You Light Up My Life is a 1977 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Joseph Brooks

Joseph Brooks (songwriter)

Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He composed the song "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produced. In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of...

. The picture stars Didi Conn

Didi Conn

Didi Conn is an American film, stage and television actress.-Personal life:Conn was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a clinical psychologist. "Didi" was her childhood nickname...

, Stephen Nathan and Michael Zaslow

Michael Zaslow

Michael Joel Zaslow was an American actor. He was best known for his role as villain Roger Thorpe on CBS's Guiding Light, a role he played from 1971 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1997.-Life and career:...

, and follows a girl named Laurie (Conn), who wants to be a singer. Soon, she finds herself pressed by young friends to sing and her father, who wants her to be a comic.

The film was widely panned by critics, garnering a 20% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...

. Some cited Didi Conn's sensitive portrayal and the title song as its most worthwhile features.

It received the Academy Award for Best Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song

The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film...

 as well as the Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Grammy Award for Record of the Year

The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959.-History:The honorees through its history have been:*1959-1965: Artist only.*1966-1998: Artist and producer....

 for "You Light Up My Life

You Light Up My Life (song)

Many artists have covered "You Light Up My Life" since 1977. The following year, Johnny Mathis recorded and named his album after the song. LeAnn Rimes released her version as a single in 1997, 20 years after Boone's version was released and on the same record label . Her version fared modestly...

" written by Joseph Brooks

Joseph Brooks (songwriter)

Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He composed the song "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produced. In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of...

 and performed in the film by Kasey Cisyk. The song was covered by Debby Boone

Debby Boone

Deborah Anne Boone is an American singer and stage actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life," which spent a then record ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year...

 and upon release was #1 on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

s Hot 100 for a record-setting 10 consecutive weeks, making it the biggest of the 1970s. It earned Debby Boone a Grammy for Best New Artist.

External links

• You Light Up My Life at Yahoo.com