A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first American family to be the subjects of a reality TV show.A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first American family to be the subjects of a reality TV show.A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first American family to be the subjects of a reality TV show.
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- TriviaIn the scene where Lance Loud is on the phone with his family, he reads a media description of himself and his "flamboyant, leech-like homosexuality". That's a direct quote from an article written for The New York Times by Anne Roiphe. She made equally scathing remarks about the entire Loud family.
- GoofsThe Louds' Mercedes has a California plate with the number style 1AAA000. These plates did not appear until 1980.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.129 (2011)
- SoundtracksDream A Little Dream
Written by Fabian Andre, Gus Kahn & Wilbur Schwandt
Performed by Cass Elliot (as Mama Cass)
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Slight but enjoyable, with good work from Diane Lane
Minor, though still entertaining cable-made docudrama from directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini chronicling the would-be Sturm und Drang that went on behind-the-scenes of PBS's "American Family", an 11-hour television series in 1971 which presented the lives of The Louds, a "typical" family from Santa Barbara, CA. The Louds, who have since cemented their legacy as the first reality-TV family, brought in big ratings for the so-called "education network". Ordinary people, they were picked out of a society column by an ambitious producer and were followed around by a small camera-crew for some 78 days; still, high drama was hard to come by (patriarch Bill Loud had the wandering eye; eldest son Lance Loud was a flamboyant singer who had already moved to New York City when production began; while spouse Pat Loud, strong and confident, was the glue who kept kids and husband together). There wasn't much happening behind--nor in front of!--the lens, except for some mild flirting between Pat and the crafty, cunning producer, and Pat's discovery that her husband had been carrying on affairs with a number of different women. The editors of the actual show had a tough time piecing together enough watchable product, while this rendering of events, penned by the estimable David Seltzer, suffers the same fate. The groovy production-design is spot-on, and Diane Lane has several strong moments portraying Pat...yet this American family simply wasn't cliffhanger material. It all seems much ado about nothing.
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- moonspinner55
- Jan 30, 2012
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