Sony Pictures has shared a poster from the director My friend Jason Reitman’S Saturday nightwhich tells the true story of the first episode of Saturday night live.
I really like this poster and it reminds me of the 70’s and 80’s movie posters for movies like Bad News Bears, Animal House, Cannonball Race, American Graffitiand more.
The film is described as a comedy thriller that builds on the first “Live from New York…” It takes place in real time over the course of 90 minutes, and everything is chaos!
“At 11:30 p.m. on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television and culture forever. Saturday night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday night live.
“Full of humor, chaos and the magic of a revolution that almost didn’t happen, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words…”
The film was written by Gil Kenan and Reitman. They wrote the screenplay after conducting interviews with all the living cast, writers and crew of SNL.
It is explained that every effort was made to keep things as close to the original article as possible. Reitman said: “We interviewed everyone we could find who was still alive from the first.
“Every living cast member, every living writer, the art department, the costume department, the hair and makeup department, the NBC pages, the members of Billy Preston’s band, you know, anyone we could find.”
The movie stars Dylan O’Brien, Lamorne Morris, Emily Fair, Cory Michael Smith, Matte wood, She HuntsAND Kim MatulaThey’re all playing iconic comedians like John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, Chevy Chase, Laraine Newman AND Jane Curtin.
Gabriele LaBelle (The Fablemen, Snack Shack) will play creator Lorne Michaels. Reitman says, “We meet Lorne while he’s still in training.
Other cast members include J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) like comedian Milton Berle, Billy Bryck (Friendship), Joe Crest (Stranger things) like Herb Sargent, co-creator of Weekend Update, Taylor Gray (Star Wars: Rebels) AND McAbe Gregg (Tough teenager) HOW In Franken AND Tom Davisthe writers and performers of the SNL duo Franken & Davis.
Saturday night will hit theaters on October 11th.
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by Joey Fear
Source: Geek Tyrant
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