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Real Life is a 1979 American comedy film starring Albert Brooks (in his directorial debut), who also co-authored the screenplay alongside Monica Belson and Harry Shearer.
Mar 23, 1979 · A film crew follows a Phoenix family for a year, but their interference causes chaos and conflicts. Albert Brooks stars as the director and co-writer of this satirical mockumentary that parodies the genre and the human nature.
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- 1979-03-23
Sep 12, 2016 · REAL LIFE - (1979) Trailer. 20,830 views. 279. Brilliantly irreverant trailer for Albert Brooks' little-known comedy "Real Life" which essentially predicts the domination of Reality TV.
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Albert Brooks stars as a documentary filmmaker who invades the life of a typical American family for a year. The film fails to develop characters, set up situations or have a conclusion, and relies on repetitive jokes and self-indulgence.
Real Life. Decades before reality television reigned supreme, there was Albert Brooks’s debut feature, Real Life, a brilliantly deadpan, stylistically innovative satire about the perils and pitfalls of trying to capture the truth on film.
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Filmmaker Albert Brooks wants to create a documentary that will get to the very heart of what it means to be an American family. To that end, he persuades the Yeagers of Phoenix, Ariz., to let him...
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A film crew invades a family's home to record their daily life for a documentary, but their presence causes chaos and confusion. Albert Brooks stars, directs and writes this satire on the nature of reality and fiction in cinema.
