Overview
- The official trailer was released Wednesday, July 22, 2026, by distributor Greenwich Entertainment to coincide with announced U.S. screenings.
- You Had to Be There is directed and written by Nick Davis with Jane Mendelsohn as co-writer and lists Judd Apatow as an executive producer.
- The documentary reunites surviving members of the 1972 Toronto company and includes interviews with contemporary entertainers such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, Heidi Gardner, Gary Gulman, James Austin Johnson, and Janeane Garofalo.
- Greenwich Entertainment will premiere the film at New York’s Film Forum on September 18, 2026, before opening in theaters nationwide on September 25, 2026.
- The film places the Toronto staging in historical context by tracing how that company’s friendships and collaborations fed into programs like Saturday Night Live and SCTV and may reshape public understanding of comedy’s evolution in the 1970s.