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- 1979
- Albert Brooks
- 88 mins
- 15
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Alberts Brooks directs and stars in this comedy about a film crew which moves into a typical American family home to make a documentary. With Charles Grodin and Frances Lee McCain
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Dick Fiddy
In 1973 on US TV, docusoap An American Family shocked audiences with its voyeuristic chronicling of the everyday life of an average US family - including on-screen divorce and the revelation that one of the kids was gay. For his directorial debut, Albert Brooks effectively spoofed the series and film documentaries in general, with this exposé of the destructive influence of TV on the family. Brooks (as a darker version of himself) is the director filming the lives of an average family just at the point when the family is going into meltdown. Brooks (real name Albert Einstein!) even involved his own relatives in the film to make sure it had an authentic look. A fine debut from a strangely under-appreciated comic talent.
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rolenameCouncilman HarrisDick HaynesAlbert BrooksAlbert BrooksDr Howard HillMatthew TobinDr Ted ClearyJ A PrestonMort LindseyMort LindseyPaul LowellJoseph SchafflerDonna StanleyPhyllis QuinnJack from CincinnatiJames Ritz
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