Trailers &
Clips
News
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations

Real Life

:

Overview

Real Life
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
0 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
PG,1hr 39min
Genre:
Release:
1979
Director:
Distributor:
Paramount
Synopsis: Albert Brooks made his feature-length debut as a writer and director with this wickedly funny satire, in which Albert Brooks plays "Albert Brooks," an arrogant and self-centered comedian who has decided to make a documentary film. Following the lead of the infamous pre-Real World PBS series An American Family (in which a "typical" family was filmed during most of their waking hours and eventually self-destructed on camera), Brooks moves in with the Yeager family of Phoenix, Arizona and chronicles ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
In 1975, comedian Albert Brooks was offered a gig as permanent host of TV's new late night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. Instead, Brooks opted to write and direct short films for the fledgling show. Though his tenure lasted only one season, Brooks' films, including the classic and prescient Show Us Your Guns, were mini-masterpieces of the mockumentary. For his debut as a feature filmmaker ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Warren Yeager
Jeanette Yeager
Dr. Ted Cleary
Dr. Howard Hill
Photos
Wanda Sykes Gets Same-Sex Married on "The New Adventures of Old Christine," and in Real Life: Wanda...
Wanda Sykes Gets Same-Sex Married on "The New Adventures of Old Christine," and in Real Life: Wanda...
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova: Could this couple be any more blessed this year? Irish folk...
Spencer Locke/Actor/Plays "Jenny" Spencer talks about her role in this film, what is was...
advertisement