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List of <i>Saturday Night Live</i> feature films

List of Saturday Night Live feature films

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The American sketch comedy TV series Saturday Night Live, which debuted on NBC in 1975, has been the genesis of 12 feature-length films. These films are based on some of the more popular sketches and characters from the show and have achieved varying levels of success. The first foray into film came with the successful Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi vehicle, The Blues Brothers (1980), which earned over $115 million on a $27 million budget.[1]

In 1990, Lorne Michaels oversaw the writing of a sketch anthology feature film titled The Saturday Night Live Movie with many of the show's then-current writing staff, including Al Franken, Tom Davis, Greg Daniels, Jim Downey, Conan O'Brien, Robert Smigel, and George Meyer, contributing. The screenplay only got as far as a Revised First Draft dated July 26, 1990 before being abandoned.[2]

The success of Wayne's World (1992) encouraged Michaels to produce more film spin-offs, based on several popular sketch characters.[citation needed] Michaels revived 1970s characters for Coneheads (1993), followed by It's Pat (1994); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); A Night at the Roxbury (1998); Superstar (1999), and The Ladies Man (2000). Most of these films were box office and critical failures, notably It's Pat, which did so badly at the box office that the studio that made the film, Touchstone Pictures, pulled it only one week after releasing it.[3]

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