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Real Life

6.619791h 39mPGMovieComedy

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".

DirectorAlbert Brooks
WritersMonica Johnson·Albert Brooks
ProducersPenelope Spheeris·Jonathan Kovler

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Availability shown for United States · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Albert Brooks

ABAlbert Brooks
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks
CGCharles Grodin
Charles Grodin
Warren Yeager
FMFrances Lee McCain
Frances Lee McCain
Jeannette Yeager
LU
Lisa Urette
Lisa Yeager
RS
Robert Stirrat
Eric Yeager
MT
Matthew Tobin
Dr. Howard Hill
JPJ.A. Preston
J.A. Preston
Dr. Ted Cleary
MLMort Lindsey
Mort Lindsey
Mort Lindsey
JS
Joseph Schaffler
Paul Lowell - Realtor
PQ
Phyllis Quinn
Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
JRJames Ritz
James Ritz
Jack from Cincinnati
CE
Clifford Einstein
Role Reversal Family Father

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