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| Director: | Billy Crystal | 
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| Writer: | Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel | 
| Staring: | 
| Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 23, 1992 | 
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| Director: | Billy Crystal | 
| Writer: | Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama | 
| Keywords | show business, comedian, has been, catskills | 
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment, Face Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $13,300,000 Budget: $43,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Billy Crystal | Buddy Young Jr. | 
| David Paymer | Stan | 
| Julie Warner | Elaine | 
| Helen Hunt | Annie Wells | 
| Mary Mara | Susan | 
| Jerry Orbach | Phil Gussman | 
| Ron Silver | Larry Meyerson | 
| Sage Allen | Mom | 
| Jason Marsden | Buddy (Age 15) | 
| Michael Weiner | Stan (Age 8) | 
| Larry Gelman | Mr. Gimbel | 
| Kay Freeman | Mrs. Gimbel | 
| Howard Mann | Stage Manager | 
| Julius Branca | Stage Manager | 
| Liz Georges | Script Girl | 
| Bill Wendell | Announcer | 
| Hartley Haverty | Susan (Age 6) | 
| Will Jordan | Ed Sullivan | 
| Josh Byrne | Buddy (Age 6) | 
| Ben Diskin | Stan (Age 9) | 
| Irving Wasserman | Uncle Moe | 
| Phil Forman | Uncle Julius | 
| Joe Shea | MC | 
| Michael Ben-Edward | Fat Guy in Audience | 
| Carl Ballantine | Freddie | 
| Slappy White | Joey | 
| Richard Mehana | Sidney | 
| Mark Lonow | Producer | 
| Conrad Janis | Director | 
| Tim Russ | A.D. | 
| Marc Shaiman | Lucky Zindberg | 
| Chayim Frenkel | Cantor at Funeral | 
| Jan Lucas | Karen (Casting Director) | 
| Daniel Tisman | Reece | 
| Peter Kim | Maitre d' | 
| Greg Joung Paik | Owner | 
| Eugene Kaufmann | Old Man | 
| Miranda Garrison | Apache Dancer | 
| Alberto Toledano | Apache Dancer | 
| Richard Kind | Reporter | 
| Jerry Lewis | Himself | 
| Edith Fields | Woman in Commercial | 
| Adam Goldberg | Eugene Gimbel | 
| Maria A. Ferrari Olivo | Fat Guy's Wife | 
| Talbot Perry Simons | Man at Catskills | 
| Lonnie Burr | TV Show Dancer | 
| Randy Doney | TV Show Dancer | 
| Joe A. Giamalva | TV Show Dancer | 
| Birl Jonns | TV Show Dancer | 
| Shadoe Stevens | Fred | 
| Bert Copello | Sullivan A.D. | 
| Lindsay Crystal | Screaming Girl | 
| Dana Lipsic | Other Screaming Girl | 
| Jerry Gadette | Stage Hand | 
| William Yamadera | Japanese Client | 
| Lowell Ganz | Writer #1 | 
| Babaloo Mandel | Writer #2 | 
| Gary Grossman | Backstage Man | 
| Bob Yerkes | Acrobat | 
| Marinela Cimpoeru | Acrobat | 
| Costin Csizmas | Acrobat | 
| Voinea Dumitru | Acrobat | 
| Adrian Smertcov | Acrobat | 
| Steven Kravitz | Young Comic | 
| Randy Crenshaw | 'Buddy Buddy' Singer | 
| Geoff Koch | 'Buddy Buddy' Singer | 
| Steve Lively | 'Buddy Buddy' Singer | 
| Rick Logan | 'Buddy Buddy' Singer | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Billy Crystal | Writer, Director | 
| Todd McIntosh | Makeup Artist | 
| Donald Peterman | Director of Photography | 
| Kent Beyda | Editor | 
| Brian Burrows | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Marion Tumen | Script Supervisor | 
| Pam Dixon | Casting | 
| Ruth Myers | Costume Design | 
| Albert Brenner | Production Design | 
| Kelly Van Horn | Production Manager | 
| Jim Chory | First Assistant Director | 
| David Cass Jr. | Second Assistant Director | 
| Peter Montagna | Makeup Designer, Hair Designer | 
| William A. Farley | Makeup Designer, Hair Designer | 
| Steve LaPorte | Makeup Designer, Hair Designer | 
| Carol Winstead Wood | Art Direction | 
| Kathe Klopp | Set Decoration | 
| Keith Peterman | Camera Operator | 
| Jay Peterman | First Assistant Camera | 
| Brad Peterman | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Randy Nolen | Steadicam Operator | 
| Jeff Wexler | Production Sound Mixer | 
| Steve Bowerman | Boom Operator | 
| Huw Davies | Location Manager | 
| Sean Hobin | Second Second Assistant Director | 
| Wilt Henderson | Assistant Editor | 
| Thomas Calderon | Assistant Editor | 
| Robert Grieve | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Lisa Lynn Kearsley | Production Coordinator | 
| Cindy Franke | Assistant Production Coordinator | 
| C.J. Maguire | Property Master | 
| Kal Manning | Gaffer | 
| Calvin Sterry | Key Grip | 
| Richard Alonzo | Makeup Artist | 
| Hazel Catmull | Hairstylist | 
| Richard Sabre | Hairstylist | 
| Harold Fuhrman | Set Designer | 
| David P. Kelsey | Special Effects Supervisor | 
| Linda Henrikson | Costume Supervisor | 
| Chuck Velasco | Costume Supervisor | 
| Robin Borman-Wizan | Costumer | 
| Marcie Olivi | Costumer | 
| Armand Coutu | Costumer | 
| Steve A. Hagberg | Construction Coordinator | 
| Robert Hunter Jr. | Transportation Coordinator | 
| Peter Schindler | Second Unit Director | 
| Gail Martin-Sheridan | Production Accountant | 
| Deborah Houtsma | Post Production Accountant | 
| Joe Keeper | Post Production Accountant | 
| Dalia Taft | Art Department Coordinator | 
| Arthur Gelb | Graphic Designer | 
| Scott Crabbe | Video Assist Operator | 
| Caryn Richmond | Casting Assistant | 
| Douglas E. Maxwell | Leadman | 
| Ken M. Suzuki | Best Boy Electric | 
| Francis X. Valdez III | Rigging Gaffer | 
| Larry Freeman | Electrician | 
| Richard Hartley | Electrician | 
| Rick Wilhoit | Electrician | 
| Armando Contreras | Best Boy Grip | 
| Donald L. Hartley | Dolly Grip | 
| Randy Burgess | Rigging Grip | 
| Tyrone Jackson | Grip | 
| Jay Michael Pearce | Grip | 
| Traci Lashbrook | Camera Loader | 
| Craig T. Crowell | Transportation Captain | 
| Ken Bellanca | Transportation Captain | 
| George Alden | Driver | 
| Michael Avallon | Driver | 
| Jim Chesney | Driver | 
| James M. Dunne | Driver | 
| Stu Bernstein | Sound Editor | 
| Robert L. Sephton | Sound Editor | 
| Steve Mann | Sound Editor | 
| Michael Dressel | Sound Editor | 
| John Murray | Foley Supervisor | 
| Jessica Gallavan | Supervising ADR Editor | 
| Jonathan Klein | ADR Editor | 
| Rich Steven | Dialogue Editor | 
| Sherman Waze | Dialogue Editor | 
| Jeanine Schaack | First Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Roy Seeger | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Madeleine Swift | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Jennifer Portman | Apprentice Sound Editor | 
| James Ashwill | Foley Mixer | 
| Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Recordist | 
| Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer | 
| Mark McKenzie | Orchestrator | 
| Lauren Ross | Location Manager | 
| Michael Anderson | Grip | 
| Bernardo Hiller | Dialogue Coach | 
| Matt Patterson | Sound Recordist | 
| Dale E. Grahn | Color Timer | 
| Mary Nelson-Duerrstein | Negative Cutter | 
| Scott Stambler | Music Supervisor | 
| Hummie Mann | Music Supervisor | 
| Artie Kane | Conductor | 
| Lowell Ganz | Writer | 
| Babaloo Mandel | Writer | 
| Marc Shaiman | Original Music Composer | 
| Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer | 
| David Jobe | ADR Recordist | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Peter Schindler | Co-Producer | 
| Billy Crystal | Producer | 
| Lowell Ganz | Executive Producer | 
| Babaloo Mandel | Executive Producer | 
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