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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: #31,166 in Amazon Video On Demand (See Bestsellers in Amazon Video On Demand)
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Real Life DVD ~ Albert Brooks

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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
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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss the Trailer, July 5, 2003
This review is from: Real Life (DVD)
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
This review is from: Real Life (DVD)
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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3.0 out of 5 stars Albert Brooks, Male Psychic Filmmaker...
Real Life (1978) After directing some short films shown during the early days of Saturday Night Live, Albert Brooks made his feature directing debut with this somewhat prescient... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Craig Edwards

5.0 out of 5 stars Still Hilarious...And Hardly Seen
Anyone who is into that whole 'Simpson's' style of humor should really enjoy this. A movie way ahead of it's time, it features Albert Brooks as a semi-psychotic filmmaker who is... Read more
Published on January 21, 2007 by Christopher Michael

4.0 out of 5 stars Brook's first film is one of a kind.
Albert Brooks may be the most creative comedian of this and the last century (his real name is ALBERT EINSTEIN after all; and you can look it up)

This first film is... Read more
Published on November 6, 2006 by Mike

5.0 out of 5 stars Love him or hate him
Albert Brooks is one of this culture's most revealing litmus tests. Some people don't find him the least bit funny. Read more
Published on June 25, 2004 by A NYC Screenwriter

5.0 out of 5 stars If not another side of Albert Brooks, at least another facet
As a (comparative) young'n, I first experienced Albert Brooks through his movie Defending Your Life, which I adored for years (still do). Read more
Published on December 10, 2001 by C. M. Sienko

5.0 out of 5 stars ...
Ironically there is a scene in "Real Life" where Albert Brooks (playing himself) considers ripping off the ending of Star Wars to end his own film. Read more
Published on September 23, 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant satire of a genre that didn't exist yet.
This film was a satire on a (mostly forgotten) documentary about the Loud family, in which they followed the family through every facet of their lives. Read more
Published on March 2, 2001 by Vinnie Bartilucci

1.0 out of 5 stars The VHS transfer of this film looks like a copy of a copy
The VHS transfer of this film looks like a copy of a copy of a television broadcast. Perhaps the DVD is better (wait a minute--- it has to be better, since it could not possibly... Read more
Published on February 28, 2001 by J. Figler

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay.
Perhaps I just got a bad tape, but the color quality of the film seemed to be lacking, sort of like a washed out old home movie. Read more
Published on August 16, 2000 by Tesla

5.0 out of 5 stars Like The Truman Show, but funny!
Albert as his most brilliant. Based (I presume) on the appalingly dull PBS program "An American Family"... Read more
Published on July 12, 2000

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