"An American Comedy" 02 March 1979 Comedy 99 mins
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".
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Albert Brooks as Albert Brooks
Charles Grodin as Warren Yeager
Frances Lee McCain as Jeannette Yeager
Lisa Urette as Lisa Yeager
Robert Stirrat as Eric Yeager
Matthew Tobin as Dr. Howard Hill
J.A. Preston as Dr. Ted Cleary
Mort Lindsey as Mort Lindsey
Joseph Schaffler as Paul Lowell - Realtor
Phyllis Quinn as Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
James Ritz as Jack from Cincinnati
Clifford Einstein as Role Reversal Family Father
Harold Einstein as Role Reversal Family Son
Mandy Einstein as Role Reversal Family Mother
Karen Einstein as Role Reversal Family Daughter
James L. Brooks as Driving Evaluator
Albert Brooks Director
Albert Brooks Writer
Monica Johnson Writer
Linda Marder Art Direction
Linda Spheeris Art Direction
Kathryn Fenton Makeup Artist
Rafael Elortegui Second Assistant Director
David McGiffert First Assistant Director
John Crawford Props
Crew Chamberlain Boom Operator
Robert Knudson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael C. Moore Sound
Richard Albain Special Effects
Harry Shearer Writer
Penelope Spheeris Producer
Norman Epstein Executive Producer
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A master thief returns home. There he is threatened with the gallows if he fails to solve the tasks set by the count.
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