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Real Life (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Albert Brooks (Director), Charles Grodin (Actor), Frances Lee McCain (Actor) Rated:
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Format: Blu-ray
4.6 out of 5 stars 176 ratings
IMDb7.0/10.0
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Genre Comedy
Format Subtitled, Blu-ray
Contributor Frances Lee McCain, Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 39 minutes
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Decades before reality television, there was Albert Brooks’s debut feature, a brilliantly deadpan, stylistically innovative satire about a narcissistic Hollywood filmmaker who plans to spend a year embedded with an American family

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Albert Brooks and Charles Grodin

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Decades before reality television reigned supreme, there was Albert Brooks’s debut feature, Real Life, a brilliantly deadpan, stylistically innovative satire about the perils and pitfalls of trying to capture the truth on film. The writer-director plays “Albert Brooks,” a narcissistic Hollywood filmmaker who plans to spend the year in Phoenix embedded with Warren and Jeanette Yeager (Charles Grodin and Frances Lee McCain) and their two children, deploying an arsenal of cutting-edge equipment (including the over-the-head Ettinauer 226XL camera) to capture an American family’s ordinary day-to-day. Chronicling the project’s disastrous fallout, as the meddlesome Albert can’t help getting too close to his subjects, this pioneering mockumentary is more relevant than ever amid today’s media landscape.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Albert Brooks, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • New interview with Brooks
  • New interview with actor Frances Lee McCain
  • 3D trailer directed by Brooks
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic A. S. Hamrah

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  • Digital Copy Expiration Date ‏ : ‎ December 31, 2019
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 5.3 x 0.47 inches; 3.17 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Albert Brooks
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 39 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 27, 2024
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ The Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D4F5FW5K
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • Planetguy
    5.0 out of 5 stars The other Brooks
    Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2024
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    Funny as all get out. The original mockumentary still delivers.
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  • David E. Baldwin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Call This One Chayefsky Lite
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2017
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    Years before Albert Brooks became known for his voice work for the "Finding Nemo" movies he was better known for contributing short films on "Saturday Night Live" when the show was really cutting edge. You know those segments that included the works of Gary Weis and Walter Williams ("Mr. Bill"). Don't know how this curio was bankrolled but, boy, I'm glad it was! Ostensibly this is a spoof of "The American Family" documentary that was shown on PBS in the early Seventies that I probably wasn't allowed to watch. That early experiment in reality television featured the parents breaking up and one of the kids coming out of the closet. In this flick Brooks is kind of playing himself but a jerkier version thereof. Here he's a documentarian coincidently named Albert Brooks who's making a film about a real American family supposedly unobtrusively, however, he's so noxious and self-absorbed that he not only wreaks havoc on the subjects but also ruins the project in the process. What's amazing about this film is how prescient it is in anticipating the vast wasteland that television is today. One could call "Real Life" a "PG" version of "Network" but no less scathing
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  • Mr. Jones
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brooks’ best
    Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
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    The only thing I hate is that this is not on disc at all. One of the best comedies ever made should be on Blu Ray at the very least.
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  • takethekman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Still Hilarious...And Hardly Seen
    Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2007
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    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 making a movie about Charles Grodin and his family. There are so many comedic bits that work here; The tension between Albert and the Black journalist Dr Cleery is hilarious; The scene with the show horse works quite nicely, as does Brooks sudden singing at the start of the film. For those who appreciate Brook's unique sense of humor, I can't imagine you would find fault. And for a movie that was made in the late 70's, it's still funnier than stuff that came out last week. Harry Shearer contributed to the script, stars, and offers his voice to the radio playing in Charles Grodin's car. Grodin is in top form here, too. Constantly depressed('She set the table...He set the mood...'), Grodin makes a perfect counterpart to Brooks and his hair-brained mania. Also, it should be noted that the narrative, provided by Brooks throughout, is a constant source of comedic 'gold'. This film is smart, different, and, and the title of this review indicated, hilarious.
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  • Dale Loughan
    4.0 out of 5 stars It's not for everyone, but for those it's for, it's hilarious.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2024
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    This is a mockumentary done right. I found it to be both hilarious enough to know it was a movie, but grounded enough in reality to make me unsure of whether or not it was an actual documentary. You watch both family and filmmaker go a little bit mad, and for reasons that are perfectly understandable, and it's funny.
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  • Melissa
    5.0 out of 5 stars A classic!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2024
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    Albert Brooks can do no wrong, watching this movie in 2024 it still holds up and it’s crazy to think this parody really did predict our reality entertainment today
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  • Peter Kelly
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Funny Film Ahead Of It’s Time
    Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
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    Funny Film, A Great 1st Effort From A. Brooks!
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  • Damian Cain
    5.0 out of 5 stars I'd like to write a detailed review
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2016
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    I'd like to write a detailed review, but I don't want to spoil any of the jokes. I'm just going to leave it at saying that one wildly absurd situation after another slings off into some of the most moronic, insane extremes you could ever imagine (well, I couldn't, but Albert Brooks did). When I first saw it, back in the eighties, I repeatedly laughed so hard that I painfully gasped for breath-- like when a little kid can't stop laughing. It really hurt! Now my teenage kids love it too. Probably the funniest movie I ever saw.
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  • John
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2013
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    Classic comedy from the 70's. Not many people have heard of it, but it's great. (I need five more words for this review, why???)
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