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Mr. Saturday Night

Year:

1992

Duration:

119 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

5.8

Director:

Billy Crystal

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1992-09-23

Filming Locations: Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $13,351,357 (USA) Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Billy Crystal

Mr. Saturday Night

David Paymer

Stan

Julie Warner

Elaine

Helen Hunt

Annie Wells

Mary Mara

Susan

Jerry Orbach

Phil Gussman

Ron Silver

Larry Meyerson

Sage Allen

Mom

Jason Marsden

Buddy - Age 15

Michael Weiner

Stan - Age 18

Larry Gelman

Mr. Gimbel

Kay Freeman

Mrs. Gimbel

Howard Mann

Stage Manager

Julius Branca

Stage Manager

Liz Georges

Script Girl

Bill Wendell

Announcer (as William Wendell)

Hartley Haverty

Susan - Age 6

Will Jordan

Ed Sullivan

Josh Byrne

Buddy - Age 6

Ben Diskin

Stan - Age 9

Irving Wasserman

Uncle Moe

Phil Forman

Uncle Julius

Joe Shea

Michael Ben-Edward

Fat Guy in Audience

Carl Ballantine

Freddie

Slappy White

Joey

Richard Mehana

Sidney

Mark Lonow

Producer

Conrad Janis

Director

Tim Russ

A.D.

Marc Shaiman

Lucky Zindberg

Chayim Frenkel

Cantor at Funeral (as Cantor Chayim Frenkel)

Jan Lucas

Karen - Casting Director

Daniel Tisman

Reece

Peter Kim

Maitre d'

Greg Joung Paik

Owner (as Greg Paik)

Eugene Kaufmann

Old Man

Miranda Garrison

Apache Dancer

Alberto Toledano

Apache Dancer

Richard Kind

Reporter

Jerry Lewis

Edith Fields

Woman in Commercial

Adam Goldberg

Eugene Gimbel

Maria A. Ferrari Olivo

Fat Guy's Wife

Talbot Perry Simons

Man at Catskills

Lonnie Burr

TV Show Dancer

Randy Doney

TV Show Dancer

Joe A. Giamalva

TV Show Dancer

Birl Jonns

TV Show Dancer

Shadoe Stevens

Fred

Bert Copello

Sullivan A.D.

Lindsay Crystal

Screaming Girl

Dana Lipsic

Other Screaming Girl

Jerry Gadette

Stage Hand

William Yamadera

Japanese Client

Lowell Ganz

Writer #1

Babaloo Mandel

Writer #2

Gary Grossman

Backstage Man

Bob Yerkes

Acrobat

Marinela Cimpoeru

Acrobat

Costin Csizmas

Acrobat

Voinea Dumitru

Acrobat

Adrian Smertcov

Acrobat

Steven Kravitz

Young Comic

Randy Crenshaw

'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Geoff Koch

'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Steve Lively

'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Rick Logan

'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Jackie Gayle

Gene

Joe Mays

Rene Beard

NYC Cabbie (uncredited)

Nicole Brandon

Extra (uncredited)

Walton Goggins

Shaky Kid (uncredited)

Pauline Olsen

Buddys Showgirl (uncredited)

Michael Pasby

Cameraman at Game Show (uncredited)

David Pires

Young Woody Allen

Steven Rozic

Dancer (uncredited)

Cari Shayne

(uncredited)

Marc Ian Sklar

Family Member (uncredited)

Barry Squitieri

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Tami Zweig

Woman in Catskills Audience (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

There is one scene where Buddy Young, Jr. is watching Your Show of Shows (1950) starring Sid Caesar and wincing. Ironically, Billy Crystal has cited Sid Caesar for his reason wanting to get into comedy.

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Goofs

Stan explains that rating for Buddy's Saturday night TV show are sliding because the show is opposite Davy Crockett, a serial that actually ran midweek for three weeks on a TV's Disneyland show.

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Guests at a Borscht Belt resort, circa 1950, dance to the tune "Hey There" four years before the song was written for The Pajama Game.

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Quotes

Stan: Buddy, my whole life I listened to ya' bellyache about your luck. Well, you are where you are because of who you are.

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Buddy Young, Jr.: For me, my family was like, uh, Dances With Jews. Oh sure, we had names for our relatives like they had in that movie.

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Buddy Young, Jr.: Who do you have to screw to get a vodka?

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