• 2007
  • TV-14
  • 22m
This American Life

Summary An anthology of true stories pertaining to various themes are illustrated. View more details

  • 2007
  • TV-14
  • 22m

This American Life

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : G.J. Echternkamp Ira Glass Milo Finch Chris Partyka

All cast & crew

8.3

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 21, 2007

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : USA

Production companies : Killer Films Left/Right Left / Right Docs

Summary An anthology of true stories pertaining to various themes are illustrated. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 21, 2007

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : USA

Production companies : Killer Films Left/Right Left / Right Docs

Photos

This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007) This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007) This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007) This American Life (2007) Ira Glass in This American Life (2007)

Episodes

View All Seasons
Episode 1 • Mar 21, 2007
Reality Check
Three stories of people who hatched plans in the hopes of making their dreams come true, but were snapped back to reality by unpleasant outcomes.
Episode 2 • Mar 28, 2007
My Way
Four segments that explore the cost of stubbornness, including a man who refuses to acknowledge some important events in his wife's life; a politician who attempts to win an election without ever lying.
Episode 3 • Apr 04, 2007
God's Close-up
Stories where the faithful and the not-so-faithful cross paths, and where unexpected things happen when people try to get closer to God through pictures: hundreds of Polaroid camera-toting believers gather in the Mojave Desert each month hoping to see God. And an artist, his Jesus model, the model's atheist girlfriend, and her religious father face off on The Last Supper.
Episode 4 • Apr 11, 2007
The Cameraman
This episode is devoted to a single story by way of G.J. Echternkamp. G.J. spent years filming his mother and stepfather. In the '80s, his stepfather, Frank Garcia, was the bassist in a briefly-famous band called OXO. G.J.'s mom, Cindy Brown, met him at the height of his success, when the band's one Top 40 hit, "Whirly Girl," was on the charts. Twenty years later, they're still together, but living a life they probably wouldn't have imagined back then. G.J. started filming them as a joke, but over time, his reasons changed, and the way he saw both his parents changed as well.
Episode 5 • Apr 18, 2007
Growth Spurt
What do you do if you're unhappy with where you are in life? Some people simply will themselves to the next stage.
Episode 6 • Apr 25, 2007
Pandora's Box
Three stories of the unexpected consequences of trying new things including scientists that accidentally discover a way to erase memories and later get surprising requests from people who want their own minds wiped clean.
Comments
Welcome to juqing comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Login to display more comments

This week's popular movies

A Subconscious Stream

0
No rating

By Faith

0
No rating

Tales from the Tomb: A Look Inside Blood and Iron

7.6
Generally favorable

RavenHearse Family Haunts

0
No rating

The Osiris Child: The Sound of Tomorrow

0
No rating

Eerie Magazine

0
No rating

The Osiris Child: Previz Sequences

0
No rating

Hillbillywolf

0
No rating

Everything Is New

0
No rating

David Kirk: Friend of Miss Spider

0
No rating

This week's popular TV shows

Check 1, 2

0
No rating

Music Theory

0
No rating

Iskelmä-Suomi

7.9
Generally favorable

Musik i själ och hjärta

0
No rating

Vanity Theft: The Lost Tapes

0
No rating

Ellinikoi paradosiakoi horoi

0
No rating

La musicale

5.7
Mixed or average

Austropop-Legenden

5.6
Mixed or average

Hubert von Goisern - Brenna tuats

0
No rating

Jardel Felipe Cabral dos Santos

0
No rating

Edit Focus

Der Kommissar im Kühlschrank - Das Ernährungs-Experiment mit Andreas Hoppe

Der Kommissar im Kühlschrank - Das Ernährungs-Experiment mit Andreas Hoppe

  • TV Shows
SF bi de Lüt - Landfrauenküche

SF bi de Lüt - Landfrauenküche

  • TV Shows
Something Walks in the Woods

Something Walks in the Woods

A viral video shows a mysterious figure walking along the edge of the woods each day, and filmmaker Bill Howard sets out to spend a night there to find out exactly what it is.

  • Movies
Wolf Creek: Locations

Wolf Creek: Locations

Thriller taking place in Australia's Outback about a young woman facing horrific events and her desire to get by justice.

  • Movies
The J-Horror Virus

The J-Horror Virus

Charting the origins of Japanese horror films at the turn of the millennium, films featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay.

  • Movies
First Transmission

First Transmission

For over 35 years, the so-called "First Transmission" video from Psychic TV, has been the stuff of, well, "snuff film" legend.

  • Movies
All Filters