Words Aaron Potter

Will Ferrell. Adam Sandler. Eddie Murphy. Just some of the world-famous comedians who owe their big break to Saturday Night Live, the pioneering sketch comedy show that first aired some fifty years ago.

October 11th, 1975. It’s the events on this faithful night that forms the basis of Jason Reitman’s appropriately chaotic and madcap biographical drama. Saturday Night recounts how it all comes together in the ninety minutes leading up to broadcast from the perspective of the show’s creator and producer, the legendary Lorne Michaels.

The Fabelmans breakout star Gabriel LaBelle plays Michaels, who, in just an hour-and-a-half, needs to wrestle together a troupe of wild young comedians while under the scrutiny of several NBC executives that expect the show to fail. To tell this unbelievable true story – and in real-time – Reitman assembles a who’s who of modern Hollywood stars to portray the would-be future Hollywood A-listers… not that they knew it back then.

It may seem like a tell that’ll land best with audiences across the pond, but with reviews from its premiere so rave, it’s best to not miss this chance to relive perhaps the most important night in comedy, ever.

They’ve Got A Great Show For You

Gabriel LaBelle is Lorne Michaels
Rachel Sennott is Rosie Shuster
Dylan O’Brien is Dan Aykroyd
Cory Michael Smith is Chevy Chase
Ella Hunt is Gilda Radner
Nicholas Braun is Jim Henson & Andy Kaufman
Matt Wood is John Belushi
Nicholas Podany is Billy Crystal
Cooper Hoffman is Dick Ebersol
Lamorne Morris is Garrett Morris
Kim Matula is Jane Curtin
Taylor Gray is Al Franken 
Andrew Barth Feldman is Neil Levy
Kaia Gerber is Jacqueline Carlin
Emily Fairn is Laraine Newman
Jon Batiste is Billy Preston
Willem Dafoe is Dave Tebet
Matthew Rhys is George Carlin
J.K. Simmons is Milton Berle