L'ospite d'onore

Titolo originale: My Favorite Year
Regia: Richard Benjamin |
Anno: 1982
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma
Tag: new york city | alcoholism | live television | acting | 1950s |
Cast: Peter O'Toole | Mark Linn-Baker | Jessica Harper | Joseph Bologna | Bill Macy | Lainie Kazan | Anne DeSalvo | Basil Hoffman | Lou Jacobi | Adolph Green | Tony DiBenedetto | George Wyner | Selma Diamond | Cameron Mitchell | Jenny Neumann | Corinne Bohrer | George Marshall Ruge | Amanda Horan Kennedy | John Welsh | Richard Brestoff | Jed Mills | Ted Grossman | Teresa Ganzel | Philip Bruns | Archie Hahn | Karen Haber | Priscilla Kovary | Eleanor C. Heutschy | Peter Eastman | Fox Harris | Rieneke | Howard George | Bob Windsor | Gloria Stuart | Clyde McLeod | Harry Bill Roberts | Ramon Sison | Annette Robyns | Pearl Shear | Stanley Brock | Martin Garner | John Medici | Robert G. Denison | John Christy Ewing | Vincent Sardi Jr. | Cady McClain | Norman Steinberg | Richard Warwick | Rex Benson | Denver Mattson | George Fisher | Bob Terhune | Nick Dimitri | Phil Adams | Richard E. Butler | Vince Brocato | Lana Clarkson | David Armstrong |

Agli inizi degli anni Cinquanta, alcuni produttori decidono di invitare come ospite d'onore in uno show televisivo un vecchio divo del cinema, che gli anni e l'oblio hanno reso amico della bottiglia. Oltre che ubriacone il divo è anche piuttosto stravagante, tanto che si rende necessario affiancargli un giovane sceneggiatore che, con il pretesto di fargli da cicerone, faccia invece in modo di "limitare i danni". Inutile dire che il divo combinerà comunque un sacco di guai...

Errori

The hot dogs are shorter than the buns when the vendor smears mustard on them, however they are long [...] D
The film shows full dress rehearsals in the broadcast studio early in the week before the air day, c [...] D
In the family dinner scene, Belle calls Alan Swann "Al", to which Benjy responds, "Ma, it's not Al. [...] D
In the movie, "The Comedy Cavalcade" is broadcast from an auditorium studio in 30 Rockefeller Plaza. [...] D
When Benjy and Swann are in the limo after meeting Benjy's family, the drink decanter and glass swap [...] D
When King Kaiser, the "labor" leader, and their respective attorneys are discussing Kaiser's possibl [...] D
The show on before King Kaiser's is The Kate Smith Evening Hour, but that program was only on from 1 [...] D
When Benjy follows Alan Swann to his limo in front of Rockefeller Center just before the big climax [...] D
When Swann is dangling off the side of K.C.'s parents' building, all the cars seen on the street bel [...] D
In the street scene following the "hot dog" shot, the block Benjy and Swann are walking in is a real [...] D
When Swann and Benjy are going to and from his family's home in Brooklyn, there are shots of modern [...] D
Early in the movie, a labor leader and his attorney meet with the show's producer to state that an a [...] D
As Alan Swann (Peter O'Toole) and Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker) are preparing to leave for dinner on [...] D
When Benjy is clumsily carrying the dessert tray, at one point he tilts it at such an angle that the [...] D
[possibly deliberate] The cardboard cutout of Alan Swann as a young man is neither Peter O'Toole nor [...] D
When Swann first goes out to see Tess in Connecticut, the Chrysler parked in front of Tess's house i [...] D
In the first scene with Swann--in bed, as he banters with the airline stewardess--his pack of Old Go [...] D
The cameras in the Comedy Cavalcade studio are RCA TK-14s, which were not introduced until the late [...] D