What the Hell's Going On Up There?
1979, English. Directed by Derek Lamb.
A disgruntled Uncle Sam complains that nobody listens to him anymore, and what's more, he doesn't even know what's going on up there. "I thought we were living on the top floor," he mutters. He expedites the ubiquitous Marshall Efron on a fact-finding mission north of the border. Part satire, part serious, this film sets out to package Canada for American consumption, with some of the clichés thrown in. Contrasting with the decidedly lighter side of the film are interviews with well-known Canadians such as Marshall McLuhan, Mordecai Richler, Margaret Atwood, John Kenneth Galbraith, Raoul Duguay, and Pierre Bourgault.
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- 0h 28m
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- 6 April 1979
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What the Hell's Going On Up There? isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 April 1979. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed What the Hell's Going On Up There??
What the Hell's Going On Up There? (1979) was directed by Derek Lamb.