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| My Favorite Year |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 07 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Peter O’Toole, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Mark Linn-Baker. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML104554 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$34.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
92 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1982 |
| (LD Release Date): |
01/01/93 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Richard Benjamin |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Norman Steinberg & Dennis Palumbo |
| (Story): |
Dennis Palumbo |
| (Music): |
Ralph Burns |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Charles Rosen |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Richard Chew |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Mel Brooks |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Michael Gruskoff |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
My Favorite Year is based on actual events: Earl Flynn on a live TV show in the mid-fifties. The basis for the Comedy Calvade show depicted in the movie is Your Show Of Shows and Joseph Bologna, who plays TV comedic Stan King, is doing Sid Caesar. The movie is a comic valentine to the unpredictable early days of live TV variety shows unknown in today’s world of video retakes and canned laughter. Peter O’Toole is Alan Swann, a declining, boozy matinee idol who is scheduled to make an appearance on (unbeknownst to him) live television. Junior scriptwriter Benjy Stone (Mark Line-Baker) is assigned the task of making sure Swann turns up camera-ready and sober which turns into some very hilarious misadventures.
LaserDisc Picture:
The 1.85 matted images in this film have a television “set” look with colors under-saturated and a slight trace of grain and noise artifacts. Fleshtones are pale and unnatural, and some indoor scenes are overly bright.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is monaural and par for this period when most filmmakers did not use stereo. It is undistinguished, but the dialogue is very intelligible and well recorded.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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