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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 and his camera crew document virtually every moment of their waking lives. What's supposed to be a cinematic presentation of reality, however, soon becomes something quite different, as Brooks can't stop himself from comically interfering in their lives.
Original Release
03/02/1979
US Release
03/02/1979
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Haynes | Councilman Edmund Harris |
Matthew Tobin | Dr. Howard Hill |
J.A. Preston | Dr. Ted Cleary |
Mort Lindsey | Mort Lindsey / Himself |
Joseph Schaffler | Paul Lowell - Realtor / Paul Lowell |
Phyllis Quinn | Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner / Donna Stanley |
James Ritz | Jack from Cincinnati |
Clifford Einstein | Role Reversal Family Father |
Harold Einstein | Role Reversal Family Son |
Mandy Einstein | Role Reversal Family Mother |
Directors
Writers
Albert Brooks, Harry Shearer, Monica Mcgowan Johnson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Haynes | Councilman Edmund Harris |
Matthew Tobin | Dr. Howard Hill |
J.A. Preston | Dr. Ted Cleary |
Mort Lindsey | Mort Lindsey / Himself |
Joseph Schaffler | Paul Lowell - Realtor / Paul Lowell |
Phyllis Quinn | Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner / Donna Stanley |
James Ritz | Jack from Cincinnati |
Clifford Einstein | Role Reversal Family Father |
Harold Einstein | Role Reversal Family Son |
Mandy Einstein | Role Reversal Family Mother |
Karen Einstein | Role Reversal Family Daughter |
James L. Brooks | Driving Evaluator |
Zeke Manners | Driver in Evaluation |
Charles Grodin | Warren Yeager DVM / Warren Yeager |
Frances Lee McCain | Jeanette Yeager / Jeannette Yeager |
Lisa Urette | Lisa Yeager |
Robert Stirrat | Eric Yeager |
Dudley DeZonia | Andrew Felton - Alternate Family Father |
Barbara DeZonia | Felton Family Member |
Carolyn Silas | Felton Family Member |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Norman Epstein | Executive Producer |
Jonathan Kovler | Executive Producer |
Penelope Spheeris | Producer |