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By day Chuck Harris is a highly successful television producer and by night he is a CIA assassin - or is he?

Product Identifiers

ProducerAndrew Lazar

EAN5017188888493

eBay Product ID (ePID)3966348

Product Key Features

ActorBrad Pitt, Matt Damon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rutger Hauer, Sam Rockwell, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney

Film/TV TitleConfessions of a Dangerous Mind

DirectorGeorge Clooney

LanguageEnglish

Run Time113 Mins

Release Year2003

FormatDVD

FeaturesCommentary - 1. George Clooney - Director\11 Deleted Scenes (with commentary)\6 Behind-the-Scenes vignettes\Sam Rockwell Screen test\5 Gong Show Acts\Featurette - 1. THE REAL CHUCK BARRIS\Stills Gallery

GenreDrama, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerAlex Wurman

Additional InformationGeorge Clooney makes his directorial debut with this frenetic, visually dazzling black comedy. Based on notorious television producer Chuck Barris' unauthorised autobiography, Clooney's film reinforces Barris' outlandish claim that he lived a secret life as a hitman for the CIA. Sam Rockwell stars as Barris, a fresh-faced dreamer who moves to New York to find success in television. Pretty soon, he's written a hit song ("Palisades Park"), has shacked up with the ultra-peppy Penny (Drew Barrymore), and has his first successful game show, The Dating Game. But as if that weren't enough excitement, he is soon recruited by CIA Special Agent Jim Byrd (Clooney) to become a hired killer for the federal government. As Barris' subsequent shows (The Newlywed Game, The Gong Show) take off, the conflicted producer uses them as a front for his undercover job, chaperoning winning couples all over the world while performing his deadly duties after hours. Along the way, he meets a shady cast of characters--including a sultry assassin (Julia Roberts)--who threatens to blow his cover and ruin his television career forever. Adapted by the daring and mischievous Charlie Kaufman, Clooney's film features yet another electrifying performance from Rockwell (LAWN DOGS, SAFE MEN).

ReviewsUSA Today - ...It is a mesmerizing movie....There is some inspired and innovative camerawork and nimble editing in CONFESSIONS..., Rolling Stone - ...Clooney fashions a style all his own: visceral, vital and churning with off-the-wall ideas....You can feel his joy in it..., Variety - ...A powerful and creative film....Rockwell displays a virtuoso's range of emotions and states of mind with a keen instinct for going against expectation..., Sight and Sound - ...Sam Rockwell gives a finely modulated performance of perpetually shifting nuance....Clooney responds to the challenges of the script by giving the film swagger and verve..., Box Office - ...George Clooney's assured directorial debut spins this bizarre premise into one of the year's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Sharp, funny, unreasonably compelling...

ScreenwriterCharlie Kaufman

AuthorChuck Barris

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleConfessions Of A Dangerous Mind

Director of PhotographyNewton Thomas Sigel

Consumer AdviceContains strong language and violence