Real Life

Plot

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".

  • Albert Brooks

    Director

  • Monica Johnson

    Writer

  • Albert Brooks

    Writer

  • Harry Shearer

    Writer

  • Eric Saarinen

    Director of Photography

  • David Finfer

    Editor

  • Albert Brooks

    Albert Brooks

  • Charles Grodin

    Warren Yeager

  • Frances Lee McCain

    Jeannette Yeager

  • Lisa Urette

    Lisa Yeager

  • Robert Stirrat

    Eric Yeager

  • Dick Haymes

    Councilman Harris

  • Matthew Tobin

    Dr. Howard Hill

  • J.A. Preston

    Dr. Ted Cleary

  • Mort Lindsey

    Mort Lindsey

  • Joseph Schaffler

    Paul Lowell - Realtor

  • Phyllis Quinn

    Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner

  • James Ritz

    Jack from Cincinnati

  • Clifford Einstein

    Role Reversal Family Father

  • Harold Einstein

    Role Reversal Family Son

  • Mandy Einstein

    Role Reversal Family Mother

  • Karen Einstein

    Role Reversal Family Daughter

  • James L. Brooks

    Driving Evaluator

  • Zeke Manners

    Driver in Evaluation

  • Dudley DeZonia

    Andrew Felton - Alternate Family Father

  • Barbara DeZonia

    Felton Family Member

  • Carolyn Silas

    Felton Family Member

  • Adam Grant

    Felton Family Member

  • Belle Richter

    Jeanette's Mother

  • Jerry Jensen

    Jeanette's Father

  • Michele Grace

    Dr. Rennert's Nurse

  • Thelma Leeds

    Margaret - Dr. Rennert's Patient

  • Johnny Haymer

    Dr. Maxwell Rennert

  • Nudie

    Horse Owner

  • Charles H. Reid

    Assistant Surgeon

  • Susan Clark

    Veterinary Nurse

  • Ward Rodgers

    Minister

  • David Spielberg

    Dr. Jeremy Nolan

  • Julie Payne

    Dr. Anne Kramer

  • Jennings Lang

    Martin Brand (voice)

  • Leo McElroy

    Jim Sanders - Channel 5 Reporter

  • Carlos Jurado

    Reporter

  • S.W. Smith

    2nd Reporter

  • Fred Wolfson

    3rd Reporter

  • Norman Bartold

    Dr. Isaac Steven Hayward

  • Harry Shearer

    Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer

  • Runtime

    99 minutes

    Released

    1979-03-02

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Paramount Pictures

    Sound

  • Mort Lindsey

    Music

  • Updated

    38 days ago

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