Perennial lesbian fave and Oscar nominee Diane Lane has signed on to play the matriarch of the Santa Barbara based Loud family in an HBO scripted film about the family that ushered in the age of reality television, according to AfterEllen. The 1973 benchmark PBS series, An American Family, happened to feature America's first gay character, the Loud's son Lance Loud.
Lane will play Lance's mother Pat Loud, who famously asked for a divorce from her husband Bob on national television. The HBO film, entitled Cinema Verite, will be a scripted behind-the-scenes look at the 12-episode television show that delved deep into the suburban American family.
On the heels of the sixties documentary style of direct cinema including The Maysles Brothers' Grey Gardens and D.A. Pennebaker's Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Back, An American Family utilized an at-times invasive and at others, observational style of shooting the truth, including chronicling Lance's being -- not so much coming -- out.
The project is in development.
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