

Real Life
1979 · Movie · 1h 39m · PG
Comedy
"An American Comedy"
Overview
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".
Ratings
IMDb
7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
64/100
Key crew
- Albert BrooksDirector
- Albert BrooksWriter
- Monica JohnsonWriter
- Harry ShearerWriter
- Mort LindseyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Albert BrooksAlbert Brooks
- Charles GrodinWarren Yeager
- Frances Lee McCainJeannette Yeager
- Lisa UretteLisa Yeager
- Robert StirratEric Yeager
- Matthew TobinDr. Howard Hill
- J.A. PrestonDr. Ted Cleary
- Mort LindseyMort Lindsey
- Joseph SchafflerPaul Lowell - Realtor
- Phyllis QuinnDonna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
- James RitzJack from Cincinnati
- Clifford EinsteinRole Reversal Family Father
Stills
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Themes
dysfunctional familymockumentaryfilmmakingfound footagedocumentary filmmakingnarcissistpsychological disintegrationfamily portraitfilm directorfilm crewsocial experimentdull suburb











