Jason Reitman’s dramedy about the behind-the-scenes shenanigans that went on before the American comedy show’s first broadcast is contrived
Afterlife director Jason Reitman takes on a comedy behemoth in the story of the first episode of Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night stars Gabriel LaBelle as SNL creator Lorne Michaels. It’s October 11,
One of my favorite movies of 2024 just hit the Netflix top ten movies list, landing at number four on the streaming platform. But I have a bone to pick with its Rotten Tomatoes score.
Live” is having a 50th anniversary, and things are happening. Jason Reitman’s backstage dramedy “Saturday Night,” released last year, is
It ain’t live, but Saturday Night (now streaming on Netflix, in addition to VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) is a live wire, a sort-of real-time tick-tock dramatization of the countdown to the first-ever episode of Saturday Night in 1975 (trivia: it wasn’t officially named Saturday Night Live until a year later).
Jason Reitman’s movie about the first episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”—is coming to Netflix this week. Find out when you can watch it at home.
Telling the story of the fevered 90 minutes leading up to an iconic TV launch, Jason Reitman captures the energy with his own film Saturday Night. He talks to Screen about his meta approach.
Saturday Night, a behind-the-scenes story of the 90-minute build-up to the very first episode of Saturday Night Live, is a loving and entertaining tribute to an American TV institution.
Saturday Night recounts the true, although dramatized, story of the October 11, 1975 premiere of the now-renowned live comedy sketch show, Saturday Night Live, created by Lorne Michaels (who is played by Gabriel LaBelle in the movie).
On 11 October 1975, in Midtown Manhattan, a group of people are preparing to put on a show. The content may be silly, but the stakes are higher than the famous 66-storey building they’re in.
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Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and other stars of the US comedy were regular visitors when Jason Reitman was young. Now he’s made Saturday Night about its first episode