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# Real Life (1979): cast and crew

40 cast and 21 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Albert Brooks](https://film.one/person/albert-brooks.md) as Albert Brooks
- [Charles Grodin](https://film.one/person/charles-grodin.md) as Warren Yeager
- [Frances Lee McCain](https://film.one/person/frances-lee-mccain.md) as Jeannette Yeager
- [Lisa Urette](https://film.one/person/lisa-urette.md) as Lisa Yeager
- [Robert Stirrat](https://film.one/person/robert-stirrat.md) as Eric Yeager
- [Matthew Tobin](https://film.one/person/matthew-tobin.md) as Dr. Howard Hill
- [J.A. Preston](https://film.one/person/j-a-preston.md) as Dr. Ted Cleary
- [Mort Lindsey](https://film.one/person/mort-lindsey.md) as Mort Lindsey
- [Joseph Schaffler](https://film.one/person/joseph-schaffler.md) as Paul Lowell - Realtor
- [Phyllis Quinn](https://film.one/person/phyllis-quinn.md) as Donna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
- [James Ritz](https://film.one/person/james-ritz.md) as Jack from Cincinnati
- [Clifford Einstein](https://film.one/person/clifford-einstein.md) 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](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md) as Driving Evaluator
- Zeke Manners as Driver in Evaluation
- Dudley DeZonia as Andrew Felton - Alternate Family Father
- Barbara DeZonia as Felton Family Member
- Carolyn Silas as Felton Family Member
- Adam Grant as Felton Family Member
- Belle Richter as Jeanette's Mother
- Jerry Jensen as Jeanette's Father
- Michele Grace as Dr. Rennert's Nurse
- Thelma Leeds as Margaret - Dr. Rennert's Patient
- [Johnny Haymer](https://film.one/person/johnny-haymer.md) as Dr. Maxwell Rennert
- Nudie as Horse Owner
- Charles H. Reid as Assistant Surgeon
- Susan Clark as Veterinary Nurse
- Ward Rodgers as Minister
- David Spielberg as Dr. Jeremy Nolan
- [Julie Payne](https://film.one/person/julie-payne.md) as Dr. Anne Kramer
- Jennings Lang as Martin Brand (voice)
- Leo McElroy as Jim Sanders - Channel 5 Reporter
- Carlos Jurado as Reporter
- S.W. Smith as 2nd Reporter
- Fred Wolfson as 3rd Reporter
- Norman Bartold as Dr. Isaac Steven Hayward
- [Harry Shearer](https://film.one/person/harry-shearer.md) as Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer
- Dick Haynes as Councilman Edmund Harris

## Directing

- [Albert Brooks](https://film.one/person/albert-brooks.md): Director
- David McGiffert: First Assistant Director
- Rafael Elortegui: Second Assistant Director
- Betty Goldberg: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Monica Johnson](https://film.one/person/monica-johnson.md): Writer
- [Albert Brooks](https://film.one/person/albert-brooks.md): Writer
- [Harry Shearer](https://film.one/person/harry-shearer.md): Writer

## Production

- Norman Epstein: Executive Producer
- Jonathan Kovler: Executive Producer
- [Penelope Spheeris](https://film.one/person/penelope-spheeris.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Eric Saarinen](https://film.one/person/eric-saarinen.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [David Finfer](https://film.one/person/david-finfer.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Crew Chamberlain: Boom Operator
- Michael C. Moore: Sound
- Robert 'Buzz' Knudson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- [Mort Lindsey](https://film.one/person/mort-lindsey.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Linda Spheeris: Art Direction
- Linda Marder: Art Direction
- John Crawford: Props

## Costume and make-up

- Kathryn Fenton: Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Richard Albain: Special Effects

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