Special When Lit

Oct 1, 2009

1h 37m

★ 6.6

Rediscover a lost icon

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Steam Motion & Sound

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Cast

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Roger Sharpe

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Rick Stetta

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Pat Lawlor

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Steve Epstein

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Sam Harvey

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Tim Arnold

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Lyman Sheats

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John Broughton

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Josh Pingeek Kaplan

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Gary Stern

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Donovan Stepp

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Koi Morris

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