---
title: 'Happy New Year (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John G. Avildsen'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/happy-new-year-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093145/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Happy New Year (1987)

1987 · 85 min · Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Happy New Year is a 1987 American crime comedy film directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Peter Falk. The screenplay was written by Nancy Dowd, based on the French film Happy New Year (1973). The director of the French film, Claude Lelouch, has a cameo as a man on a train.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Claude Lelouch](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-lelouch)
- **Director:** [John G. Avildsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-g-avildsen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bill Conti](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-conti)
- **Producer:** [Jerry Weintraub](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-weintraub), [Al Ruban](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ruban)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Crabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-crabe)

## Cast

- [Charles Durning](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-durning)
- [Dan Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-fitzgerald)
- [Claude Lelouch](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-lelouch)
- [Bruce Kirby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-kirby)
- [Bruce Malmuth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-malmuth)
- [Wendy Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-hughes)
- [Peter Sellars](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sellars)
- [Peter Falk](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-falk)
- [Tom Courtenay](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-courtenay)
- [Anthony Heald](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-heald)

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