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Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

Garth Brooks unveils his alter ego Chris Gaines.

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To promote the release of his album Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks appeared as Chris Gaines in a television "mockumentary," a version of VH1's seminal cable classic Behind the Music, featuring a totally made-up tale that just may be the greatest rock n' roll documentary ever made. This piece of art has everything that makes the story of being a rockstar fucking cool. It has childhood trauma, record label trauma, death, disfigurement, a plane crash, a car crash, sex addiction, redemption, a house fire, random unexplained commentary from Billy Joel, and more sex addiction.

Directed byChristopher Meindl, Michael McNamara

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 44m
Language
EN
Released
November 24, 1999
Studios
VH1 Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

Chris Gaines

Brian Vaughn

Young Chris Gaines

Linda Ljoka

Roma Stihl

Anthony Meindl

Anthony Meindl

Ryan Duffy

Tom Ballatore

Dan Lanier

Carolyn Seymour

Carolyn Seymour

Carolyn Johnns-Gaines

Don Was

Don Was

Self

María Costa

Self

Light Rand

Tasha Simon

Melinda Newman

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Christopher Meindl
Michael McNamara
Produced by
Christopher Meindl

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