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Mr. Saturday Night
It's lonely at the middle.
Genres
ComedyDrama
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$43000000
Revenue
$13300000
Runtime
119 min
Release Date
1992-09-23
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
59
Vote Average
5.7
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Billy Crystal
Buddy Young Jr.
David Paymer
Stan
Julie Warner
Elaine
Helen Hunt
Annie Wells
Mary Mara
Susan
Jerry Orbach
Phil Gussman
Ron Silver
Larry Meyerson
Sage Allen
Mom
Jason Marsden
Buddy (Age 15)
Michael Weiner
Stan (Age 8)
Larry Gelman
Mr. Gimbel
Kay Freeman
Mrs. Gimbel
Howard Mann
Stage Manager
Julius Branca
Stage Manager
Liz Georges
Script Girl
Bill Wendell
Announcer
Hartley Haverty
Susan (Age 6)
Will Jordan
Ed Sullivan
Josh Byrne
Buddy (Age 6)
Ben Diskin
Stan (Age 9)
Irving Wasserman
Uncle Moe
Phil Forman
Uncle Julius
Joe Shea
MC
Michael Ben-Edward
Fat Guy in Audience
Carl Ballantine
Freddie
Slappy White
Joey
Richard Mehana
Sidney
Mark Lonow
Producer
Conrad Janis
Director
Tim Russ
A.D.
Marc Shaiman
Lucky Zindberg
Chayim Frenkel
Cantor at Funeral
Jan Lucas
Karen (Casting Director)
Daniel Tisman
Reece
Peter Kim
Maitre d'
Greg Joung Paik
Owner
Eugene Kaufmann
Old Man
Miranda Garrison
Apache Dancer
Alberto Toledano
Apache Dancer
Richard Kind
Reporter
Jerry Lewis
Himself
Edith Fields
Woman in Commercial
Adam Goldberg
Eugene Gimbel
Maria A. Ferrari Olivo
Fat Guy's Wife
Talbot Perry Simons
Man at Catskills
Lonnie Burr
TV Show Dancer
Randy Doney
TV Show Dancer
Joe A. Giamalva
TV Show Dancer
Birl Jonns
TV Show Dancer
Shadoe Stevens
Fred
Bert Copello
Sullivan A.D.
Lindsay Crystal
Screaming Girl
Dana Lipsic
Other Screaming Girl
Jerry Gadette
Stage Hand
William Yamadera
Japanese Client
Lowell Ganz
Writer #1
Babaloo Mandel
Writer #2
Gary Grossman
Backstage Man
Bob Yerkes
Acrobat
Marinela Cimpoeru
Acrobat
Costin Csizmas
Acrobat
Voinea Dumitru
Acrobat
Adrian Smertcov
Acrobat
Steven Kravitz
Young Comic
Randy Crenshaw
'Buddy Buddy' Singer
Geoff Koch
'Buddy Buddy' Singer
Steve Lively
'Buddy Buddy' Singer
Rick Logan
'Buddy Buddy' Singer
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