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".
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Box office
Grossed $365K worldwide
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Music
Music by Mort Lindsey
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Monica JohnsonWriter
- Albert BrooksWriter
- Harry ShearerWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 2, 1979
- Original language
- English
- Revenue
- $364.6K
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Albert BrooksAlbert Brooks
Charles GrodinWarren Yeager
Frances Lee McCainJeannette Yeager- Lisa UretteLisa Yeager
- Robert StirratEric Yeager
- Matthew TobinDr. Howard Hill
J.A. PrestonDr. Ted Cleary
Mort LindseyMort Lindsey- Joseph SchafflerPaul Lowell - Realtor
- Phyllis QuinnDonna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
James RitzJack from Cincinnati- Clifford EinsteinRole Reversal Family Father
- Harold EinsteinRole Reversal Family Son
- Mandy EinsteinRole Reversal Family Mother
- Karen EinsteinRole Reversal Family Daughter
James L. BrooksDriving Evaluator- Zeke MannersDriver in Evaluation
- Dudley DeZoniaAndrew Felton - Alternate Family Father
- Barbara DeZoniaFelton Family Member
- Carolyn SilasFelton Family Member
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