My Favorite Year

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My Favorite Year is a 1982 comedy film that affectionately parodies early television variety shows, featuring Peter O'Toole as an aging, hard-drinking movie star guesting on a live TV program.

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instanceOf film
basedOn Dennis Palumbo story
character Alan Swann NERFINISHED
Benjy Stone NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Gerald Hirschfeld NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Richard Benjamin NERFINISHED
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED
distributorRegion United States theatrical release
editedBy Richard Chew NERFINISHED
filmingTechnique live-action
genre comedy film
satire
hasAwardNominee Peter O'Toole NERFINISHED
hasFilmRating PG
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray
DVD
VHS
inspiredBy experiences of writers on Your Show of Shows
medium feature film
musicBy Ralph Burns NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus early television variety shows
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
originalLanguage English
parodies The Sid Caesar Show of Shows era of television NERFINISHED
plotSummary A young TV writer must keep an aging, hard-drinking movie star sober and under control for a live television variety show appearance.
portrays Mark Linn-Baker as Benjy Stone
Peter O'Toole as Alan Swann NERFINISHED
producer Michael Gruskoff NERFINISHED
productionCompany Brooksfilms NERFINISHED
Mel Brooks NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1982-10-01
releaseYear 1982
runtimeMinutes 92
screenDebutFor Mark Linn-Baker NERFINISHED
screenwriter Dennis Palumbo NERFINISHED
Norman Steinberg NERFINISHED
setInYear 1954
setting New York City
starring Bill Macy NERFINISHED
Cameron Mitchell NERFINISHED
Jessica Harper NERFINISHED
Joseph Bologna NERFINISHED
Lainie Kazan NERFINISHED
Mark Linn-Baker NERFINISHED
Peter O'Toole NERFINISHED

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Peter O'Toole notableWork My Favorite Year
Richard Chew notableWork My Favorite Year
Teresa Ganzel notableWork My Favorite Year
Teresa Ganzel appearedIn My Favorite Year
Michael Starobin notableWork My Favorite Year
Lainie Kazan notableWork My Favorite Year
Michael Gruskoff notableWork My Favorite Year