Saturday Night
October 10 - 24, 2024
Director Jason Reitman captures the frenzied lead-up to the very first episode of "Saturday Night Live" as a motley bunch of then-unknown and untrained young comedians prepare to step into a revolutionary spotlight that will change history and make them all stars.
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At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman, written by Gil Kenan & Reitman and told in real time, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live." Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes until we hear those famous words…
- Director: Jason Reitman
- Principal Cast: Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman
- Country: USA
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 109 min.
- Producer: Jason Blumenfeld, Peter Rice, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan
- Screenplay: Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman
- Cinematographers: Eric Steelberg
- Editors: Nathan Orloff, Shane Reid
- Music: Jon Batiste
- Filmography: Up In the Air (2009), Juno (2007), Thank You For Smoking (2005)
- Language: English
- US Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment