The Gong Show Movie (Blu-ray) R
The Gong Show that was gonged by the censor.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 29 minutes
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 29, 2016
- Originally Released: 1980
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Chuck Barris | |
Directed by | Chuck Barris | |
Screenwriting by | Chuck Barris & Robert Downey, Sr. | |
Composition by | Milton Delugg | |
Director of Photography: | Richard C. Glouner |
Entertainment Reviews:
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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 603
Rating: 1/4 --
Following Chuck Barris around as he deals with folks clamoring to be on the show, it's less A Hard Day's Night and more a hard day's watch.
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Rating: 4/5 --
A fascinating public act of career seppuku.
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Rating: 4/5 --
A therapeutic guilty pleasure.
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Product Description:
During the 1970s, the GONG SHOW was a game/talent show phenomenon. With equal measures of parody, camp and pure lowest-common denominator exploitation, it presented a bizarre assortment of talented and untalented contestants (for example, the musician who played his trumpet with his bellybutton) making their bid for stardom, and a ridiculous prize of $516.32 while three rambunctious minor celebrity judges looked on offering scores for acts they liked, or instantly stopping showing disapproval by pounding furiously on a large Chinese gong. The co-creator, producer and acid-witted but smarmy daytime host of this tawdry kitsch pastiche was Chuck Barris (AKA "Chuckie Baby"). This attempt at a serious drama chronicles a day in his hectic life as he tries to prepare a new episode of his crazy show. As he deals with a seemingly unending string of increasingly freaky acts, the pressure begins to get to the sensitive, caring (as portrayed in the film) Barris and by the day's end he becomes a true lunatic.
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- UPC: 826663165449
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