My Favorite Year

"The year the dreams came true."

Oct 8 1982 PG 1h 32m
Comedy, Drama

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.

Plot

Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). It's 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 week's 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.

Written by

Norman Steinberg, Dennis Palumbo

Directed by

Richard Benjamin

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Brooksfilms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 8 nominations total

Trailers
My Favorite Year Official Trailer #1 - Peter O'Toole Movie (1982) HD
Scores
# of Votes
11,193
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
62
Popularity
NA