My Favorite Year

1982

92 min

6.8

Ends at

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.

Budget

$7,900,000

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Director

Richard Benjamin

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Peter O'Toole

Mark Linn-Baker

Jessica Harper

Joseph Bologna

Bill Macy

Lainie Kazan

Anne DeSalvo

Basil Hoffman

Lou Jacobi

Adolph Green

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My Favorite Year

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.

  • Peter O'Toole

  • Mark Linn-Baker

  • Jessica Harper

  • Joseph Bologna

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