CHUCK BARRIS

Cofessions of a Dangerous Singer - Chuck Barris



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Most famously the creator of The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game and mastermind and host of the wildly popular and utterly bizarre Gong Show, Chuck Barris has produced some of the most innovative and groundbreaking television of our time.

Most recently the subject of a major motion picture Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, his best selling unauthorized autobiography brings to the podium the hilarious chronicle of his rise in Hollywood, his exploits as a CIA assassin, his triumphs as a best selling author, hit music writer and the real story of how he changed television forever.

A consummate entertainer, Chuck reveals another side of his talents with his debut release on Domo Records, Confessions of a Dangerous Singer.

Performing some of the most classic standards of our day, You're Nobody 'till Somebody Loves You, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Mr Sandman, Ain't Misbehavin' as well as Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, Chuck compliments this collections with his songwriting talents as well including his 1962 hit Palisades Park and Old Mother Trucker.



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My name is Charles Hirsch Barris. I have written pop songs, I have been a television producer. I am responsible for polluting the airwaves with mind-numbing puerile entertainment. In addition, I have murdered thirty-three human beings.



Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND is the story of a legendary showmans double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night.



Young, energetic, and focused on a top career in the growing television industry, Chuck Barris finds himself being followed by a suspicious character who quickly lures him into a secretive and dangerous world: that of a CIA operative. While Barris gains notoriety as a dynamic television producer creating such innovative and popular game shows as The Newlywed Game and the self-hosted The Gong Show he regularly executes assassinations for the United States government. As ratings rise, Barris incorporates his shows into his secret life: winning couples on The Dating Game find themselves shipped off to fabulous Helsinki and romantic West Berlin for their dream dates it isnt Paris, but it provides chaperone Barris a cover for his covert missions.



As Barris basks in the glamour of his two worlds - entertainment and espionage - his life begins to spiral out of control. He is torn between the woman who loves him and the mysterious woman of his fantasies. He receives mass criticism from the public who accuses him of contaminating the airwavesand he finds himself marked for death by a traitor operative.



Barris must regain control of his life. Both of them.



CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND stars Sam Rockwell in a breakthrough performance as the legendary Chuck Barris. The film marks the directorial debut of George Clooney, from a screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Also starring are Drew Barrymore as Barriss girlfriend Penny, Julia Roberts as an international operative known as Patricia, Rutger Hauer as secret agent Keeler, and Clooney as C.I.A. agent Jim Byrd.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind now a major motion picture from Miramax films