Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999To 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.
Acted in
Garth Brooks
as Chris Gaines
Brian Vaughn
as Young Chris Gaines
Linda Ljoka
as Roma Stihl
Anthony Meindl
as Ryan Duffy
Tom Ballatore
as Dan Lanier
Carolyn Seymour
as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Don Was
as Self
María Costa
as Self
Light Rand
as Tasha Simon
Melinda Newman
as Self
Ninette Terhart
as Jennifer Allgood
Joe Smith
as Self
Billy Joel
as Self
Ted Larkin
as Officer Barry Sanders
Martin Joseph
as Tommy Levitz
Mark Allan Staubach
as Young Marc Obed
Thomas Voelpel
as Older Marc Obed
Fred Reiser
as Gene Gaines
Jim Forbes
as Narrator (voice)
James Cooley
as Young Chris Gaines
