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Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): George Clooney
Production: Miramax Films
  7 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2002
113 min
Website
582 Views


CHUCK:

It's gonna be a game show.

I believe there's

a great future in game shows.

DEBBIE:
Oh. That's good.

CHUCK:
Yeah. Everyone

loves game shows. Right?

DEBBIE:
I don't know.

CHUCK:
Well. They do.

DEBBIE:

Well. That's great. Then.

CHUCK:
Ha ha ha.

I'm on my way.

[Sighs]

PENNY:
Hello.

Hi.

[Breathes in]

CHUCK:
Uh... don't be alarmed.

I'm here with Debbie.

Yeah, I figured that.

Hungry?

Um, no, thanks.

PENNY:
Thirsty?

Sure, if you have a beer or...

How was sex with Debbie?

I always wanted to know.

It was good. Fine.

Thanks for asking.

No problem.

I just got f***ed

by this drummer cat...

a real righteous Negro hipster.

Heh. Interesting.

I'm into

the brotherhood of man.

I f***ed an Oriental last week.

- What are you?

- Jew.

I had one of those once,

but he was Sephardic.

[Mispronounces]

You look Ashke-nazi.

- Ashkenazi.

- Right, Ashke-nazi.

I haven't had one of those yet.

You're romantic.

Yeah. I just don't get

into all the bullshit...

between cats and chicks.

- I know what you mean.

- You know what I mean?

Besides, you just give

your heart to one cat...

and you get hurt.

Don't I know it?

PENNY:

We could ball if you want.

[Both laugh]

CHUCK:
Whoa-ho-ho.

That would be good.

Yeah, but... ha ha ha!

I'm here with Debbie.

It doesn't seem right.

[Laughing]

That's true.

I didn't think of that.

Well, I'm going to bed.

It was nice meeting you.

Hey, what's your name?

I'm Penny.

I'm Chuck.

- Chuck Barris.

- Yeah.

Yeah, you wrote

that Palisades song.

- I really like that song.

- Oh, thanks.

Yeah, it's real sentimental

bullshit.

CHUCK:
Oh, right.

["Palisades Park" playing]

# Last night

I took a walk after dark #

# A swingin' place

called Palisades Park #

# To have some fun

and see what I could see #

# That's where

the girls are #

# I took a hide

on the shoot-the-chute #

# That girl I sat beside

was awful cute #

# After it stopped,

she was holding hands with me #

# My heart was flyin' up #

# Like a rocket ship #

# Down. Like a roller coaster #

# Back. Like a loop-the-loop #

# And around,

like a merry-go-round #

# We ate and ate

at a lot dog stand #

# We danced around

to a rockin' band #

# And when I could.

I gave that girl a hug #

# In the Tunnel of Love #

# You'll never know

low great a kiss can feel #

# When you stop at the top

of a Ferris wheel #

# When I fell in love #

# Down at Palisades Park #

# Whoa-oh-oh-oh #

[People at park scream]

[Song fades out]

PENNY:
Last night

in my dream...

PENNY:
Last night

in my dream...

this ape and I are sitting

staring at each other...

and it was. Like,

across time and evolution.

And then he started talking...

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Charlie Kaufman

Charles Stuart "Charlie" Kaufman (born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He made his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York (2008), which was also well-received; film critic Roger Ebert named it "the best movie of the decade" in 2009. It was followed by Anomalisa (2015). more…

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