Based upon the memoir of the same name, this darkly comical biography chronicles the life of Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), the man who created The Dating Game, The Gong Show, and The Newlywed Game and who claimed that he led a double life as an assassin for the CIA (it's never been proved one way or the other). The movie marks the directorial debut of George Clooney, who recruited a couple of his movie star friends (Drew Barrymore, who plays Barris' lover and occasional companion, and Julia Roberts, in a bit part as a mysterious spy) to help him.