Real Life

Mar 2, 1979

1h 39m

★ 6.5

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".

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Real Life Trailers

Cast

Albert Brooks

Warren Yeager

Charles Grodin

Jeannette Yeager

Frances Lee McCain

Lisa Yeager

Lisa Urette

Eric Yeager

Robert Stirrat

Councilman Harris

Dick Haymes

Dr. Howard Hill

Matthew Tobin

Dr. Ted Cleary

J.A. Preston

Mort Lindsey

Paul Lowell - Realtor

Joseph Schaffler

Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner

Phyllis Quinn

Jack from Cincinnati

James Ritz

Four stories intersect in this violent film parody. Exterminators dress as hit men and try to protect the wife of their boss, Montello. Meanwhile, the strippers at Montello's strip club, dressed as nuns, attempt to rob him. Tag-team wrestlers steal Montello's briefcase, thinking its contents are valuable. Finally, Bumpkin, running to deliver a script, loses a lot of the pages.

5.3

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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5.8

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6.5

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8.2

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7.5

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5.8

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5.2

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7.0

Trailer Park Boys

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5.0

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7.3

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5.2

By Dawn's Early Light

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0.0

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No overview available.

1.0

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6.7

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0.0

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With 4 weeks and a budget of $5,000, IF Media approached filmmaker Nash Edgerton and Blue-Tongue Films to produce video insert material for the 2005 Lexus Inside Film Awards. Edgerton agreed. But wanted the $5,000 in cash.