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Synopsis: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first American family to be the subjects of a reality TV show.
Genre: Drama
Production: HBO Films
  Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 27 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
TV-14
Year:
2011
86 min
Website
140 Views


NOW ONE HAS EVER

DONE THIS BEFORE,

SO IF ANYONE SHOULD BE

ASKING WHAT THE POINT IS,

IT SHOULD BE ME--

OF HAVING TO BEG TO FINANCE

WHAT COULD BE:

THE MOST GROUNDBREAKING

EVER PUT ON THE AIR.

- 10 HOURS?

- YEAH. YOU HEARD THAT.

I HEARD THAT, YES.

WELL, YOU JUST REMEMBER

THIS LAUGH:

WHEN YOU SEE THE DAILIES

AND YOU'RE BEGGING ME FOR MORE.

ALL RIGHT, CRAIG, I'M GONNA

TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.

IF I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU

THE REST OF THE FINANCING,

I NEED YOU HERE:

TO SCREEN DAILIES

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,

SO WE CAN BE SURE

YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING

WORTH PUTTING ON.

- ABSOLUTELY.

- MR. GILBERT.

YOUR ASSISTANT PU A PHONE CALL THROUGH.

- THIS PICKS UP EVERYTHING? - MM-HMM,

I'M GONNA WRAP THIS AROUND RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, WE'LL BE PUTTING IN

SOME HIGHER-WATTAGE BULBS.

PAT, I WAS JUS DESCRIBING YOU

AND I USED AN ADJECTIVE

THAT ACTUALLY MADE ME BLUSH.

Why aren't you here,

Craig?

MY HOUSE IS BEING TORN APAR BY A BUNCH OF NEW YORKERS.

They're just

prerigging a little.

WHEN THEY'RE DONE

YOU'LL HARDLY NOTICE.

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT YOU

FILMING MY TRIP TO MANHATTAN?

THEY SAY YOU WAN TO START WITH THAT NOW?

WELL, YOU DECIDED TO VISI YOUR SON AND WE THOUGH THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.

By the way, where is Lance?

Where is he staying?

OH, UM,

I BELIEVE HE'S STAYING

AT A PLACE CALLED

THE, UH, CHELSEA HOTEL.

LANCE?

WE'RE GOING TO THE

LA MAMA THEATER TONIGHT--

THE ULTIMATE:

OF UNDERGROUND, HONEY.

YOU'LL JUST THINK

IT'S SO NEAT.

YEAH, ALL THE UNDERGROUND

STARS ARE THERE. IT'S A BIG PLACE.

ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE

I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF.

OH, I KNOW, BUT YOU'VE

DREAMED OF THEM.

GOT TO PAY:

YOUR DUES:

IF YOU WAN TO SING THE BLUES

AND YOU KNOW:

IT DON'T COME EASY

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE

TO SHOUT...

WHAT'VE WE GOT?

UH, FIVE-SIX.

I THINK THIS IS HER.

- YEAH.

- SLATE IT.

ROLLING IT.

AN AMERICAN FAMILY,

TAKE ONE.

GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA NEED

THAT SUN GUN WHEN WE GO IN THERE.

- THAT LOBBY'S TOO DARK.

- YEAH.

WE'RE STARTING

RIGHT NOW?

YEAH, JUST KEEP ON COMING.

REMEMBER, WE'RE INVISIBLE.

YOU'RE RIGH IN FRONT OF ME.

IT'S OKAY. JUST KEEP WALKING.

WE'LL GIVE WAY.

AND TRY NOT TO TALK

TO THE CAMERA, PAT.

DOES YOUR MOTHER

HAVE DARK HAIR,

LONG, SEXY LEGS,

HUGE SUNGLASSES:

AND CAMERAS:

FOLLOWING HER?

OR IS THA JACKIE O?

OH MY GOD,

LOOK AT THEM.

THIS IS HEAVEN.

OH, EXCUSE ME.

OH, JACKIE O.

HEY, BABY.

WANT SOME?

HELLO. THE NAME'S

PATRICIA LOUD.

MY SON MADE A RESERVATION

FOR ME ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.

YEAH, HE WANTED YOU

ON EIGHT.

LANCE.

- BABY.

- HI, MOM.

- OH, HOW ARE YOU?

- FINE, MOM.

OH, THIS IS CAMERON,

MOM.

HI. HELLO.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

- I LOVE YOUR GLOVES.

- YEAH, YOU LOOK NICE.

- HONEY, YOU SAID--

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David Seltzer

David Seltzer (born February 2, 1940) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for The Omen (1976) and Bird on a Wire (1990). As writer-director, Seltzer's credits include the 1986 teen tragi-comedy Lucas starring Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder, the 1988 comedy Punchline starring Sally Field and Tom Hanks, and 1992's Shining Through starring Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas. more…

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