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Atari: Game Over

"Truth is stranger than legend..."

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PG-13 2014 · 1h 6m
Documentary
Starring Zak Penn · Nolan Bushnell · Howard Scott Warshaw
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The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?

Digital
Nov 19, 2014
Director
Zak Penn
Producers
Simon Chinn, Jada Miranda, Stuart Schwartz
Studio
Xbox Entertainment Studios, Lightbox Entertainment, Fuel Entertainment USA, GRAiNEY Pictures, Red Box Films
Keywords
video game based on true story landfill
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Zak Penn
Self
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Nolan Bushnell
Self
H
Howard Scott Warshaw
Self
E
Ernest Cline
Self
M
Mike Mika
Self
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George R.R. Martin
Self
W
Werner Herzog
Self (archival)

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