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An American Comedy

6.5

1h 39m

1979

“An American Comedy”

Synopsis

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".

Director

Albert Brooks

Trailer

Comedy

dysfunctional familymockumentaryfilmmakingdocumentary filmmakingnarcissistpsychological disintegrationfamily portraitfilm directorfilm crewsocial experimentdull suburbfaux reality show

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Cast & Crew

Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks

as Albert Brooks

Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

as Warren Yeager

Frances Lee McCain

Frances Lee McCain

as Jeannette Yeager

Lisa Urette

as Lisa Yeager

Robert Stirrat

as Eric Yeager

Dick Haymes

Dick Haymes

as Councilman Harris

Matthew Tobin

as Dr. Howard Hill

J.A. Preston

J.A. Preston

as Dr. Ted Cleary

Mort Lindsey

Mort Lindsey

as Mort Lindsey

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