Jason Reitman On Capturing Lorne Michaels’ Chaotic Triage Preceding 1st ‘Saturday Night Live;’ Watch Reitman-Scripted Skits That Aired: Q&A
deadline.comIn a career that began with the lauded satire Thank You For Smoking and has drawn four Oscar noms for films that include Juno and Up in the Air, Jason Reitman managed the neat trick by creating his own niche, and coming out from under the considerable shadow cast by his iconic director dad Ivan Reitman, and all his blockbuster comic hits.
Jason grew comfortable enough to relaunch the franchise hatched by dad with his biggest hit Ghostbusters. Reitman has taken on his biggest challenge as a filmmaker, moving into non-fiction terrain with Saturday Night.
Pic covers the 90 frantic minutes before the launch of an iconic TV show that turns 50 next year, Saturday Night mixes facts you never knew about that historic night with a propulsive narrative driven by the challenges that faced creator Lorne Michaels.
Judging by the early fest reviews, Reitman has made an exceptional chronicle of that evening in Studio 8H of Rockefeller Center.
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