The Gong Show Movie

Released 	Released
May 23, 1980 	
Running Time 	Running Time
89 minutes 	
Starring 	Starring
Chuck BarrisRobin AltmanMabel KingLillie SheltonJaye P. MorganJames B. Douglas Jack BernadiBella BruckCathleen CordellPat CranshawSteve GarveyRoosevelt GrierHarvey LembeckEd MarinaroPat McCormickDavid SheinerWilliam TregoeJames WinburnPatty AndrewsGary Mule DeerNorm BlankenshipJamie FarrMurray LangstonRip Taylor	
Director 	Director
Chuck Barris 	
Packager 	Packager
Universal Pictures 	
The Gong Show Movie presents a week in the life of beleaguered game show producer and host of The Gong Show Chuck Barris along with his girlfriend seeks relief from his show and its zany would-be contestants.
==Plot==
The film mostly shows a fictional week in the life of Barris as 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 dessert) and other hilarious hijinks along with his life and work on the show. Among the highlights including are a group of men dressed as roman catholic priest and three nuns lip synching The Vatican Rag by Tom Lehrer, a man blowing out a candle by the use of his flatulence and the uncensored version of Jaye P. Morgan's breast-barring clip. 
==Reception==
The film opened against The Empire Strikes Back and The Shining beating the latter at the box office in its opening weekend but losing to the former. At the time, it mostly received negative reviews by critics including one from the late legendary comedian George Burns whom after seeing the movie went off the record by saying "For the first time in 65 years, I want to get out of show business".
==Home Video==
Due to the negative reviews it has received, the film was never released on neither VHS or DVD although it has been aired on some movie channels on occasion. 36 years later, On March 29, 2016 the film was released on Blu-Ray by Shout! Factory.
==Links==
The Gong Show Movie at TCM
The Gong Show Movie - Blu-ray | Shout! Factory
Category:The Gong Show
Category:Films