Saturday Night

2024 109 min ★ 6.7 Comedy, Drama

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.

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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

Details

Director

Jason Reitman

Tagline

"The revolution begins at 11:30."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$10,055,029

Production

Columbia Pictures, Right of Way Films, TSG Entertainment

Reviews

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Manuel São Bento

October 12, 2024

★ 7/10

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...

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CinemaSerf

February 5, 2025

★ 6/10

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 slated to...