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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".
Real Life is a film that explores themes of dysfunctional family, mockumentary, filmmaking. It also touches on documentary filmmaking and narcissist and psychological disintegration.
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Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain, Lisa Urette, Robert Stirrat, Dick Haymes, Matthew Tobin, J.A. Preston, Mort Lindsey, Joseph Schaffler
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Real Life
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Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain, Lisa Urette, Robert Stirrat, Dick Haymes, Matthew Tobin, J.A. Preston, Mort Lindsey, Joseph Schaffler
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