Mr. Saturday Night

September. 23,1992      R
Rating:
5.9
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Trailer Synopsis Cast

Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.

Billy Crystal as  Buddy Young Jr.
David Paymer as  Stan
Julie Warner as  Elaine
Helen Hunt as  Annie Wells
Mary Mara as  Susan
Jerry Orbach as  Phil Gussman
Ron Silver as  Larry Meyerson
Sage Allen as  Mom
Jason Marsden as  Buddy (Age 15)
Larry Gelman as  Mr. Gimbel

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Reviews

Fluentiama
1992/09/23

Perfect cast and a good story

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Smartorhypo
1992/09/24

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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Suman Roberson
1992/09/25

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

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Ava-Grace Willis
1992/09/26

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

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