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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind : An Unauthorized Autobiography
Author: Chuck Barris

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Publisher: Miramax Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780786888085 - ISBN-10: 0786888083
Publication Date: 11/27/2002
Pages: 256


Other Versions of this Book: Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged)

Book Description:

AN OUTRAGEOUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED TO COINCIDE WITH THE MIRAMAX FILM STARRING DREW BARRYMORE, GEORGE CLOONY, AND SAM ROCKWELL, DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONY

Suspense, excess, danger and exuberant fun come together in Chuck Barris' unlikely autobiography -- the tale of a wildly flamboyant 1970s television producer, better known as the infamous host of The Gong Show. What most people don't know is that Barris allegedly spent close to two decades as a decorated covert assassin for the CIA.

Barris, who achieved tremendous success as the creator and producer of hit TV game shows such as The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, claims to have joined the CIA as an agent in the early 1960s, infiltrated the Civil Rights movement, met with militant Muslims in Harlem, and traveled abroad in order to kill enemies of the United States.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is now a movie directed by and starring George Clooney, with Sam Rockwell as the author, but the original story is wild and gripping, spiced with intrigue, sex, bad behavior and plenty of great one-liners. It is destined to become a classic.


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Please Rate these Book Reviews

Rhonda W. (smoky) wrote on 12/10/2007...


This is laugh out loud Funny the whole way through. I mean that he gets away with this stuff is unbelievable on his shows and was an agent or not?
ENJOY!!

Kim V. (Kimivan) wrote on 3/25/2007...


Interesting, and fairly unbelievable...but who knows??

Rich M. (4x4) wrote on 2/25/2007...


Barris almost makes you believe it's true

David M. wrote on 1/18/2007...


What a great read...who'd of thought?

CHRIS P. (MaineMan) wrote on 7/15/2006...


Chuck Barris was a wildly flamboyant 1970's TV Producer of such hit game shows as THE NEWLYWED GAME and THE DATING GAME, but is probably best remembered as the infamous host of THE GONG SHOW. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" was turned into a movie in 2002, directed by and starring George Clooney, co-starring Drew Barrymore and Sam Rockwell. Miramax Books.

Rebecca E. (megabyte) wrote on 7/11/2006...


What an interesting character! Repugnant, at times, but more complex than you'd expect, for the creator of idiotic TV game shows....

Suzanne R. (Suzanne60637) wrote on 11/20/2005...


The "unauthorized autobiography" of Chuck Barris. Details his 2 decades as a covert assassin for the CIA while also producing television shows such as the Dating Game and the Gong Show.


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