About this episode

Hope Hopkinson interviews Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about their film Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie, which involves time travel and a quest for a soft drink.

Hope Hopkinson talks to Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about their new film, Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie. When their plan to book a show at famed Toronto venue The Rivoli goes horribly wrong, hapless bandmates Matt and Jay accidentally time travel back to the year 2008. As every interaction threatens to impact their future selves, the pair's only hope of getting back to the future lies in finding an obscure Canadian soft drink... A film by Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) and Jay McCarrol, based on the cult web and TV series, Nirvanna the Band the Show. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on Spotify. Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with @picturehouses. Find our latest cinema listings at picturehouses.com. Produced by Stripped Media. Thank you for listening. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. Vive le Cinema.

People in this episode

Host: Hope Hopkinson

Guests: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol

Topics covered

• film
• time travel
• comedy
• interview
• Canadian culture

Keywords

• Nirvanna
• time travel
• film
• comedy
• interview
• Matt Johnson
• Jay McCarrol
• Toronto
• The Rivoli

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Picturehouse, Stripped Media

Books & works: Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie

Places: Toronto, The Rivoli

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