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Directed by | Jason Reitman |
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Cinematography | Eric Steelberg |
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Music by | Jon Batiste |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 109 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25–30 million[2][3] |
Box office | $7.5 million[4][5] |
Saturday Night is a 2024 American biographical comedy-drama film, directed by Jason Reitman, about the night of the 1975 premiere of NBC's Saturday Night, later known as Saturday Night Live.[6]
The script was written by Reitman and Gil Kenan, with both also co-producing it alongside Jason Blumenfeld and Peter Rice. The film features an ensemble cast that includes 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, and J. K. Simmons.
Saturday Night had its world premiere at the 51st Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2024, and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 27, 2024, before its wide release by Sony Pictures Releasing on October 11, on the 49th anniversary of the show's premiere, during the show's 50th season. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $7 million on a $25–30 million budget.