My Favorite Year
1982 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Its a new medium and the rules were not fully established. Alan Swann, an Erol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that weeks guest star. When King Kaiser, the headliner wants to throw Swann off the show, Benjy makes a pitch to save his childhood hero, and is made Swann's babysitter. On top of this, a union boss doesn't care for Kaiser's parody of him and has plans to stop the show.
Direction Richard Benjamin
Cast Peter O'Toole · Mark Linn-Baker · Jessica Harper · Joseph Bologna · Bill Macy · Lainie Kazan · Lou Jacobi · Cameron Mitchell
Soundtrack Ralph Burns
Screenplay Norman Steinberg · Dennis Palumbo
Cinematography Gerald Hirschfeld
Original title My Favorite Year
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414 votes (FilmAffinity)
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