It stars peter otoole, mark linnbaker, jessica harper, and joseph bologna. Scott mentioned arthur 1981 while i will add nick and nora from the thin man films. That was the year i led my little league team to the playoffs for the little league world series. My favorite year ist eine us amerikanische filmkomodie aus dem jahr 1982. My favorite year is a 1982 american comedy film released by metrogoldwynmayer, directed by richard benjamin and written by norman steinberg and dennis palumbo, which tells the story of a young comedy writer. My favorite year turns aggravated mayhem, assault, and hammery into comic gold. Drunken alan decides to help ben declare his love for. With peter otoole, mark linnbaker, jessica harper, joseph bologna. The atlanta jewish film festival is proud to present a special 35th. A delightfully, zany film and one of my personal favorite comedies of all time.
A dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live tv variety show. The tv show at its center is based on sid caesars your show of shows which ran from 1950 to 1954. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. A wonderful reminder of the glorious days of live television, the time is 1954 a young writer benjy stone, played. A 1982 comedy film directed by richard benjamin and set in new york city in 1954, my favorite year is the story of benjy stone mark linnbaker, a comedy writer on king kaisers joseph bologna tv variety show, who is tasked with keeping his childhood hero, swashbuckling english actor alan swann peter otoole, sober enough to perform that week.
This film is nostalgia for people my age 66 or older. An enjoyable romp through the early days of television, my favorite year from a story by dennis palumbo provides a field day for a wonderful bunch of. When he drops in at a story meeting for king kaisers television show, he does it literally. My favorite year 1982 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Peter otooles role in the film is based on errol flynn, who was a famous actor of the thirties and forties who gained fame for starring in action films, notably swashbucklers such as captain. The word charming seldom comes to mind when i think of film, however, it is the perfect word to describe the directorial debut of richard benjamin, at the helm of 1982s my favorite year, a charming, gentle and humorous film starring peter otoole as alan swann, a swashbuckling star of the 50s who spends more time getting drunk than doing any stage work. A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady. Directed with gusto by richard benjamin, the film is both a loving tribute to sid caesars your show of show, and the remarkable talents that brought it together each week, and a sincere homage to errol flynn, whose antics and largerthanlife persona, in the waning years of his life, still had the kind. If youre younger, youll be introduced to the golden age of television. Other articles where my favorite year is discussed. Le film my favorite year 1982 vostfr admin 20170701t02. Staring peter oh tool, mark linnbaker, jessica harper and joseph bologna.
Watch my favorite year full movie online here searchmyfavoriteyear. The venue was a real life nightclub in manhattan, new york city that operated between the years of 1929 until 1965 and as such was truly still functioning in the favorite year that the movie is set. I too recall and miss the days of when a movie drunk was hilarious. Watch the full length movie of my favorite year online or on the fios mobile app. Favorite year with peter otoole the new york times. My favorite year trailer directed by richard benjamin and starring peter o toole, mark linnbaker, joseph bologna, bill macy, basil. Otoole was nominated for the academy award for best actor. Directed by richard benjamin and inspired by incidents from comedy legend mel brooks early career, my favorite year is a golden age revisited, a zany, mistyeyed tribute to tvs early days. Read the my favorite year movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. At the start of my favorite year, which opens today at loews tower east and other theaters, peter otoole is playing the errol flynnlike alan swann with a ravaged, sloshed manner that looks all too convincing.
Dissolute movie star alan swann peter otoole with his tv varietyshow minder benji mark linnbaker at the stork club, makes nice with a fan and contrives to escape with a dishy spectator, in my favorite year, 1982 view the tcmdb entry for my favorite year 1982. Mark linnbaker, joseph bologna, jessica harper, peter otoole. My favorite year in 1954, the era of live tv, a hapless production assistant is given the task of keeping his alcoholic film idol out of trouble long enough to appear on the king kaiser hour. That is a really tough question for me, as i had some great childhood and adult years, but i guess if i had to pick one year i might have to say 1991. Streaming free films to watch online including movie trailers and. A young writer on a top live tv comedy show in 1954 new york spends the week chaperoning the shows next guest star, alan swann peter otoole, an aging, swashbuckling matinee idol with a drinking problem and a proclivity toward mischief and bad behavior. The directors penchant for long, theatrical episodes produces a slow but studied pace. Film withina film flashbacks reveal scenes from otooles lord jim. My favorite year 1982 film completo in italiano a 20180322t18. This was the context in which my favorite year 1982, richard benjamins directorial debut, a film which was an obvious parody of errol flynn, came out. Both of my brothers waxed on about the nostalgia factor of my favorite year.
Watch my favorite year full movie video dailymotion. Opening titles with nat cole singing stardust, and narration by mark linnbaker as benji stone, setting up the director richard benjamins peter otoole as errol flynn comedy my favorite year, 1982, executive producer mel brooks view the tcmdb entry for my favorite year 1982. A wonderful reminder of the glorious days of live television, the time is 1954 a. A rookie writer mark linnbaker tries to keep an old swashbuckler peter o toole sober for his bosss joseph bologna live tv comedy show in 1954. The directorial debut of actor richard benjamin, my favorite year features an outstanding supporting cast, and is inspired by mel brookss time as a young writer on sid caesars tv variety show, and his reallife interactions with another swashbuckler, errol flynn.
My favorite year 2005 stream and watch online moviefone. A scene from of my favorite movies my favorite year. Released february 27th, 2005, my favorite year stars peter otoole, mark linnbaker, joseph bologna, jessica harper the pg movie has a runtime of about 1. My favorite year where to stream and watch decider.
Michael feinstein my favorite year lyrics genius lyrics. The film costars jessica harper, gloria stuart and selma diamond, a reallife comedy writer for sid caesar. My favorite year was converted into an unsuccessful broadway musical in the early 1990s. My favorite year on dvd 085396540521 from warner bros directed by richard benjamin. Watch my favorite year 1982 free online watch full length my favorite year movie for free online. It made no mention whatsoever of highams controversial claims, as the film was a comedy, mainly about flynns acquaintance with the bottle, but also a nostalgic portrait of television. Famous movie actor alan swan and the man charged with keeping out of trouble ben stone. My favorite year 1982 35th anniversary screening thursday, july 27, at 7. There was a time when a drunk was not considered just a pathetic addict.
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