My Favorite Year
The year the dreams came true.
1982 | 92m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Richard Benjamin |
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| Writer: | Norman Steinberg, Dennis Palumbo |
| Staring: |
| Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 1982 |
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| Director: | Richard Benjamin |
| Writer: | Norman Steinberg, Dennis Palumbo |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | new york city, alcoholism, live television, acting, 1950s |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Brooksfilms |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $20,123,620
Budget: $7,900,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Peter O'Toole | Alan Swann |
| Mark Linn-Baker | Benjy Stone |
| Jessica Harper | K.C. Downing |
| Joseph Bologna | King Kaiser |
| Bill Macy | Sy Benson |
| Lainie Kazan | Belle Carroca |
| Anne DeSalvo | Alice Miller |
| Basil Hoffman | Herb Lee |
| Lou Jacobi | Uncle Morty |
| Adolph Green | Leo Silver |
| Tony DiBenedetto | Alfie Bumbacelli |
| George Wyner | Myron Fein |
| Selma Diamond | Lil |
| Cameron Mitchell | Karl Rojeck |
| Jenny Neumann | Connie |
| Corinne Bohrer | Bonnie |
| George Marshall Ruge | Lord Drummond / Featured Player |
| Amanda Horan Kennedy | Lady Eleanor |
| John Welsh | Cubby Brown |
| Richard Brestoff | Stage Manager / Featured Player |
| Jed Mills | Member #1 / Featured Player |
| Ted Grossman | Harris / Featured Player |
| Teresa Ganzel | Dumpling / Featured Player |
| Philip Bruns | Fed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player |
| Archie Hahn | Delivery Boy / Featured Player |
| Karen Haber | Vivian / Featured Player |
| Priscilla Kovary | Priscilla |
| Eleanor C. Heutschy | Gossip Columnist |
| Peter Eastman | Maitre D' |
| Fox Harris | Curt / Featured Player |
| Rieneke | Andrea |
| Howard George | Artie / Featured Player |
| Bob Windsor | Alvin Horn / Featured Player |
| Gloria Stuart | Mrs. Horn |
| Clyde McLeod | Club Dancer |
| Harry Bill Roberts | Orchestra Leader |
| Ramon Sison | Rookie Carroca / Featured Player |
| Annette Robyns | Sadie |
| Pearl Shear | Mrs. Kessler |
| Stanley Brock | Mr. Berkowitz |
| Martin Garner | Mr. Cantor |
| John Medici | Scalfoni |
| Robert G. Denison | Stockbroker #1 / Featured Player |
| John Christy Ewing | Stockbroker #2 / Featured Player |
| Vincent Sardi Jr. | Policeman |
| Cady McClain | Tess |
| Norman Steinberg | Sandy |
| Richard Warwick | Technical Director |
| Rex Benson | Makeup Man |
| Denver Mattson | Thug #1 |
| George Fisher | Thug #2 |
| Bob Terhune | Thug #3 |
| Nick Dimitri | Thug #4 |
| Phil Adams | Stagehand #1 |
| Richard E. Butler | Stagehand #2 |
| Vince Brocato | Walla Walla (voice) |
| Lana Clarkson | Girl in Old Gold Cigarette Pack |
| David Armstrong | Club Patron |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Benjamin | Director |
| Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
| Ellen Chenoweth | Casting |
| Norman Howell | Stunts |
| Norman Steinberg | Screenplay |
| Ralph Burns | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Rosen | Production Design |
| Ruby Ford | Hairstylist |
| Duncan McEwan | Sound |
| Art Levinson | Unit Production Manager |
| Marie Kenney | Script Supervisor |
| Richard Edesa | Camera Operator |
| Jerry Jost | Production Sound Mixer |
| Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David B. Cohn | Dialogue Editor |
| Jeff Carson | Music Editor |
| Lou Tobin | Gaffer |
| Michael J. Smith | Construction Coordinator |
| Brian Ralph | Negative Cutter |
| Dennis Palumbo | Story, Screenplay |
| Donald J. Remacle | Set Decoration |
| Carol A. O'Connell | Hairstylist |
| William S. Beasley | First Assistant Director |
| Kandy Stern | Set Designer |
| Marc Hirschfeld | First Assistant Camera |
| Bill Varney | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert Grieve | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Mia Goldman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sal Sommatino | Property Master |
| Mentor Huebner | Production Illustrator |
| Victor Paul | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gerald Hirschfeld | Director of Photography |
| Richard Chew | Editor |
| May Routh | Costume Design |
| Lois Planco | Casting |
| Duncan Henderson | Second Assistant Director |
| Gregory Pickrell | Set Designer |
| Donald E. Thorin Jr. | Second Assistant Camera |
| Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Howard Heard | Assistant Editor |
| Harry V. Lojewski | Music Supervisor |
| Arthur Gelb | Graphic Designer |
| Len Hekel | Still Photographer |
| J.H. Arrufat | Sound Effects Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Gruskoff | Producer |
| Art Levinson | Associate Producer |
| Joel Chernoff | Producer |
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