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".
Casts 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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IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 1928
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IMDB 3.5 | Jul , 2008
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IMDB 5.2 | Apr , 2001
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IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 2002
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IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 2009
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IMDB 10 | Apr , 2025
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IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 2013
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IMDB 10 | Jan , 2025
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IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2003
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2017
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IMDB 4 | Sep , 2021
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1957
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2023
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