One More Saturday Night
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- This article is about the 1986 comedy film. For the Grateful Dead song, see One More Saturday Night (song).
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 One More Saturday Night VHS cover |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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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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[edit] Cast
- Al Franken ... Paul Flum
- Tom Davis ... Larry Hays
- David Reynolds ... Russ Cadwell
- Nan Woods ... Diane Lundahl
- Chelcie Ross ... Mr. Lundahl
- Nina Siemaszko ... Karen Lundahl
- Jonathan Singer ... Kevin Lundahl
- Meshach Taylor ... Bill Neal
- Dianne B. Shaw ... Lynn Neal
- Eric Saiet ... Doug
- Jessica Schwartz ... Traci
- Bess Meyer ... Tobi
- Moira Harris ... Peggy
- Ann Coyle ... Night desk clerk
- Steve Pink ... Dogman
[edit] Plot summary
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.
[edit] Critical reception
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 for comedy."[3]
[edit] Trivia
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.
