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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Dennis Palumbo (screenplay)
Dennis Palumbo (story)
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Release Date:
1 October 1982 (USA) more
Plot:
A dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
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(8 articles)
Rip: Lou Jacobi
(From Cinematical. 28 October 2009, 3:18 PM, PDT)
Character Actor Lou Jacobi Dead At Age 95
(From CinemaRetro. 27 October 2009, 4:25 AM, PDT)
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Stardust memories more (59 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter O'Toole | ... | Alan Swann | |
| Mark Linn-Baker | ... | Benjy Stone | |
| Jessica Harper | ... | K. C. Downing | |
| Joseph Bologna | ... | King Kaiser | |
| Bill Macy | ... | Sy Benson | |
| Lainie Kazan | ... | Belle Carroca | |
| Anne De Salvo | ... | Alice Miller | |
| Basil Hoffman | ... | Herb Lee | |
| Lou Jacobi | ... | Uncle Morty | |
| Adolph Green | ... | Leo Silver | |
| Tony DiBenedetto | ... | Alfi Bambacelli | |
| George Wyner | ... | Myron Fein | |
| Selma Diamond | ... | Lil | |
| Cameron Mitchell | ... | Karl Rojeck | |
| Jenny Neumann | ... | Connie |
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Also Known As:
My Favourite Year (UK)
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92 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG
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According to Cameron Mitchell his Boss character was based on Jimmy Hoffa, while the character of Herb was modeled after Neil Simon. more
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Anachronisms: The cameras in the Comedy Cavalcade studio are RCA TK-14s, which were not introduced until the late 1950s. (NBC would have used RCA TK-30, TK-10 or TK-11 cameras for black-and-white shows at this time.) In another scene a Marconi Mark IV camera is being pushed through a hallway; this camera also was not available until the late 1950s. more
Quotes:
[an obviously drunken Swann meets the writing staff]
Sy:
He's plastered!
Alan Swann:
So are some of the finest erections in Europe.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Joan Rivers/Musical Youth (#8.17)" (1983) more
Soundtrack:
How High the Moon more
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From the opening notes of Nat 'King' Cole's great recording of Stardust, this film just steals your heart. If you are old enough to remember TV's Show Of Shows, live every week, this is a real treat. Peter O'Toole is magic as an Errol Flynn like movie star, swashing every buck in sight, charming the socks off one and all. The final scene of the live broadcast, with the mayhem caused by the gangsters invading the stage, is a classic. A delighful 90 minutes. 8/10
Jane