Story Line
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
“The revolution begins at 11:30.”
Top Cast
Gabriel LaBelle
Lorne Michaels
Rachel Sennott
Rosie Shuster
Cory Michael Smith
Chevy Chase
Ella Hunt
Gilda Radner
Dylan O'Brien
Dan Aykroyd
Emily Fairn
Laraine Newman
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
2024-09-27
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
ComedyDrama
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User Reviews (2)
Manuel São Bento
7/10
•10/12/2024FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://talkingfilms.net/saturday-night-review-capturing-the-chaos-and-magic-of-snls-first-broadcast/
"Saturday Night successfully captures the frenetic energy and spontaneous magic of the behind-the-scenes world of SNL,...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•2/5/2025I think my problem with this was that I remember seeing that opening sketch not long after it was aired in 1975 and it wasn’t funny. That’s kind of what I felt about this whole thing as it in real-time takes us through the ninety minutes before trans...