Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” tells a David and Goliath tale. Except that David in this case is a diminutive Jewish comedy writer from Canada named Lorne Michaels (born Lorne Lipowitz) and Goliath is Johnny Carson. The fast-paced, deliriously enjoyable movie all takes place in one night, the hours before the first episode of “Saturday Night […]
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Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” tells a David and Goliath tale. Except that David in this case is a diminutive Jewish comedy writer from Canada named Lorne Michaels (born Lorne Lipowitz) and Goliath is Johnny Carson.
