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1979 · Albert Brooks · 99 min

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An American 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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6.6/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database103 votes

Albert BrooksAlbert Brooks

Charles GrodinWarren Yeager

Frances Lee McCainJeannette Yeager LLisa UretteLisa Yeager RRobert StirratEric Yeager MMatthew TobinDr. Howard Hill

J.A. PrestonDr. Ted Cleary

Mort LindseyMort Lindsey JJoseph SchafflerPaul Lowell - Realtor PPhyllis QuinnDonna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner

James RitzJack from Cincinnati CClifford EinsteinRole Reversal Family Father HHarold EinsteinRole Reversal Family Son MMandy EinsteinRole Reversal Family Mother KKaren EinsteinRole Reversal Family Daughter

Cast

Albert BrooksAlbert Brooks

Charles GrodinWarren Yeager

Frances Lee McCainJeannette Yeager LLisa UretteLisa Yeager RRobert StirratEric Yeager MMatthew TobinDr. Howard Hill

J.A. PrestonDr. Ted Cleary

Mort LindseyMort Lindsey JJoseph SchafflerPaul Lowell - Realtor PPhyllis QuinnDonna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner

James RitzJack from Cincinnati CClifford EinsteinRole Reversal Family Father HHarold EinsteinRole Reversal Family Son MMandy EinsteinRole Reversal Family Mother KKaren EinsteinRole Reversal Family Daughter

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