| Release Date: | Mar 1979 |
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Runtime: | 99 min |
| Cast: | Dick Haynes (Councilman Harris) Albert Brooks (Albert Brooks) Matthew Tobin (Dr. Howard Hill) J.A. Preston (Dr. Ted Cleary) Joseph Schaffler (Paul Lowell) Phyllis Quinn (Donna Stanley) James Ritz (Jack from Cincinnati) Clifford Einstein (Role Reversal Family Member) Harry Einstein (Role Reversal Family Member) Mandy Einstein (Role Reversal Family Member) Karen Einstein (Role Reversal Family Member) James L. Brooks (Driving Evaluator) Zeke Manners (Driver) Charles Grodin (Warren Yeager) Frances Lee McCain (Jeannette Yeager) Lisa Urette (Lisa Yeager) Robert Stirrat (Eric Yeager) Dudley DeZonia (Felton Family Member) Barbara DeZonia (Felton Family Member) Carolyn Silas (Felton Family Member) Adam Grant (Felton Family Member) Belle Richter (Jeannette's Mother) Jerry Jensen (Jeannette's Father) Michele Grace (Nurse) Thelma Leeds (Margaret (as Thelma Bernstein)) Johnny Haymer (Dr. Maxwell Rennert) Nudie (Horse Owner) Charles H. Reid (Assistant Surgeon) Susan Clark (Nurse) Ward Rodgers (Minister) David Spielberg (Dr. Jeremy Nolan) Julie Payne (Dr. Anne Kramer) Jennings Lang (Martin Brand) Leo McElroy (Jim Sanders) Carlos Jurado (Reporter) S.W. Smith (Second Reporter) Fred Wolfson (Third Reporter) Norman Bartold (Dr. Isaac Steven Hayward) Harry Shearer (Pete) Mort Lindsey (Himself) |
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". However, instead of remaining unobtrusive and letting the family be themselves, he can't keep himself from trying to control every facet of their lives "for the good of the show".
