Cinema Verite

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.

Diane Lane

(Pat Loud)

Tim Robbins

(Bill Loud)

James Gandolfini

(Craig Gilbert)

Thomas Dekker

(Lance Loud)

Caitlin Custer

(Delilah Loud)

Kaitlyn Dever

(Michele Loud)

Nick Eversman

(Grant Loud)

Johnny Simmons

(Kevin Loud)

Patrick Fugit

(Alan Raymond)

Shanna Collins

(Susan Raymond)

Jake Richardson

(Tommy Goodwin)

Kathleen Quinlan

(Mary Every)

Lolita Davidovich

(Val)

Matt O'Leary

(Cameron)

Stephen Caffrey

(Tom)

Monika Jolly

(Yvonne)

Willam Belli

(Candy Darling)

Kyle Riabko

(Jackie Curtis)

Dendrie Taylor

(Sally)

Richard Fancy

(Network President)

Cory Blevins

(Production Executive)

Don McManus

(Talk Show Moderator)

Colin Campbell

(Political Analyst)

Robert Curtis Brown

(Anthropologist Commentator)

Dawn Hudson

(Morning Show Commentator)

Karynn Moore

(Crow)

Mike Rad

(Chelsea Desk Clerk)

Molly Hagan

(Kay)

Patrick O'Connor

(MOMA Curator)

Sean O'Bryan

(Johnny Hall)

Michelle Morgan

(Val's Salesgirl)

Betsy Foldes

(Friend)

Aliya Carter

(PBS Assistant)

Cynthia De Leon

(Mariachi Band)

Esperanza Juarez

(Mariachi Band)

Omar Mata

(Mariachi Band)

Richard Mata

(Mariachi Band)

Raymundo Monge Jr.

(Mariachi Band)

Emilio Rivera

(Nightwatchman)

Sara Arrington

(Marriott Desk Clerk (uncredited))

Sarah Bibbo

(Fiesta Guest (uncredited))

Todd Landon Black

(Boom Operator (uncredited))

Joel Brody

(Homeless Man (uncredited))

Rich Campbell

(Shady Character (uncredited))

Joshua Robert Castaneda

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Timothy P. Connaghan

(Department Store Santa (uncredited))

Eric Cueto

(Kabuki the Cheerleader (uncredited))

Joel Davis

(Angel Cowboy (uncredited))

Mark Di Maria

(Hotel Friend (uncredited))

J.C. Dickinson

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Susan Dohan

(Mrs. Hart (uncredited))

Joseph Dunn

(Policeman (uncredited))

Franq Ezenekwe

(Dick Cavett Show Sound Man (uncredited))