My Favorite Year

"The year the dreams came true."

1982 1h 32m EN

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 121

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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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.

“The year the dreams came true.”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Benjamin
Writers: Norman Steinberg, Dennis Palumbo, Dennis Palumbo
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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44 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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ERA

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Directed by Richard Benjamin, shot by Gerald Hirschfeld. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ralph Burns. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Peter O'Toole and Mark Linn-Baker and Jessica Harper carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "The year the dreams came true.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0084370 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Richard Benjamin directs. Gerald Hirschfeld behind the camera. Ralph Burns scores. Richard Chew cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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144 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Richard Benjamin, shot by Gerald Hirschfeld. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Ralph Burns. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Peter O'Toole and Mark Linn-Baker and Jessica Harper carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The year the dreams came true.".
7IMDB entry: tt0084370 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 18 different titles around the world.