| Happy New Year | |
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| Directed by | John G. Avildsen |
| Screenplay by | Warren Lane (pseudonym of Nancy Dowd) |
| Based on | La bonne année by Claude Lelouch |
| Produced by | Jerry Weintraub |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | James Crabe |
| Edited by | Jane Kurson |
| Music by | Bill Conti |
Production company | Delphi IV Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $41,000[1] |
Happy New Year is a 1987 American crime comedy film directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Peter Falk. The screenplay was written by Nancy Dowd (credited as "Warren Lane"),[2] based on the French film La bonne année. The director of the French film, Claude Lelouch, has a cameo as a man on a train.
Although the film had extremely limited success in the theaters, it became something of a cult film.[1] It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1988 for Best Makeup, losing to Harry and the Hendersons.[3] Bill Conti composed the score and produced a cover of the song "I Only Have Eyes for You" performed by The Temptations which was featured extensively throughout the film.
- ^ a b Erickson, Hal. "Happy New Year > Overview". AllMovie. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ^ "Nancy Dowd papers". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ Harry and the Hendersons Wins Makeup: 1988 Oscars-YouTube