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My Favorite Year (1982)
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A dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show. Director:Richard Benjamin |
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| Peter O'Toole | ... | ||
| Mark Linn-Baker | ... | ||
| Jessica Harper | ... |
K.C. Downing
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Joseph Bologna | ... |
King Kaiser
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| Bill Macy | ... |
Sy Benson
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| Lainie Kazan | ... |
Belle Carroca
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Anne De Salvo | ... |
Alice Miller
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| Basil Hoffman | ... |
Herb Lee
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Lou Jacobi | ... |
Uncle Morty
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Adolph Green | ... |
Leo Silver
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Tony DiBenedetto | ... |
Alfie Bumbacelli
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| George Wyner | ... |
Myron Fein
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Selma Diamond | ... |
Lil
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Cameron Mitchell | ... |
Karl Rojeck
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Jenny Neumann | ... |
Connie
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Storyline
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. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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My Favourite Year See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$266,009 (USA) (3 October 1982) (52 Screens)Gross:
$20,123,620 (USA)Company Credits
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Lil: This is for ladies only!
Alan Swann: [unzipping fly] So is *this*, ma'am, but every now and then I have to run a little water through it.
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The main character's first name, Benjamin, is the same as the last name of the director, (Richard Benjamin while his last name, Steinberg, is the same as the last name of one of the screenwriters (Norman Steinberg). See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: In the family dinner scene, Belle calls Alan Swann "Al," to which Benjy responds, "Ma, it's not Al. If I invite Capone or Jolson, then it's Al." At that point, Uncle Morty says, "Jolson's coming?" The movie takes place in 1954. Al Jolson died in 1950, and Capone died in 1947. Of course, Benjy could have been making a facetious remark, but Uncle Morty acts as if he thinks Jolson is still alive. See more »Quotes
[Alan Swann has blundered into the wrong restroom]Lil: This is for ladies only!
Alan Swann: [unzipping fly] So is *this*, ma'am, but every now and then I have to run a little water through it.
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Referenced in "Richard Roeper & the Movies: Get Him to the Greek (#1.51)" (2010) See more »
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