Movie
Real Life
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".
Details
- Release date
- 1979-03-02
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Albert Brooks as Albert Brooks
- Charles Grodin as Warren Yeager
- Frances Lee McCain as Jeannette Yeager
- Lisa Urette as Lisa Yeager
- Robert Stirrat as Eric Yeager
- Matthew Tobin as Dr. Howard Hill
- J.A. Preston as Dr. Ted Cleary
- Mort Lindsey as Mort Lindsey
- Joseph Schaffler as Paul Lowell - Realtor
- Phyllis Quinn as Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
- James Ritz as Jack from Cincinnati
- Clifford Einstein as Role Reversal Family Father
Crew
- Albert Brooks - Director
- Albert Brooks - Writer
- Monica Johnson - Writer
- Harry Shearer - Writer
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