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Synopsis: In his directorial debut, Albert Brooks (The Muse, Mother) brings his special brand of madness to the screen in "Real Life."

Starring: Dick Haynes, Albert Brooks

Supporting actors: Matthew Tobin, J.A. Preston, Joseph Schaffler, Phyllis Quinn, James Ritz, Clifford Einstein, Harry Einstein, Mandy Einstein, Karen Einstein, James L. Brooks, Zeke Manners, Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain, Lisa Urette, Robert Stirrat, Dudley DeZonia, Barbara DeZonia, Carolyn Silas, Adam Grant, Belle Richter

Directed by: Albert Brooks

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes

Release year: 1979

Studio: Paramount

ASIN: B001KNPQY6

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,631 in Amazon Video On Demand (See Bestsellers in Amazon Video On Demand)

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Theatrical Release Information

US Theatrical Release Date: March 23, 1979
Production Company: Paramount Pictures
Filming Locations: Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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5.0 out of 5 stars Released in 1979 and Really Prophetic About 2001, June 15, 2001

By	carol irvin "c.k. irvin" (United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Real Life (DVD)

Writer-director-comic actor Albert Brooks has done consistently solid work since this film but it remains his very best. It is a parody, astonishingly enough, of TODAY'S work on tv yet he made this film in 1979! Tv today is parlaying extensive money out of real life situations, whether based on survival or marrying millionaires or some other new trend of the day. These are big reasons why I don't watch tv anymore. If you are unfamiliar with Brooks, who also plays the "auteur" director in the film, you must understand two things about him. One, he always plays obnoxious characters and this is perhaps his most obnoxious ever. Two, he is absolutely merciless on portraying himself as obnoxious. His delivery is straight on and deadpan and totally works. Brooks's character does not have an iota of real self awareness and this too is typical of the roles he creates for himself in all of his films. This is Brooks's satiric look at a documentary purportedly capturing a year in the life of a typical American family. Charles Grodin, low key as usual, is fantastic as Warren Yeager, the Phoenix, Arizona, veterinarian who is largely passive and ineffectual. He, his wife and two children are easily overwhelmed by the callous Brooks as auteur. There are so many delights to this film that it is hard to name them all so here are just a few. Brooks showing you his choice of camera, a piece of headgear that looks like a robot suit and is all but extinct; Brooks kicking off his film in AZ before an audience of townspeople by breaking into song; Brooks capturing the wife's OB-GYN md on camera and unmasking him as a "60 Minutes" subject; Brooks capturing Yeager (Grodin) malpracticing on a horse patient on camera and Yeager's trying to remove that segment from the film; the production meetings Brooks conducts with his producer sitting in by speaker phone, telling him what's wrong with his movie and why showing real life will not "play" in America and that what he really needs is James Caan (who was hot in 1979). I saw this movie when it first opened at a film festival and have seen it many times in succeeding years. It is always absolutely hilarious and unfortunately prophetic about the "thrills" audiences of the future would want from the media.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss the Trailer, July 5, 2003

By	Mark Fullerton "mefull" (San Diego) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This has got to be Albert Brooks near his best. A real funny movie. Make sure to get the DVD version of this with the extra interview with brooks (circa 2001)
and don't forget to watch the trailer for this movie also on the DVD. It is hysterically funny and as good as any scene of the movie.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I'm not the Indian rubber man.........................., May 14, 2004

By	John Candy (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews

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This may be the funniest movie I've ever seen. I have watched it countless times and I never get tired of it. You have to watch this more than once to catch everything. Albert is SO obnoxious and SO egotistical to the point of utter madness. One of the funniest scenes is when Dr. Cleary abandons the project. You've got to see it to believe it. There are so many unforgettable funny lines in this film, too. "I'm not a scientist, I'm a comedian, I can afford the luxury of honesty." SEE THIS MOVIE------STUDY IT------WORSHIP IT

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