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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

  • 2002
  • R
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.

  • Director
    • George Clooney
  • Writers
    • Chuck Barris
    • Charlie Kaufman
  • Stars
    • Sam Rockwell
    • Drew Barrymore
    • George Clooney
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    94K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,008
    464
    • Director
      • George Clooney
    • Writers
      • Chuck Barris
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Stars
      • Sam Rockwell
      • Drew Barrymore
      • George Clooney
    • 294User reviews
    • 165Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell
    • Chuck Barris
    Drew Barrymore
    Drew Barrymore
    • Penny
    George Clooney
    George Clooney
    • Jim Byrd
    Julia Roberts
    Julia Roberts
    • Patricia Watson
    Dick Clark
    Dick Clark
    • Dick Clark
    Michelle Sweeney
    • J. Sweeney
    Chelsea Ceci
    • Tuvia, Age 8
    Michael Cera
    Michael Cera
    • Chuck Age 8 and 11
    • (as Michael Céra)
    Aimee Rose Ambroziak
    Aimee Rose Ambroziak
    • Chuck's Date #1
    Isabelle Blais
    Isabelle Blais
    • Chuck's Date #2
    Melissa Carter
    Melissa Carter
    • Chuck's Date #3
    Jennifer Hall
    Jennifer Hall
    • Georgia
    Ilona Elkin
    Ilona Elkin
    • Georgia's Girlfriend
    Sean Tucker
    Sean Tucker
    • Barfly
    Jaye P. Morgan
    Jaye P. Morgan
    • Jaye P. Morgan
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
    • Debbie
    David Julian Hirsh
    David Julian Hirsh
    • Freddie Cannon
    • (as David Hirsh)
    Jerry Weintraub
    Jerry Weintraub
    • Larry Goldberg
    • Director
      • George Clooney
    • Writers
      • Chuck Barris
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Julia Roberts and Drew Barrymore worked for a scale salary of $250,000 as a favor to their friend, director George Clooney. Brad Pitt and Matt Damon did cameos for free.
    • Goofs
      The same extras are used for different scenes. When Chuck is in the cinema you can see the same man as later in the audience with one of Chuck's quiz shows. This is likely deliberate, given the odd humor of the movie.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      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.

    • Connections
      Featured in L'âge d'or de la musique de film 1965-1975 (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Sincerely
      Written by Alan Freed / Harvey Fuqua

      Performed by The Moonglows

      Courtesy of MCA Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews294

    Featured review
    7/10

    Clooney makes a very nice debut as a director with this movie

    Since "ER" George Clooney has been a very popular actor, mainly because so many women find him very attractive. But through the years he has been able to prove that he's more than just a pretty face in the crowd. He has acted in many popular movies and did it pretty well in most of them. But being a good actor doesn't mean that you are automatically a good director as well of course. So before seeing "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind", his debut as a director, I had my doubts...

    This time we don't get to see Clooney very often in the movie itself. We only get to see him a couple of times as the CIA agent who has hired the game show impresario and producer Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell). During the day Chuck invents game shows like 'The Dating Game', 'The Newlywed Game' and 'The Gong Show'... Shows that are all very successful, because they are easy to understand and fun to watch. But next to his regular day job he is also a CIA assassin. At least, that's what HE claims to be...

    I must say that Clooney has done a very nice job in his debut as a director. He has added a nice surreal tone to this movie which makes it even harder to understand whether all this really happened or not. And even though this is a bio-pic, it is never hard to keep watching it or to stay focused. Thanks to the light and satirical feeling in it, this movie stays fun to watch from the beginning until the end. Of course without the interesting story and the good acting by all of his main actors Clooney wouldn't have been able to make this movie. Withouth them this movie wouldn't be the same and might even have been awful to watch. Especially Drew Barrymore was a lot better than I had expected. She never really convinced me in her other movies that I saw, but this time she's really good as Barris Sweetheart. And Clooney himself was interesting to watch as well. Even though he could be found more behind than in front of the camera, he still proves to be a talented actor.

    Overall this is an interesting and fun movie. Certainly because it is Clooney's debut as a director. The man sure has a lot of talents and I'm already looking forward to his next movie as a director / actor. I give this one a 7.5/10.
    • philip_vanderveken
    • May 17, 2005
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    • Release date
      • January 24, 2003 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Canada
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Confesiones de una mente peligrosa
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Miramax
      • Mad Chance
      • Section Eight
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $16,007,718
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $87,199
      • Jan 5, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $33,013,805
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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