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TitleMy favorite yearTypeMoving ImageMonographContributionBenjamin, Richard, 1938- (film director)Gruskoff, Michael (film producer)Steinberg, Norman (screenwriter)Palumbo, Dennis, 1951- (screenwriter)O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013 (actor)Linn-Baker, Mark (actor)Harper, Jessica (actor)Bologna, Joseph (actor)Macy, Bill, 1922-2019 (actor)Kazan, Lainie (actor)Desalvo, Anne (actor)Hoffman, Basil (actor)Mitchell, Cameron, 1918-1994 (actor)Burns, Ralph (composer (expression))Hirschfeld, Gerald (cinematographer)Chew, Richard, 1940- (editor of moving image work)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (presenter)Brooksfilms (Firm) (production company)Warner Home Video (Firm) (film distributor) Moving Image Technique(s)live actionCould not render: bf:code Notesubtitles: : Englishoriginal text: : Englishlanguage: Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). SummaryIn 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. Peter O'Toole gives a knockout performance as Alan Swann, a booze-loving former matinee idol who is forced into making a live appearance on a variety show to appease the IRS. Mark Linn-Baker plays the fledgling writer for the show who must keep Swann on the sober and narrowDurationPT92MOrigin Date(s)1982 Authorized Access PointMy favorite year