Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” is the story of a legendary showman’s double life – television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
  • Rating: (44,560 votes)
  • Taglines:Some things are better left top secret » His future was uncertain. His every move was being watched. »
  • Runtime:113 minutes
  • Director: George Clooney
  • Countries:USA, UK, Germany
  • Actors:
    Himself
    Dick Clark
    Chuck Barris
    Sam Rockwell
    J. Sweeney
    Michelle Sweeney
    Penny
    Drew Barrymore
    Tuvia, Age 8
    Chelsea Ceci
    Chuck, Age 8 and 11 (as Michael Céra)
    Michael Cera
    Chuck's Date #1
    Aimee Rose Ambroziak
    Chuck's Date #2
    Isabelle Blais
    Chuck's Date #3
    Melissa Carter
    Georgia
    Jennifer Hall
  • Genres:Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Amy Minda Cohen
    associate producer  
    Stephen Evans
    executive producer  
    Jonathan Gordon
    executive producer  
    Gym Hinderer
    associate producer  
    Andrew Lazar
    producer  
    Rand Ravich
    executive producer  
    Far Shariat
    co-executive producer  
    Steven Soderbergh
    executive producer  
    Jeffrey Sudzin
    co-producer  
    Bob Weinstein
    executive producer  
    Harvey Weinstein
    executive producer  
  • Plot: Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said. Written by Anonymous
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
  • User's comment:Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: Deftly Avoiding the Gong by sixtwentysix

    While quite very obviously a well crafted lie sold as truth this movie does not fail to entertain and was one of the more underrated films of the year of it's release. A commercial failure the film was re-released later based on word of mouth buzz. This film appeals to a fringe audience that remains just out of reach of mainstream films. What do you expect from a screenplay written by Charlie Kaufmann? This film is a telling of the story of Chuck Barris, creator of various TV shows and all around uncomfortable guy. Barris holds many stations in life, TV producer, songwriter and CIA assassin. The meat of this story is not so much in his occupations but the mental condition and back story of Barris throughout the film. With something lurking just below the surface of an ambiguous nature you aren't certain if you should root for Barris or despise him.

    Through various twists and turns you follow what is one half mockumentary and one half spy thriller the film plays it very loose and fast and it let's your mind run wild and free without the burden of tension that a spy thriller would give. Definitely worth a watch if you enjoy strong acting performances mixed with offbeat plots.

    Clooney takes what is basically a poor mans "THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE" and makes a very entertaining and watchable film with great acting and stylish but reigned in technique. Finally a someone takes the theory of taking a bad idea and making a fine film and makes good.


  • Quotes: Chuck Barris: I came up with a new game-show idea recently. It's called The Old Game. You got three old guys with loaded guns onstage. They look back at their lives, see who they were, what they accomplished, how close they came to realizing their dreams. The winner is the one who doesn't blow his brains out. He gets a refrigerator. Chuck Barris: Go back to Scotland! Get yourself some Guinness, some Lucky Charms. Patricia: Insane asylums are filled with people who think they're Jesus or Satan. Very few have delusions of being a guy down the block who works for an insurance company.
  • Also known as: Confesiones de una mente peligrosa (Argentina), Confesiones de una mente peligrosa (Spain), Confesiones de una mente peligrosa (Venezuela), Confessions d'un homme dangereux (Canada - French title), Confessions d'un homme dangereux (France), Confissões de Uma Mente Perigosa (Brazil), Confissões de Uma Mente Perigosa (Portugal), Geständnisse - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (Austria), Geständnisse - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (Germany), Признания опасного человека (Russia), Confesiunile unei minti periculoase (Romania), Confession (Japan - English title), Confessioni di una mente pericolosa (Italy), Egy veszedelmes elme vallomásai (Hungary), Exomologiseis enos epikindynou myalou (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Ispovesti opasnog uma (Serbia), Niebezpieczny umysl (Poland), Salaisen agentin tunnustukset (Finland), Tehlikeli aklin itiraflari (Turkey - Turkish title),

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