A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 2, 1979
Original Title:
Real Life
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 99
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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Art Direction:
Linda Marder
Linda Spheeris
Boom Operator:
Crew Chamberlain
Director:
Albert Brooks
Director of Photography:
Eric Saarinen
Editor:
David Finfer
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Kovler
Norman Epstein
First Assistant Director:
David McGiffert
Makeup Artist:
Kathryn Fenton
Music:
Mort Lindsey
Producer:
Penelope Spheeris
Props:
John Crawford
Script Supervisor:
Betty Goldberg
Second Assistant Director:
Rafael Elortegui
Sound:
Michael C. Moore
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Robert Knudson
Special Effects:
Richard Albain
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