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The opening night selection of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival is a star-packed documentary tracing the early years of the 40-year-old Saturday Night Live and illustrating the sketch-comedy show’s evolution from subversive experiment to revered institution. With numerous classic highlights and contemporary interviews with many of the show’s cast members and guest stars, this lively movie amply demonstrates that the show has been a “living, breathing time capsule” of the American zeitgeist. Starring Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph and many more… Director: Bao Nguyen. (US 2015) 82 min.