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The Man Who Wasn't There
Why this pick
Its deadpan confession-like narration, period sheen and doomed antihero create a similarly off-kilter blend of dark comedy, crime and subjective fantasy.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2002 1h 53m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
Its cheerful corporate surfaces, unreliable central voice and increasingly absurd criminal reality echo the playful uncertainty and melancholy of Clooney’s show-business spy tale.
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Lenny
Why this pick
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A Prairie Home Companion
Why this pick
For the bittersweet backstage world of mid-century-flavoured entertainment: an ensemble of performers navigates a fading broadcast institution with eccentric humour and gentle sadness.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Tired of being rejected by the beautiful women he lusts after, Chuck Barris moves to Manhattan to become an NBC page with dreams of becoming famous in television but is eventually fired. He moves back to Philadelphia and becomes Dick Clark's personal assistant on ''American Bandstand'' in 1961. He writes the successful song "Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon song)" and becomes romantically involved with a woman named Penny Pacino. Chuck is given permission to pitch the concept for ''The Dating Game'' at American Broadcasting Company. He is given $7,500 to create a television pilot, but ABC abandons the idea in favor of ''Hootenanny (US TV series)''.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Sam Rockwell
Chuck Barris
Drew Barrymore
Penny
Julia Roberts
Patricia Watson
Rutger Hauer
Keeler
George Clooney
CIA Agent Jim Byrd
Michael Cera
Chuck
Michael Ensign
Simon Oliver
Jennifer Hall
Georgia