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

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

Role Reversal Family Father

Clifford Einstein

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