My Favorite Year (1982)

Directed by

Richard Benjamin

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 119 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young comedy writer in 1950s New York gets to babysit a glamorous but unpredictable movie star for a week. The star's wild behavior threatens to derail the TV show they are both working on.

lightheartednostalgicwarmplayfulbreezyaffectionatewhimsical

What happens

My Favorite Year is a 1982 American comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo from a story written by Palumbo. The film tells the story of a young comedy writer and stars Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, and Joseph Bologna. O'Toole was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film was adapted into an unsuccessful 1992 Broadway musical of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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