Thursday, October 15, 2015

Film auditions and SNL

An occasional SNL trope is the recreation of auditions for famous films. The first one I can find is from season one, when prisoners auditioned for Peter Cook.  That one is a classic, but only available as part of the full episode on Hulu+.  Here's some that are easier to find:

-Superman (1985): host Christopher Reeve auditions (and barely gets the part).  Another classic, and the only one on this list that's a standard sketch (as opposed to pre-tape).

-Star Wars (1997 / 2015): This was done for the film's 20th anniversary reissue.  The sketch is posted in parts here and here and here.  SNL did a similar bit when Episode VII was released, which is here.

-Pulp Fiction (1997): my favorite part of this is Norm's bizarre Quentin Tarantino impression.

-Top Gun (2011): Top Gun is a stupid movie, but this sketch is funny.

-Fifty Shades of Grey (2013): Proof that Miley Cyrus could be a classy beauty, as opposed to a human Rolling-Stones-logo.

-Back to the Future (2015): "GREAT JOB, SCOTT!"  Classic.

And this is only peripherally related, but it's the show's take on A Charlie Brown Christmas on Broadway.  Meh.

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