TIFF isn’t a festival known for its standing ovations, but it’s arguable that tonight’s Canadian premiere of Sony’s behind-the-scenes SNL movie Saturday Night came close with arguably the most rapturous response here at the 49th edition which included the audience clapping rhythmically through the end-credits.
Said one industry insider not connected to the pic, “I won’t be surprised if it wins the Audience Award;” the fest’s Grolsch People’s Choice Award a historical bellwether for Oscar winners.
A multitude of the cast from the Jason Reitman directed pic were in tow at Roy Thomson Hall including Nicholas Braun (who plays Andy Kaufman and Jim Henson in the pic), J.K.
Simmons (Milton Berle), Willem Dafoe (NBC exec David Tebet), Matt Wood (John Belushi), Gabriel LaBelle (Lorne Michaels), Lamorne Morris (Garrett Morris), Dylan O’Brien (Dan Aykroyd), Cory Michael Smith (Chevy Chase), Ella Hunt (Gilda Radner) and Rachel Sennott (Rosie Shuster) as well as the pic’s co-scribe and producer Gil Kenan.
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