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GenreComedy, Documentary & Music
RatedNot Rated
Runtime1 hr 38 mins
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2026
StreamingIn theaters now
DirectorNick Davis
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You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way) (2025)
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| You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way)'s Details | |
| Genre | Comedy, Documentary & Music |
| Rated | Not Rated |
| Released | 09/06/2025 (TIFF); 09/18/2026 (United States) |
| Streaming | In theaters now. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 38 mins |
| Budget | Not reported |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way)'s Interests | |
| General | Overalls, Toronto, a very long title. |
| Music | Godspell, start to finish. |
| Movies | Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show. |
| Television | SCTV, Saturday Night Live. |
| Heroes | Martin Short and Eugene Levy, forever. |
| You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way)'s Crew | |
| Director | Nick Davis |
| Writers | Nick Davis, Jane Mendelsohn |
| Producers | Nick Davis, Bonnie Comley, Stewart F. Lane, Tom Powers, Sue Turley |
| Cinematography | Phil Cooper, Wolfgang Held |
| Music | Timo Elliston, Brian Jones |
| Edited By | Doug Abel |
| Production | Open Door, Series of Dreams, XRM Media |
| Distributed By | Greenwich Entertainment |
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About me:
In 1972 a production of the musical Godspell opened in Toronto, and its cast turned out to be a who's who of comedy: Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Gilda Radner, Andrea Martin and Victor Garber. Nick Davis directs this documentary about how that one show led to Second City and Saturday Night Live. It also has one of the longest titles in movie history, and it earns every word.
Who I'd like to meet:
Anyone who can still sing every word of a musical from high school.
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You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way)'s Cast (in credits order)
Full cast and crew on IMDb.
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- (cur | prev) 14:30, 24 October 2026 DataBot +360 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $187K; Domestic box office $187K; Opening weekend $19K; profit note now waits on a budget; Rotten Tomatoes 94%; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 94% (35 reviews); IMDb users 7.9 / 10 (121 votes); movie.guru score 8.7.
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