Real Life
1979 · Movie · PG · 99 min · ★ 6.5
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
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Details
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-03-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 99 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (93 votes)
Themes
- dysfunctional family
- mockumentary
- filmmaking
- found footage
- documentary filmmaking
- narcissist
- psychological disintegration
- family portrait
- film director
- film crew
- social experiment
- dull suburb
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Albert Brooks
as Albert Brooks
Charles Grodin
as Warren Yeager
Frances Lee McCain
as Jeannette Yeager
- LU
Lisa Urette
as Lisa Yeager
- RS
Robert Stirrat
as Eric Yeager
- MT
Matthew Tobin
as Dr. Howard Hill
J.A. Preston
as Dr. Ted Cleary
Mort Lindsey
as Mort Lindsey
- JS
Joseph Schaffler
as Paul Lowell - Realtor
- PQ
Phyllis Quinn
as Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
Directed by Albert Brooks