Behind the Scenes of Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night

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Step into the world behind the curtain with "Saturday Night," a biographical comedy-drama that takes you on an unforgettable journey through the making of the legendary "Saturday Night Live." Directed by Jason Reitman, this film dives deep into the lives, laughter, and chaos that fueled the iconic show. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, and Ella Hunt, the movie captures the spirit of a generation as it weaves together humor, heartbreak, and the raw realities of sketch comedy. As you watch, you'll get an inside look at the creative process, the friendships, and the pressures that shaped one of television's most influential institutions, making "Saturday Night" not just a movie, but a tribute to the magic of live comedy.  Saturday Night Cast:  Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys and J. K. Simmons  Saturday Night will hit theaters October 11, 2024!

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00:00There was a moment where nobody knew what SNL was.

00:03I want to bring audiences back to that moment

00:06when there was only one person on the planet who knew it,

00:08and that was Lorne Michaels.

00:09Do you even know what the show is?

00:10Of course.

00:11Are you going to share it with the rest of us?

00:13Yes.

00:14In 88 minutes.

00:15Oh, my God.

00:18Saturday Night is about the 90 minutes

00:20leading up to the first episode of Saturday Night Live.

00:22You're living it through Lorne Michaels' eyes

00:25and all the pressure that's mounting on his shoulders.

00:29You okay?

00:30Maybe ask me again in 90 minutes.

00:31We began doing Zoom calls with anyone we could find

00:34that was in the building on October 11, 1975.

00:37We wanted all their stories.

00:39The writers on the 17th floor tied a belt around Big Bird's neck

00:43and hung him from my dressing room door.

00:45We were trying as much as possible

00:47to recreate a set that we're all very familiar with.

00:50We found the actual original blueprints for Rockefeller Center.

00:54All the engineering, where all the studs were,

00:56how the original floor was built.

00:57The whole set, it's such a living organism.

00:59It enables you to do really long takes, too,

01:01where you're letting the action tell the story.

01:04For the camera to be almost like another actor

01:07and to be moving around us all,

01:08like, you just have your moment where they catch you

01:11and then it's off again.

01:12All the background actors did the whole boot camp

01:14before we started, so they really know

01:16how to use the old 70s cameras

01:18and the cranes and the boom mics and the props,

01:21and they're wheeling it all around.

01:22It really becomes alive so quickly.

01:25Sorry, Lorne. Jeez.

01:26You feel the same energy with the music.

01:28We recorded the entire score on set, in real time.

01:32It's Saturday Night Live, and we're scoring live.

01:39Jason executed it beautifully,

01:40and it has created an environment on set and on camera

01:45that is really electric

01:46and gives this whole movie an insane energy.

01:50I mean, we're 90 minutes of live television

01:52by a group of 20-year-olds who have never made anything!

01:55They brought comedy to television

01:57in a way that hadn't been done before.

02:00You cannot say horny on NBC.

02:03What is clam diving?

02:04I believe the act of harvesting mollusks.

02:07I want the audience to know exactly what it feels like

02:09when millions of people are about to watch

02:11what a handful of writers, actors, craftspeople

02:15cobbled together in a matter of days.

02:17And minutes before, I want them to feel like,

02:19is this possible?

02:21You are so fluffy.

02:23Hey, come on, Andy.

02:25Come on, Andy.

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