Saturday Night

“The revolution begins at 11:30.”

6.7(335)20241h 49m

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.

Director

Jason Reitman

Budget

$25.0M

Revenue

$10.1M

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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

Reviews

2 reviews

msbreviews

1y ago

7.0

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...

Geronimo1967

1y ago

6.0

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...