Saturday Morning (2007 film)

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Saturday Morning
Directed byRob Greenberg
Written byRob Greenberg
Produced byRob Greenberg
Jennifer Lieberman
Frank Nugent
StarringJoey Piscopo
George Wendt
Valerie R. Feingold
Louis Mandylor
Ashley Carin
Victor Raider-Wexler
Beth Ostrosky
Lillo Brancato, Jr.
CinematographyTristan G. Sheridan
Edited byHarris Demel
James Manno
Joey Piscopo
Music byJames Manno
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Lightyear Entertainment
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Saturday Morning is a 2007 American comedy film written and directed by Rob Greenberg and starring Joey Piscopo, George Wendt, Valerie R. Feingold, Louis Mandylor, Ashley Carin, Victor Raider-Wexler, Beth Ostrosky, and Lillo Brancato, Jr.

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Saturday Morning was Greenberg's first feature film, shot independently after years of failing to break into the industry. The film was inspired in combination by waking up early on a Saturday morning, an episode of Night Court , and driving into New York City for a date. Exterior filming was done in the town of Westfield, NJ, were the TV Series Ed was also shot. [1]

Premise

A dull, office dwelling loser named Wes Selman gets a strange birthday present from an uncle to get his house painted forcing him to awake at 6 a.m. and leading him on a two-hour odyssey through a strange other world where everything magically goes his way till 8 a.m. that Saturday morning.

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References

  1. Handler, A.R. (December 26, 2009). "Rising to "Saturday Morning": An Interview with Filmmaker Rob Greenberg". Identity Theory.