Samedi soir

A documentary that stakes its claim on one legendary TV birth. At 11:30 p.m. on October 11, 1975, a nervous crew scrambled to launch the first Saturday Night Live. Somewhere between genius and chaos, the show was born anyway.

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Jason Reitman directed Samedi soir in 2024. See Jason Reitman's full filmography, where to start with Jason Reitman, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jason Reitman.

Samedi soir was released in 2024 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 109 minutes.