinucciWaiter
Tanya AnthonyProstitute
Andy QuesnelGong Show Model 
Keshav PatelElvis Singer
James UrbaniakRod Flexner
Leslie CottleL.A. Bar Woman
Dino TosquesL.A. Bartender
Joe CobdenUnknown Comic
Ethan Thomas C. DempsterChuck Age 3
Tommy HinkleyHambone Man
Bill CordayJustice of the Peace
Chuck BarrisSelf – Present Day
Claire BrosseauOffice Worker 
Vikki CarrSinger 
Veronica Chanel
Olga Janina ChrzanowskaBachelorette 
Sally ClelfordBachelorette in Blue 
Sabrina CulverPlaymate 
Izabela DaszkiewiczChuck Barris Dance Crew 
Darcy DonavanPlaymate 
Joey EliasDrunk 
Bob Eubanks (archive footage) 
Jamie Farr (archive footage) 
Akiva GoldsmanPlayboy Party Guest 
Marc GourdeauCIA Agent 
Benoit GuerinJim Byrd Lookalike 
Dale HayesNBC Clerk 
Mariah IngerPrincipal 
Arte Johnson(archive footage) 
Spencer KaydenCrowd Scene Participant 
André LaforestChainsaw man 
Krista MorinBachelorette in Yellow 
Mike PatersonEmployee #3 
Conrad PlaLarge Man 
Robert ReynoldsBoardroom Personnel 

Sources: imdb & wikipedia

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