Real Life | |
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Directed by | Albert Brooks |
Written by | Albert Brooks Monica Johnson Harry Shearer |
Produced by | Penelope Spheeris |
Starring | Charles Grodin Frances Lee McCain J. A. Preston Matthew Tobin Albert Brooks |
Cinematography | Eric Saarinen |
Edited by | David Finfer |
Music by | Mort Lindsey |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Language | English |
Box office | $364,642[2] |
Real Life is a 1979 American 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.