The Gong Show Movie
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Main Details
- Released in 1980
- Color
- Running Time: 89 Min
- Distribution Co: Universal Pictures
- Directed by Chuck Barris
- Written by Chuck Barris, Robert Downey
- Starring Chuck Barris, Robin Altman
- Music by Milton DeLugg
- Cinematography by Richard C. Glouner
- Edited by Jacqueline Cambas, James Mitchell, Sam Vitale
- Produced by Budd Granoff
Plot
The film shows a fictional week in the life of Chuck Barris as the host and creator of The Gong Show, through a series of outrageous competitors, stressful situations, a nervous breakdown (which compels him to run away and hide in the desert) and other comic hijinks in his life and work on the TV show. Among the highlights included a group of men dressed as a Roman Catholic priest and three nuns lip-synching Tom Lehrer's song "The Vatican Rag", a man blowing out a candle with flatulence, and the uncensored version of Jaye P. Morgan's infamous breast-baring incident. (Wikipedia)
