Saturday Night
"The revolution begins at 11:30."
ComedyDrama
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
🎬 DirectorJason Reitman
📅 Release2024-09-27
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioColumbia Pictures, Right of Way Films, TSG Entertainment
🗳 Votes380
🔥 Popularity4
💰 Budget$25,000,000
💵 Revenue$10,055,029
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🎭 Cast
Gabriel LaBelle
Lorne Michaels
Rachel Sennott
Rosie Shuster
Cory Michael Smith
Chevy Chase
Ella Hunt
Gilda Radner
Dylan O'Brien
Dan Aykroyd
Emily Fairn
Laraine Newman
Matt Wood
John Belushi
Lamorne Morris
Garrett Morris
Kim Matula
Jane Curtin
Tommy Dewey
Michael O'Donoghue
Cooper Hoffman
Dick Ebersol
Nicholas Braun
Andy Kaufman / Jim Henson
Andrew Barth Feldman
Neil Levy
Finn Wolfhard
NBC Page
Willem Dafoe
David Tebet
🎥 Crew
Producer
Peter Rice
Director of Photography
Eric Steelberg
Executive Producer
Erica Mills
Costume Design
Danny Glicker
Supervising Art Director
Drew Monahan
Sound Mixer
Steven A. Morrow
Boom Operator
Michael Kaleta
Stunts
CC Ice
Costume Coordinator
Savannah McEvoy
Production Coordinator
Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
new york citychaos1970sbiographybased on true storysketch comedylive televisionnostalgicanxiouslive studio audienceplayfulwitty
💬 Reviews
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://talkingfilms.net/saturday-night-review-capturing-the-chaos-and-magic-of-snls-first-broadcast/ "Saturday Night successfully captures the frenetic energy and spontaneous magic of the behind-the-scenes world of SNL, transporting us to the heart of the organized chaos of a live broadcast. Through engaging camera work and fast-paced editing, Jason Reitman and hi…
I think my problem with this was that I remember seeing that opening sketch not long after it was aired in 1975 and it wasn’t funny. That’s kind of what I felt about this whole thing as it in real-time takes us through the ninety minutes before transmission of its creative producer Lorne Michaels (Gabrielle Labelle). The show is nowhere near ready to go, with three hours worth of content slate…
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