Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005) (TV)

Director:

Kenneth Bowser

Writer:

Kenneth Bowser (writer)

Release Date:

20 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Tagline:

5 years that changed the face of comedy.

Plot:

A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live. |

Plot Keywords:

Retrospective | Rebel | Fame | Drugs | Hugh Hefner

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Sheree Ali	...	The Iguana Patron
Joan Armatrading	...	Herself (archive footage)
Dan Aykroyd	...	Himself
Anne Beatts	...	Herself
John Belushi	...	Himself (archive footage)
Judith Belushi-Pisano	...	Herself (as Judy Belushi Pisano)
Candice Bergen	...	Herself
Milton Berle	...	Himself (archive footage)
Peter Boyle	...	(archive footage)
Bernie Brillstein	...	Himself
Albert Brooks	...	Himself (archive footage)
Clem Burke	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jacqueline Carlin	...	Herself (archive footage)
Dana Carvey	...	Himself
Ray Charles	...	Himself (archive footage)
Chevy Chase	...	Himself
Jimmy Cliff	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Coe	...	Himself (archive footage)
Elvis Costello	...	Himself (archive footage)
Steve Cropper	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jane Curtin	...	Herself (archive footage)
Rick Danko	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tom Davis	...	Himself
Jimmy Destri	...	Himself (archive footage)
James Downey	...	Himself (as Jim Downey)
Donald Dunn	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bob Dylan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dick Ebersol	...	Himself
Jimmy Fallon	...	Himself
Jodie Foster	...	Herself (archive footage)
Redd Foxx	...	Himself (archive footage)
Al Franken	...	Himself
Barbara Gallagher	...	Herself
Jerry Garcia	...	Himself (archive footage)
Donna Godchaux	...	Herself (archive footage)
Keith Godchaux	...	Himself (archive footage)
Elliott Gould	...	Himself
George Harrison	...	Himself (archive footage)
Nigel Harrison	...	Himself (archive footage)
Deborah Harry	...	Herself (archive footage)
Mickey Hart	...	Himself (archive footage)
Hugh M. Hefner	...	Himself (archive footage)
Levon Helm	...	Himself (archive footage)
Buck Henry	...	Himself
Garth Hudson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tom Hulce	...	(archive footage)
Phil Hyms	...	Himself
Eric Idle	...	Himself
Frank Infante	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mick Jagger	...	Himself (archive footage)
Madeline Kahn	...	(archive footage)
Craig Kellem	...	Himself
Margot Kidder	...	(archive footage)
Edward I. Koch	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bill Kreutzmann	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Lassiter	...	Various Characters
Eugene Lee	...	Himself
Phil Lesh	...	Himself (archive footage)
Neil Levy	...	Himself
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Herself
Norm MacDonald	...	Himself
Richard Manuel	...	Himself (archive footage)
Penny Marshall	...	Herself
Steve Martin	...	Himself
Tim Meadows	...	Himself
Meat Loaf	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lorne Michaels	...	Himself
Bette Midler	...	Herself (archive footage)
Marilyn Suzanne Miller	...	Herself
Garrett Morris	...	Himself
Matt Murphy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bill Murray	...	Himself (archive footage)
Laraine Newman	...	Herself
Randy Newman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself
Michael O'Donoghue	...	Himself (archive footage)
Don Pardo	...	Himself
Anthony Perkins	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tom Petty	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Pryor	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gilda Radner	...	Herself (archive footage)
Leon Redbone	...	Himself (archive footage)
Burt Reynolds	...	Himself (archive footage)
Keith Richards	...	Himself (archive footage)
Peter Riegert	...	(archive footage)
Robbie Robertson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bill Russell	...	Himself (archive footage)
Herbert Sargent	...	Himself
Tom Schiller	...	Himself
Rob Schneider	...	Himself
Tom Scott	...	Himself (archive footage)
Paul Shaffer	...	Himself
Molly Shannon	...	Herself
Harry Shearer	...	(archive footage)
Howard Shore	...	Himself
Rosie Shuster	...	Herself
James Signorelli	...	Himself
Paul Simon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Patti Smith	...	Herself (archive footage)
Sissy Spacek	...	Herself (archive footage)
Chris Stein	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lily Tomlin	...	Herself
Peter Tosh	...	Himself (archive footage)
Loudon Wainwright III	...	Himself (archive footage)
Charlie Watts	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bob Weir	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gary Weis	...	Himself
Peter Wolf	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ron Wood	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bill Wyman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alan Zweibel	...	Himself
Peter Cook	...	Gigi Director (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Kenneth Bowser

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kenneth Bowser		writer

Produced by
Lisa Ammerman	....	associate producer
Ken Aymong	....	supervising producer
Kenneth Bowser	....	producer
Stacey Foster	....	coordinating producer
Rachel Talbot	....	supervising producer

Cinematography by
Teodoro Maniaci

Film Editing by
Youna Kwak

Makeup Department
Alexis Kelley	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Rebecca Arndt	....	assistant production manager

Sound Department
Steven Robinson	....	production sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Alton Christensen	....	executive producer: Edgeworx
Brian Haimes	....	animator
David Tecson	....	executive producer: Edgeworx
Tai Uhlmann	....	supervising producer: Edgeworx

Camera and Electrical Department
Steven Robinson	....	digital imaging technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tim McKelvey	....	assistant costumer

Editorial Department
Sak Costanzo	....	additional editor (as Mary Sak Costanzo)
Leslie King	....	associate editor
Sheila F. Sullivan	....	on-line editor

Other crew
Robert Caminiti	....	associate director (as Bob Caminiti)
Teddy Champion	....	location manager
Kate Coe	....	footage research
Henry Diltz	....	archive photographs
Michael Dobo	....	archive photographs
Steve Higgins	....	consultant
Marci Klein	....	consultant
Annie Leibovitz	....	archive photographs
Elizabeth Pugh	....	production assistant
Francesco Scavullo	....	archive photographs
Michael Shoemaker	....	consultant
Ted Streshinsky	....	archive photographs
Ed Zareh	....	researcher

Thanks
Edie Baskin	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of
Tom Davis	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of
John Landis	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of
Lorne Michaels	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of
Michael O'Donoghue	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of
Rosie Shuster	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of
Matty Simmons	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of
Martha Swope	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of
Robert Van Ry	....	acknowledgment: photos courtesy of (as Bob Van Ry)

Production Companies

• Broadway Video
• NBC Studios
• NBC Universal Television
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
• SNL Studios

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2005) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• ABC Photo Archives  photos
• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS)  archive clips
• Atlantic Records  album cover
• Bettmann/Corbis  photos
• Broadway Video  post-production services
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment  movie posters
• Edgeworx  post-production services
• Hulton-Deutsch Collection  photos
• Margo Felden Gallery  photos
• New Line Productions  movie posters
• New York Magazine  magazine covers courtesy of
• Newsweek Magazine  magazine covers courtesy of
• Paramount Pictures  movie posters
• People Weekly  magazine covers courtesy of
• Python (Monty) Pictures  movie posters
• Time Magazine  magazine covers courtesy of
• Universal Studios Licensing  photos
• Warner Brothers Entertainment  movie posters
• Warner Strategic Marketing  album cover

Also Known As:

SNL: The First 5 Years (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:TV-14

Company:

Broadway Video

Trivia:

Clips of the disastrous Mardi Gras episode from 20 February 1977 are shown for the first time since its original airing.

Movie Connections:

Edited from "Saturday Night Live: Chevy Chase/Billy Joel (#3.11)" (1978)

Live from New York, it's Saturday Night...

Ahhh... Saturday Night Live. This is a pretty good documentary about the heyday of SNL (the first five years 1975-1980) that was originally made for broadcast by NBC.

It includes many great interviews with the cast and writers (including Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris and others), mixed with lots of quick flashes of classic sketches and musical guests. The interviews are fairly candid and I learned a few things about the cast that I didn't know.

Watching this special made me yearn for the days when SNL was edgy and funny. Viewing the show now most of the time is a chore. Do yourself a favor and pick up this DVD. It's money well spent for fans of classic Saturday Night Live.