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Mr. Saturday Night [DVD] [1992] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
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Mr. Saturday Night [DVD] [1992] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Sage Allen
3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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  • Actors: Sage Allen, Carl Ballantine, Michael Ben-Edward, Julius Branca, Lonnie Burr
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: MGM
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Jun 2002
  • Run Time: 119 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000063JDN
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 123,030 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Comedian Billy Crystal invested a life's worth of experience into his directorial debut, starring in and cowriting it as well. Mr. Saturday Night is a fascinating alternate biography of the career he never had. From the 1920s to the 90s, the movie uses flashbacks to follow a comedian's turbulent journey from making the family laugh, to stardom, to retirement. Buddy Young Jr (Crystal) and his brother Stan (David Paymer) show us the decidedly unfunny behind-the-scenes family events that can bolster or destroy an act. It's unfortunate that the flip side of Buddy's comic face is a viciously cruel streak. Distanced from his daughter and with Stan's need to move on, the contemporary segments are tinged with tragedy. They're assisted immeasurably by some impressive old-age make-up (which so often fails), transforming Crystal into an unrecognisable cantankerous creature. The gags come thick and fast; there are numerous cameos and the good-natured tone of the movie make it universally appealing. If only more acts from Saturday Night Live had been handled as well.

On the DVD: Mr. Saturday Night is a standard transfer with no frills in 4:3 and stereo. The extras package offers a series of mini-interviews that are interesting in themselves, but inexplicably repeated in the accompanying five-minute featurette. --Paul Tonks

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Homage to a forgotten Sytle of comedy, 24 Oct 2003
By rachel fernandez (frinton on sea, essex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mr. Saturday Night [VHS] (VHS Tape)
As my title indicates , this film is a affectionate homage to a style of comedy that was extremely popular in the 1950's and 1960's. Crystal has obviously taken a lot of care and attention in creating his chracter of Buddy Young.

He has strong support from David Paymer as his brother and Julie Warner as his long suffering but much loved wife Elaine. They both compliment Crystals very strong and stubborn character.

This film should be watched by all fans of such comedians such Jack Benny, Jerry Lewis and of course Billy Crystal whom really gives a great performance as the aging comic.

The one disappointment of this film is the make up.....Pretty unbelievable..........

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