Real Life (1979)

Directed by

Albert Brooks

Genre

mockumentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 95 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker named Albert Brooks moves in with a family in Arizona to film them for a year. His presence makes their problems worse and things go comically wrong.

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What happens

Real Life is a 1979 American mockumentary comedy film starring Albert Brooks (in his directorial debut), who also co-authored the screenplay alongside Monica Johnson and Harry Shearer. It is a spoof of the 1973 reality television program An American Family and portrays a documentary filmmaker named Albert Brooks who attempts to live with and film a dysfunctional family for one full year. Charles Grodin co-stars as the family's patriarch who allows cameras in his Arizona home. Real-life producer Jennings Lang also has an acting role in Real Life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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