You Had to Be There

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Legend
OCOpen Captioned
Special Content
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Cinema Studies

You Had to Be There

Opens September 25

Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer, and other entertainment icons got their start in a 1972 Toronto production of the musical Godspell.

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) recounts a pivotal moment in comedy history in hilarious, moving, and inspiring detail. Featuring interviews with the surviving cast members, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, and more. Executive produced by Judd Apatow.

"Davis’ documentary makes it clear: you really did have to be there – but thanks to this film, now we all kind of are."
Rachel West, That Shelf
"The niftiness of Davis’s film is that it’s about Godspell, and it’s about something bigger than Godspell — a pop movement that didn’t have a name yet, a cultural spirit that found its way into existence almost like (laughing) gas gathering in the air."
Owen Gleiberman, Variety


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