Screenplay:
David SeltzerCinematography:
Affonso BeatoComposer:
Rolfe KentCast:
Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, Thomas Dekker, James Gandolfini, Patrick Fugit, Kathleen Quinlan, Matt O'Leary, Lolita Davidovich, Shanna Collins, Emilio Rivera (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. Cinema Verite tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new television genre: the reality TV series.
"An American Family" was a total departure from the television shows of the time when it aired in 1973, and brought public scrutiny to a family unprepared for the consequences. It put the Louds in the spotlight as the parents (Diane Lane, Tim Robbins) struggled with their marriage while raising their children. In particular, Pat was criticized for her support of her openly gay son Lance (Thomas Dekker) at a time when homosexuality was rarely represented on television. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Danielle Sapia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/281/159281925_e0a608.jpg)
Danielle Sapia
USA
Best movies:
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
The Take (2007)
James Urbaniak
USA
Best movies:
Oppenheimer (2023)
You Don't Know Jack (2010) (TV movie)
The Music Never Stopped (2011)
![Stephen Caffrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/672/161672785_18e27e.jpg)
Stephen Caffrey
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Longtime Companion (1989)
The Babe (1992)
Kyle Riabko
Canada
Best movies:
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
Karynn Moore
USA
Best movies:
Water for Elephants (2011)
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
Stolen (2018) (TV movie)
![Willam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/865/165865773_b5e31d.jpg)
Willam
USA
Best movies:
A Star Is Born (2018)
American Wedding (2003)
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
Caitlin Custer
Best movies:
The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
Deliverance Creek (2014) (TV movie)
Colin Campbell
Mexico
Best movies:
Zero Patience (1993)
Iowa (2005)
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
Sara Arrington
USA
Best movies:
The Jungle Book (2016)
Safe House (2012)
S.W.A.T. (2003)