My Favorite Year
“The year the dreams came true.”
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.
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Cast
59 people
Peter O'Toole
Alan Swann
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Ratatouille
Mark Linn-Baker
Benjy Stone
Known for
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Perfect Strangers
Jessica Harper
K.C. Downing
Known for
Suspiria
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Joseph Bologna
King Kaiser
Known for
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Woman in Red
Bill Macy
Sy Benson
Known for
The Holiday
Surviving Christmas
Lainie Kazan
Belle Carroca
Known for
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Anne De Salvo
Alice Miller
Anne DeSalvo
Alice Miller
Known for
Perfect
Taking Care of Business
Basil Hoffman
Herb Lee
Known for
The Artist
The Box
Lou Jacobi
Uncle Morty
Known for
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Irma la Douce
Adolph Green
Leo Silver
Also in
I Want to Go Home
Simon
Tony DiBenedetto
Alfie Bumbacelli
Known for
Splash
Deathtrap
Richard Benjamin Director · Norman Steinberg Screenplay Dennis Palumbo Screenplay
Worldwide gross $20M · Budget $7.9M · United States release October 8, 1982
Box office
Budget
$7,900,000
Worldwide gross
$20,123,620
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Brooksfilms
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Canada · October 1, 1982
Theatrical
United States · October 8, 1982
Theatrical
Argentina
April 14, 1983 · Theatrical
Australia
March 4, 1983 · Theatrical
Denmark
May 23, 1983 · Theatrical
Finland
September 30, 1983 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 3, 1985 · Theatrical
Spain
August 8, 1983 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 25, 1983 · Theatrical
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