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Saturday Night.
What if Uncut Gems was a comedy? That’s how this film from Juno director Jason Reitman feels.
It covers a very specific moment in Saturday Night Live history: the 90 minutes before the first episode in 1975. Series creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) desperately tries to keep everything together despite not really knowing what he’s doing. Also, the lighting director quit, they have too much material, and Chevy Chase and John Belushi won’t stop fighting.
It’s a stressful race to the finish line, but eases the tension with lots of jokes.
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