Special When Lit

2009

97 min

6.6

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary

Director

Brett Sullivan

Country

United Kingdom

Cast & Crew

Roger Sharpe

Rick Stetta

Pat Lawlor

Steve Epstein

Sam Harvey

Tim Arnold

Lyman Sheats

John Broughton

Josh Pingeek Kaplan

Gary Stern

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Special When Lit

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.

  • Roger Sharpe

  • Rick Stetta

  • Pat Lawlor

  • Steve Epstein

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