If you loved Thank You for Smoking, try Saturday Night

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Saturday Night has roughly 6.7× fewer votes than Thank You for Smoking — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Jason Reitman, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Thank You for Smoking, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Saturday Night is

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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