Special When Lit
Oct 01 2009
•2h 37m
•Documentary
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.
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Roger Sharpe
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Rick Stetta
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Pat Lawlor
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Steve Epstein
Himself
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