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SATURDAY NIGHT

2025
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Comedy
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Drama

At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, 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 wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words…

Directed by

Jason Reitman

Written by

Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman

Produced by

Jason Blumenfeld,  Peter Rice,  Jason Reitman,  Gil Kenan

Executive Producers

Erica Mills,  JoAnn Perritano

Cast (in order of appearance)

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,  J.K. Simmons

Also rounding out the ensemble cast are Jon Batiste and Naomi McPherson.

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