---
title: 'My Favorite Year (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Benjamin'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-favorite-year-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084370/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# My Favorite Year (1982)

1982 · PG · 92 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Benjamin](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-benjamin)
- **Screenplay:** [Norman Steinberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-steinberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ralph Burns](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-burns)
- **Producer:** [Mel Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-brooks), [Joel Chernoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-chernoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerald Hirschfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-hirschfeld)
- **Editor:** [Richard Chew](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-chew)

## Cast

- [Mark Linn-Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-linn-baker)
- [Selma Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/selma-diamond)
- [Cameron Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/cameron-mitchell)
- [Bill Macy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-macy)
- [Gloria Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-stuart)
- [Lou Jacobi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-jacobi)
- [Joseph Bologna](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-bologna)
- [Anne De Salvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-de-salvo)
- [Archie Hahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-hahn-2)
- [Lainie Kazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lainie-kazan)
- [Cady McClain](https://cinepixo.com/people/cady-mcclain)
- [George Wyner](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-wyner) as Myron Fein
- [Basil Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-hoffman)
- [Lana Clarkson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lana-clarkson)
- [Richard Warwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-warwick)

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