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 Rockwell | ► | Chuck Barris |
Michelle Sweeney | ► | J. Sweeney |
Drew Barrymore | ► | Penny |
Chelsea Ceci | ► | Tuvia, Age 8 |
Michael Cera | ► | Chuck Age 8 and 11 |
Aimee Rose Ambroziak | ► | Chuck’s Date #1 |
Isabelle Blais | ► | Chuck’s Date #2 |
Melissa Carter | ► | Chuck’s Date #3 |
Jennifer Hall | ► | Georgia |
Ilona Elkin | ► | Georgia’s Girlfriend |
Sean Tucker | ► | Barfly |
Jaye P. Morgan | ► | |
Maggie Gyllenhaal | ► | Debbie |
David Julian Hirsh | ► | Freddie Cannon |
Jerry Weintraub | ► | Larry Goldberg |
George Clooney | ► | Jim Byrd |
Frank Fontaine | ► | ABC Executive |
Rachelle Lefevre | ► | Tuvia, Age 25 |
Gene Patton | ► | |
Robert John Burke | ► | Instructor Jenks |
Daniel Zacapa | ► | Renda |
Emilio Rivera | ► | Benitez |
Carlos Carrasco | ► | Brazioni |
Barbara Bacci | ► | Woman in Veil |
Janet Lane | ► | Blonde Bachelorette |
Shaun Balbar | ► | Beanpole Bachelor |
Jeff Lefebvre | ► | Frizzy Hair Bachelor |
Michael Filipowich | ► | Handsome Bachelor |
Samantha Kaine | ► | Black Bachelorette |
Christian Paul | ► | Black Bachelor |
Jim Lange | ► | Self |
Kristen Wilson | ► | Loretta |
Steve Adams | ► | Dating Game Director |
Maria Bertrand | ► | Stud Bachelorette |
J. Todd Anderson | ► | Stud Bachelor |
Brad Pitt | ► | Brad, Bachelor #1 |
Matt Damon | ► | Matt, Bachelor #2 |
Murray Langston | ► | Actual Unknown Comic |
Marlida Ferreira | ► | Woman in Pub |
Julia Roberts | ► | Patricia Watson |
Jérôme Tiberghien | ► | Englishman |
Michael Ensign | ► | Simon Oliver |
Martin Kevan | ► | Chuck’s Father |
Claudia Besso | ► | Chuck’s Mother |
Isabelle Juneau | ► | Amana Girl |
Nathalie Morin | ► | Bachelorette Winner |
Tony Zanca | ► | Bachelor Winner |
Sergei Priselkov | ► | Shaving Man |
Rutger Hauer | ► | Keeler |
Norman Roy | ► | Colbert |
Marlene Fisher | ► | Casting Executive Woman |
Richard Kind | ► | Casting Executive Man |
Suyun Kim | ► | Asian Folksinger #1 |
Shu Lan Tuan | ► | Asian Folksinger #2 |
Andre Minicozzi | ► | Gong Show Band |
Richard Beaudet | ► | Gong Show Band |
Ron Di Lauro | ► | Gong Show Band |
Peter N. Wilson | ► | Gong Show Band |
Bruce Pepper | ► | Gong Show Band |
Francois St-Pierre | ► | Gong Show Band |
Bridget Powers | ► | Little Person |
Krista Allen | ► | Pretty Woman |
George Randolph | ► | Gene Gene |
Pascale Devigne | ► | Critic |
Carlo Berardinucci | ► | Waiter |
Tanya Anthony | ► | Prostitute |
Andy Quesnel | ► | Gong Show Model |
Keshav Patel | ► | Elvis Singer |
James Urbaniak | ► | Rod Flexner |
Leslie Cottle | ► | L.A. Bar Woman |
Dino Tosques | ► | L.A. Bartender |
Joe Cobden | ► | Unknown Comic |
Ethan Thomas C. Dempster | ► | Chuck Age 3 |
Tommy Hinkley | ► | Hambone Man |
Bill Corday | ► | Justice of the Peace |
Chuck Barris | ► | Self – Present Day |
Claire Brosseau | ► | Office Worker |
Vikki Carr | ► | Singer |
Veronica Chanel | ► | |
Olga Janina Chrzanowska | ► | Bachelorette |
Sally Clelford | ► | Bachelorette in Blue |
Sabrina Culver | ► | Playmate |
Izabela Daszkiewicz | ► | Chuck Barris Dance Crew |
Darcy Donavan | ► | Playmate |
Joey Elias | ► | Drunk |
Bob Eubanks | ► | (archive footage) |
Jamie Farr | ► | (archive footage) |
Akiva Goldsman | ► | Playboy Party Guest |
Marc Gourdeau | ► | CIA Agent |
Benoit Guerin | ► | Jim Byrd Lookalike |
Dale Hayes | ► | NBC Clerk |
Mariah Inger | ► | Principal |
Arte Johnson | ► | (archive footage) |
Spencer Kayden | ► | Crowd Scene Participant |
André Laforest | ► | Chainsaw man |
Krista Morin | ► | Bachelorette in Yellow |
Mike Paterson | ► | Employee #3 |
Conrad Pla | ► | Large Man |
Robert Reynolds | ► | Boardroom Personnel |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia