Directed by:
Bao NguyenCinematography:
Bao NguyenCast:
Dan Aykroyd, Alec Baldwin, Jim Belushi, Candice Bergen, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Billy Crystal, Jane Curtin, Pete Davidson, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey (more)Plots(1)
If you've enjoyed almost any US film comedy since the mid-1970s, chances are it has roots in the television institution that is Saturday Night Live. Initially billed as 'a cross between 60 Minutes and Monty Python', for forty years the satirical, flying-by-the-skin-of-its-pants sketch show introduced an unparalleled roster of comedic talent, from founding cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi through '80s superstar Eddie Murphy to later breakout talents like Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. This fleet-footed documentary zips through numerous highlights: hilarious sketches (Fey vs Sarah Palin), jaw-dropping controversies (singer Sinead O'Connor vs the Pope) and powerful cultural moments (the first show post-9/11), all while allowing SNL creator Lorne Michaels and many onscreen luminaries to look back on the challenges (the rivalries as well as shaky ethnic and gender cast mixes) and triumphs of reflecting contemporary life and redefining the humour of not just America, but much of the world. (London Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Dan Aykroyd
Canada
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
Alec Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Departed (2006)
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
Jim Belushi
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
Salvador (1986)
Palermo Connection (1990)
Candice Bergen
USA
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Live for Life (1967)
Soldier Blue (1970)
Dana Carvey
USA
Best movies:
Racing with the Moon (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Halloween II (1981)
Chevy Chase
USA
Best movies:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Vacation (1983)
Hero (1992)
Billy Crystal
USA
Best movies:
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Hamlet (1996)
Cars (2006)
Jane Curtin
USA
Best movies:
Antz (1998)
Our Town (2003) (TV movie)
I Love You, Man (2009)
Pete Davidson
USA
Best movies:
The Dirt (2019)
The King of Staten Island (2020)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Jimmy Fallon
USA
Best movies:
Almost Famous (2000)
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
Jurassic World (2015)
Will Ferrell
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Megamind (2010)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Tina Fey
USA
Best movies:
Soul (2020)
Megamind (2010)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie) - a.f.
John Goodman
USA
Best movies:
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Cars (2006)
Christopher Guest
USA
Best movies:
The Princess Bride (1987)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Death Wish (1974)
Bill Hader
USA
Best movies:
Inside Out (2015)
Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
Her (2013)
Darrell Hammond
USA
Best movies:
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
The King and I (1999)
Scary Movie 3.5 (2003)
Leslie Jones
USA
Best movies:
Chantez (2016)
Wrongfully Accused (1998)
The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
Chris Kattan
USA
Best movies:
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
Leo (2023)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Taran Killam
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)