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- The American sketch comedy TV series Saturday Night Live, which debuted on NBC in 1975, has been the genesis of 12 feature-length films.
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The American sketch comedy TV series Saturday Night Live, which debuted on NBC in 1975, has been the genesis of 12 feature-length films. These films are based on some of the more popular sketches and characters from the show and have achieved varying levels of success.
FilmDetails ...(saturday Night Live Sketches Based On)Details(director (s))Details(writer (s))The Blues Brothers by Dan Aykroyd & John ...Dan Aykroyd & John LandisWayne's World by Mike MyersMike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry TurnerConeheads by Dan AykroydTom Davis, Dan Aykroyd, Bonnie Turner & ...Wayne's World by Mike MyersMike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner1 day ago · We’re ranking all movies that got their start on Saturday Night Live, including comedy classics like Blues Brothers and Wayne’s World, and enduring fan favorites like Macgruber! — Alex Vo.
- Bob Roberts (1992) - 93% The most widely celebrated and critically successful SNL-based movie is the satirical mockumentary film, Bob Roberts, which was written and directed by Tim Robbins.
- Wayne's World (1992) - 79% Coming in hot at the number two spot is OG Wayne’s World. Based on the SNL skit of the same name, we’re presented with Wayne and Garth, two aspiring public-access television personalities from Aurora, Illinois who are famously bad at picking up women, love rock and roll music, and playing guitar and drums.
- Blues Brothers (1980) - 72% Don’t let the critical score on this one fool you, because Blues Brothers has a 92% audience rating, making it a fan favorite.
- Wayne's World 2 (1993) - 60% Though Wayne’s World 2 didn’t exceed its predecessor on the critical front, it was generally well-received, and by most measures a successful sequel.
- The Blues Brothers
- Wayne’s World
- Bob Roberts
- Coneheads
- Wayne’s World 2
- It’S Pat
- Stuart Saves His Family
- Blues Brothers 2000
- A Night at The Roxbury
- Superstar
The first SNL film adaptation also became the one that set the precedent for all others to come. The Blues Brothersis a lot of things: a gonzo road movie, a musical revue, and an action film. But mostly, it’s just an excuse for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd to bounce off each other for two hours. With a massive budget just for cocaine and enough car...
The 1980s was a tumultuous period for SNL. Constantly shifting personnel and pervasive threats of cancellation made the decade a difficult one in Studio 8H. But by the end of the 1980s, a renewed sense of stability made SNL extremely successful once again. Nothing embodies that better than Wayne’s World, the iconic sketch that became SNL‘s biggest ...
In 1986, Tim Robbins produced a short film for SNLfeaturing the character of Bob Roberts, a blowhard far-right businessman who used folk songs and protest music to convey his messages. Robbins kept wanting to revisit the character, and eventually, a big-screen adaptation turned Roberts into a politician seeking to unite the right through song. Bob ...
Although it was only in its early stages, SNL films could do no wrong in the early 1990s. With the success of Wayne’s World and the continued cult fandom around The Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd decided to revive a decades-old sketch for the next feature film adaptation from SNL. Coneheads was the moment it all went sideways. Hackneyed, laboured, and...
After the success of the first Wayne’s World movie, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey jumped right back into Wayne’s World 2. Unfortunately, the pair’s chemistry had become strained through disagreements, leaving a slight tension in the air that is palpable on screen. That being said, Wayne’s World 2 is goofier and sillier than its predecessor, containing...
Julia Sweeney’s signatureSNLcharacter Pat had a one-joke pitch: was he/she a he or a she? It would have taken some Herculean efforts to stretch that out over a full-length runtime, but it was decided that Pat was worth rolling the dice on in 1994. It’s Pat is more bizarre than it is bad. Featuring cameos from goof-rock legends Ween and uncredited s...
Al Franken had one of the most extensive resumes at SNL. As a writer and featured player during the show’s original run, Franken was tagged to be Lorne Michael’s successor in 1980 before a sketch attacking NBC president Fred Silverman cost him the job. Franken would return in 1985 but permanently left the show after losing out on hosting Weekend Up...
Everything about Blues Brothers 2000 is confusing. From its title that jumps the gun by two years to its reliance on John Belushi stand-ins to a plot that is somehow even less organised than the original, Blues Brothers 2000is among the least necessary sequels of all time. A Blues Brothers film without John Belushi was always going to fail, but Dan...
Something bizarre was happening at SNL in the late 1990s. Will Ferrell was easily the biggest star on the show, but when it came to making the leap onto the silver screen, Ferrell was relegated to second banana duty. His first trip into this niche came when he and Chris Kattan starred in the film version of A Night at the Roxbury. Although it recei...
A year after A Night at the Roxbury, Ferrell was once again tasked with supporting one of his fellow cast members in a feature film. This time, it was Molly Shannon and her perpetually clumsy Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher in Superstar. Once again trashed by critics, Superstar has just about everything a film needs to be revived as a ...
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- Wayne's World. I've loved Wayne's World since an age when I probably shouldn't have enjoyed a movie like this and should have been watching a Disney movie or something instead of developing my first big screen crush on Tia Carrere.
- The Blues Brothers. Easily one of the best and most iconic comedies ever made, this one is a real classic. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are one of the best duos to ever grace the big screen, and what's even more impressive is that their musical antics aren't just funny, but also worthy of busting some moves on the dance floor.
- MacGruber. This movie may have bombed hard when it hit theaters in 2010, earning just over $8 million at the domestic box office in its entire theatrical run, but it has found quite a sizable audience since hitting home video, rightly taking it to cult comedy status.
- Wayne's World 2. In some ways, this comedy sequel starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey is superior to the original. It relies less on the gags that made the sketch characters famous and features some extremely memorable spoofs of The Graduate and Jurassic Park.
Aug 15, 2024 · Only 11 movies in the 39 year history of SNL have been made from sketches, but the films were each memorable. Starting in 1980, Saturday Night Live movies have been bringing to life characters who had never spent more than ten minutes at a time on screen.
Jan 1, 2022 · A surprising number of feature-length movies have been adapted from recurring Saturday Night Live skits, and here's a guide to all of them.
