Cast and crew
Real Life (1979)
40 cast and 21 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast40
Albert BrooksAlbert Brooks
Charles GrodinWarren Yeager
Frances Lee McCainJeannette Yeager- Lisa UretteLisa Yeager
- Robert StirratEric Yeager
- Matthew TobinDr. Howard Hill
J.A. PrestonDr. Ted Cleary
Mort LindseyMort Lindsey- Joseph SchafflerPaul Lowell - Realtor
- Phyllis QuinnDonna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
James RitzJack from Cincinnati- Clifford EinsteinRole Reversal Family Father
- Harold EinsteinRole Reversal Family Son
- Mandy EinsteinRole Reversal Family Mother
- Karen EinsteinRole Reversal Family Daughter
James L. BrooksDriving Evaluator- Zeke MannersDriver in Evaluation
- Dudley DeZoniaAndrew Felton - Alternate Family Father
- Barbara DeZoniaFelton Family Member
- Carolyn SilasFelton Family Member
- Adam GrantFelton Family Member
- Belle RichterJeanette's Mother
- Jerry JensenJeanette's Father
- Michele GraceDr. Rennert's Nurse
- Thelma LeedsMargaret - Dr. Rennert's Patient
Johnny HaymerDr. Maxwell Rennert- NudieHorse Owner
- Charles H. ReidAssistant Surgeon
- Susan ClarkVeterinary Nurse
- Ward RodgersMinister
- David SpielbergDr. Jeremy Nolan
Julie PayneDr. Anne Kramer- Jennings LangMartin Brand (voice)
- Leo McElroyJim Sanders - Channel 5 Reporter
- Carlos JuradoReporter
- S.W. Smith2nd Reporter
- Fred Wolfson3rd Reporter
- Norman BartoldDr. Isaac Steven Hayward
Harry ShearerPete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer- Dick HaynesCouncilman Edmund Harris
Crew21
Directing
- Albert BrooksDirector
- David McGiffertFirst Assistant Director
- Rafael ElorteguiSecond Assistant Director
- Betty GoldbergScript Supervisor
Writing
- Monica JohnsonWriter
- Albert BrooksWriter
- Harry ShearerWriter
Production
- Norman EpsteinExecutive Producer
- Jonathan KovlerExecutive Producer
- Penelope SpheerisProducer
Camera
- Eric SaarinenDirector of Photography
Editing
- David FinferEditor
Sound and music
- Crew ChamberlainBoom Operator
- Michael C. MooreSound
- Robert 'Buzz' KnudsonSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Mort LindseyOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Linda SpheerisArt Direction
- Linda MarderArt Direction
- John CrawfordProps
Costume and make-up
- Kathryn FentonMakeup Artist
Crew
- Richard AlbainSpecial Effects