My Favorite Year

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.

This article is about the original film. For the musical based on the film, see My Favorite Year (musical). For Tony Scalzo's album, see My Favorite Year (album).
My Favorite Year
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed byRichard Benjamin
Screenplay byNorman Steinberg
Dennis Palumbo
Story byDennis Palumbo
Produced byMichael Gruskoff
Starring
CinematographyGerald Hirschfeld
Edited byRichard Chew
Music byRalph Burns
Production
companies
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • October 8, 1982 (1982-10-08)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7.9 million
Box office$20,123,620
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