| One More Saturday Night | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dennis Klein |
| Produced by | Jonathan Bernstein Robert Kosberg Tova Laiter Dan Aykroyd (exec. producer) |
| Written by | Al Franken Tom Davis |
| Starring | Tom Davis Al Franken Moira Harris Frank Howard Bess Meyer Meshach Taylor |
| Music by | David McHugh |
| Cinematography | James Glennon |
| Editing by | Gregory Prange |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 6[1] or August 22,[2] 1986 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $32,279 (USA) |
One More Saturday Night is a 1986 comedy film, written by Al Franken and Tom Davis, and directed by Dennis Klein.
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Plot summary [edit]
The film is about life on a Saturday night in St. Cloud, a small Minnesota town. Russ Cadwell is ready to have sex with his girlfriend, Diane Lundahl. Doug, who is a petty thief, decides to become a burglar. Traci is Doug's friend, suggests that they burglarize a nearby house. Mr. Lundahl, father of Diane, Karen, and Kevin, is going out on a date with a woman named Peggy. They have sex in a car at the park.
Karen is babysitting for Bill and Lynn Neal as they go out to eat, Karen's boyfriend comes over to the house and talks her into having a party at the house where she is babysitting. Russ Cadwell gets into an argument with Diane. She and her friend, Tobi, go to the local bar and drink and they watch "Bad Mouth", the band playing there. The lead band members are Larry Hays and Paul Flum. They both are hoping to score. Things get crazier later on as time goes by, but things get better.
Cast [edit]
- Al Franken ... Paul Flum
- Tom Davis ... Larry Hays
- Moira Harris ... Peggy
- Frank Howard ... Eddie
- Bess Meyer ... Tobi
- David Reynolds ... Russ Cadwell
- Chelcie Ross ... Mr. Lundahl
- Nan Woods ... Diane Lundahl
- Nina Siemaszko ... Karen Lundahl
- Jonathan Singer ... Kevin Lundahl
- Eric Saiet ... Doug
- Meshach Taylor ... Bill Neal
- Dianne B. Shaw ... Lynn Neal
- Jessica Schwartz ... Traci
- Rondi Reed ... Mrs. Becker
- Ann Coyle ... Night desk clerk
- Steve Pink ... Dogman
- John Cameron Mitchell ... Drunk Teen
Critical reception [edit]
TV Guide says the film "suffers from trying to explore a variety of situations, and ultimately gets nothing said at all. The situations are routine, lacking wit or originality. Director Dennis Klein's pacing is slack and reveals no flare (sic) for comedy."[3]
Trivia [edit]
Franken, appeared on the 1985-86 season finale of Saturday Night Live during Weekend Update; as part of his segment, he announced that Columbia Pictures was test marketing the film in Sacramento, California in June 1986; he also displayed a map depicting the location of the movie theaters showing the film, and provided directions to the nearest theater for viewers traveling there from the San Francisco Bay Area.
The movie's title is taken from the Grateful Dead song of the same name. (Both Franken and Davis were big Grateful Dead fans.)
Portions of the movie were filmed in Glenview, Illinois.
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