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Special When Lit

"Rediscover a lost icon"

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G 2010 · 1h 37m
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Starring Roger Sharpe · Steve Epstein
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What made more money than the entire American movie industry through the 50s and 60s? Pinball. Special When Lit rediscovers the lure of a lost pop icon. A product of the mechanical and electrical age, the American invention swept the world and defined cool. Now it is relegated to a nostalgic footnote deserving a better fate. Joining the fans, collectors, designers and champion players from across the globe who share a world many of us didn't know still existed.

Director
Brett Sullivan
Producers
Brett Sullivan, Julian Chow, Clayton Jacobsen
Music
Brett Sullivan
Studio
Steam Motion & Sound
Keywords
chicago, illinois interview pinball game amusement park jaws arcade game
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