The Gong Show Movie

1980
R
1 Std. 29 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

4,4/10

948

IHRE BEWERTUNG

A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris who lives through a series of outrageous competitors, stressful situations, a nervous breakdown and other comical characters involved in his life and work on the TV show.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris who lives through a series of outrageous competitors, stressful situations, a nervous breakdown and other comical characte... Alles lesenA week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris who lives through a series of outrageous competitors, stressful situations, a nervous breakdown and other comical characters involved in his life and work on the TV show.A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris who lives through a series of outrageous competitors, stressful situations, a nervous breakdown and other comical characters involved in his life and work on the TV show.

Regie
- Chuck Barris
Drehbuch
- Chuck Barris
- Robert Downey Sr.
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

4,4/10

948

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Chuck Barris
Drehbuch
- Chuck Barris
- Robert Downey Sr.
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
The footage of Jaye P. Morgan flashing her breasts was taken from an actual taping of The Gong Show (1976) from which it had been deleted for television content restriction reasons.

Patzer
When Dr. Jerry is auditioning for Chuck in the hospital, he is wearing a surgical mask covering his mouth, but under his nose. No surgeon would wear a mask that way.

Zitate
Father Ed: Today I'd like to pose a Biblical question. Is there reincarnation after death, and if there is, does the individual return in a higher or lower state than he or she held in his or her mortal life?
Chuck Barris: Ooh, that's an interesting question, Father Ed. What is, uh, what is the answer to that question?
Father Ed: Beats the shit out of me.

Verbindungen
Featured in Sneak Previews: Tribute/La Cage aux Folles II/Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen/American Pop/The Day After Trinity (1981)

Soundtracks
Sometimes It Just Don't Pay to Get Up
Words & Music by Chuck Barris

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According to my aunt . . .

To be perfectly honest, I have never seen "The Gong Show Movie." However, my aunt went to see it on its opening weekend.

She said prior to the film, there was a coming attractions trailer for some movie nobody had ever heard of --- "Airplane!" According to my aunt, there was ten times more laughter during that 3-and-a-half-minute trailer than there was during the whole 90-minute "Gong Show Movie."

I have to admit that I, myself, have never seen this film (which is odd, since I never miss a Gary Mule Deer movie). It's no wonder I've never seen it --- it was reportedly pulled from movie theaters within a week of its nationwide opening in May of 1980 and was never released on VHS home video during the '80s, '90s, or 2000s! It finally received a DVD/Blu-ray release in 2016.