Saturday Night

2024
R
1h 49m

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7.4/10

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At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.

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At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the f... Read allAt 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live (1975).At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live (1975).

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

6.1K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

109

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination

Videos5

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Who Plays Who in 'Saturday Night'?

Matt Wood stars as John Belushi in Saturday Night, check out the rest of the cast and their real-life counterparts.

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Trivia
Dan Aykroyd was the only original SNL cast member who read the script.

Goofs
As the show goes live they have John Belushi coming into frame 39 seconds late through a door. In reality he came on immediately.

Quotes
Jim Henson: The writers on the seventeenth floor tied a belt around Big Bird's neck and hung him from my dressing room door.
Michael O'Donoghue: Hey, Jim! I heard about Big Bird. So sorry. Auto-erotic asphyxiation, who knew?

Crazy credits
The movie opens with a quote of Lorne Michaels: "The show doesn't go on because it's ready, it goes on because it's 11:30."

Connections
Featured in Eddie Murphy, le roi noir d'Hollywood (2023)

Soundtracks
Ixoo 'Chickenweed' Chawz
Written by Don Cento and Martin Garner
Performed by Don Cento and Martin Garner

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Featured review

Where the hell is Gilda???

I enjoyed this movie, it was great fun. I just feel like it completely cut out, well all of the women, but most importantly Gilda Radner. She was key to the launching of Saturday night live and it felt like a huge insult to completely ignore her.

I liked the movie other than that, however it is such a a huge oversight that it almost felt malicious on the part of the writers. It just felt so egregious, like such a slap in her face, that I don't really want to give it an official rating because I'm so torn. On the one hand it was fun, but on the other I felt so defensive of how Gilda was treated.

How on earth would they make this movie without Gilbert having a significant role????