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!
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 I want to bring audiences back to that moment
00:05When there was only one person on the planet who knew it and that was Lorne Michaels
00:09Do you even know what the show is? Of course. Are you gonna share with the rest of us? Yes
00:13In 88 minutes. Oh my god
00:18Saturday night is about the 90 minutes leading up to the first episode of Saturday Night Live
00:22You're living it through Lorne Michaels eyes and all the pressure that's mounting on his shoulders
00:28Okay, you asked me again in 90 minutes
00:31We began doing zoom calls with anyone we could find that was in the building on October 11th
00:371975 we wanted all their stories the writers on the 17th floor tied a belt around Big Bird's neck and hung him from my
00:44Dressing room door. We were trying as much as possible to recreate a set that we're all very familiar with
00:50We found the actual original blueprints for Rockefeller Center all the engineering where all the studs were how the original floor was built
00:57The whole set it's such a living organism
00:59It enables you to do really long takes to where you're letting the action tell the story for the camera to be almost like another
01:06Actor and to be moving around us all like you just have your moment where they catch you and then it's off again
01:12All the background actors did the whole boot camp before we started so they really know how to use the old
01:1770s cameras and the cranes and the boom mics and the props and they're wheeling it all around. It really becomes alive so quickly
01:24You feel the same energy with the music
01:28Recorded entire score on set in real time. It's sad. They're not alive and we score in life
01:39Jason executed it beautifully and it has created an environment on set and on
01:44Camera that is really electric and gives this whole movie an insane energy
01:50I mean more than 90 minutes of live television by a group of 20 year olds who have never made anything
01:55They brought comedy to television in a way that hadn't been done before
01:59Cannot say horny on NBC. What is the clam diving? I believe the act of harvesting mollusks
02:06I want the audience to know exactly what it feels like when millions of people are about to watch what a handful of writers actors
02:13Craftspeople cobbled together in a matter of days and minutes before I want them to feel like is this possible?
02:20You are so fluffy. Hey, come on