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Real Life

Directed by Albert Brooks

Comedy

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".

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Albert Brooks

Warren Yeager

Frances Lee McCain

Jeannette Yeager

Lisa Yeager

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Penelope Spheeris

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Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

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Real Life is about 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".

Who directed Real Life?

Albert Brooks directed Real Life.

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