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
![Diane Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/064/166064470_de6f27.jpg)
Diane Lane
USA
Best movies:
Chaplin (1992)
Inside Out (2015)
Inside Out 2 (2024)
![Tim Robbins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/921/163921450_a7778f.jpg)
Tim Robbins
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Mystic River (2003)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Thomas Dekker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/281/162281958_c1bc31.png)
Thomas Dekker
USA
Best movies:
![James Gandolfini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269508_e10cb7.jpg)
James Gandolfini
USA
Best movies:
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
True Romance (1993)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
![Patrick Fugit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/992/160992263_dc72f8.jpg)
Patrick Fugit
USA
Best movies:
Gone Girl (2014)
Almost Famous (2000)
Babylon (2022)
![Kathleen Quinlan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/047/168047854_2ity6z.jpg)
Kathleen Quinlan
USA
![Matt O'Leary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277099_7d5724.jpg)
Matt O'Leary
USA
Best movies:
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
In Time (2011)
Warm Springs (2005) (TV movie)
![Lolita Davidovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/462/168462725_aomxqr.jpg)
Lolita Davidovich
Canada
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
![Shanna Collins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279090_3ef29f.jpg)
Shanna Collins
USA
Best movies:
War of the Worlds (2005)
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
On the Doll (2007)
![Emilio Rivera](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274008_72d385.jpg)
Emilio Rivera
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
Collateral (2004)
Con Air (1997)
![Nick Eversman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/324/159324467_7feb6e.jpg)
Nick Eversman
USA
Best movies:
The Runaways (2010)
Get on Up (2014)
The DUFF (2015)
![Kaitlyn Dever](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/748/163748099_e01913.jpg)
Kaitlyn Dever
USA
Best movies:
Dopesick (2021) (series)
Short Term 12 (2013)
Men, Women & Children (2014)
![Sean O'Bryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792723_5eeac9.jpg)
Sean O'Bryan
USA
![Don McManus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/022/809/22809410_43c284.jpg)
Don McManus
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Magnolia (1999)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
![Patricia Scanlon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/551/159551602_e7cb40.jpg)
Patricia Scanlon
Best movies:
Magnolia (1999)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Dead Funny (1994)
![Justin Morck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886656_301e44.jpg)
Justin Morck
USA
Best movies:
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
![Molly Hagan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193942_6cbbb2.jpg)
Molly Hagan
USA
Best movies:
Sully (2016)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Michelle Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
Girl Most Likely (2012)
Nancy Drew (2002) (TV movie)
Kimberly Levin
Best movies:
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
![Dendrie Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/621/161621344_117fe1.jpg)
Dendrie Taylor
Best movies:
Jarhead (2005)
The Fighter (2010)
War of the Worlds (2005)