Official Trailer
Our Review
- Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien, Lamorne Morris
- January 25th 2025
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- Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman’s ensemble depicts the behind-the-scenes chaos leading up to the first-ever episode of Saturday Night Live.
The U.S. sketch show Saturday Night Live celebrates its 50th anniversary later this year so it’s the perfect time to take a look back at the making of the first-ever episode with the comedy Saturday Night.
Jason Reitman’s ensemble comedy begins at 10pm on 11 October 1975 and charts the 90 minutes leading up to the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live at 11.30pm.
Set in and around its New York studio, Saturday Night essentially follows creator and producer Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he walks around trying to fix problems – and there are so many problems.
To name a few, an unsatisfied John Belushi (Matt Wood) disappears, there are too many sketches and performances for the running time, the lightning director furiously quits, the censor wants to cut the rude jokes and host George Carlin (Matthew Rhys) isn’t happy.
If that wasn’t enough, Michaels also has the threat of NBC executives (represented by...
