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My Favorite Year(1982)
Status: Released
Date: 1982-10-01
66%
116 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
The year the dreams came true.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $7,900,000.00
Revenue: $20,123,620.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Brooksfilms
Movie: My Favorite Year
Top 10 Billed 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
Lou Jacobi
Uncle Morty
Adolph Green
Leo Silver
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