Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
A mockumentary comedy about two Toronto friends whose desperate scheme to play a legendary club accidentally sends them back to 2008.
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About the film
One... last... plan.
What it’s about
Matt and Jay have spent seventeen years trying to get their duo a gig at Toronto's Rivoli club. Their latest plan involves pretending to be time travelers, using a motorhome dressed up as a time machine. The prop unexpectedly works, and the pair find themselves stranded in 2008, needing to find a way back to their own time.
What hooks you
Director and co-writer Matt Johnson stars alongside Jay McCarrol, with both drawing on their long-running web and TV series. The film is built from extensive candid-camera material, including real passersby and unscripted moments, and Johnson's own torn pants from 2010 appear as a recurring talisman.
Who it’s for
It will appeal to those who enjoy deadpan mockumentary humor, time-travel absurdity, and the scrappy energy of Toronto's indie comedy scene.
- Country
- Canada
- Year
- 2025
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Running time
- 1h 40min
- Age rating
- 17+
- MPAA
- R
- World premiere
- Mar 9, 2025
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 267 votesCreative team
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Trivia
- As with the web series and TV series, a significant portion of the conversations and audience interaction segments were found in a huge amount of footage (including unused clips from the web series).
- The passerby who mentions Jay by name was not a plant. He was a real passerby. Director, writer, and actor Matt Johnson spent at least half an hour talking to him before the passerby finally said Jay's name.
- Matt's torn pants actually belonged to Matt Johnson. Since 2010, he has never parted with them, considering them something of a talisman. All this time, Matt has never washed them. In many scenes, Matt is shown wearing exactly the same pants, torn in the same places as the original. They were provided to Matt by the costume designer.
- In order for the film to be shown, Matt Johnson and Jay McCarroll deliberately refrained from mentioning events from the web series and the television series.
Franchise
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Шоу «Группы Нирванна» Prequel
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Шоу «Группы Нирвана» Prequel
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2025
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2025