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Special When Lit

2009 · 1h 37m · Documentary · United Kingdom · Rated G (US)

Rediscover a lost icon

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.

Directed by
Brett Sullivan
Starring
Roger Sharpe, Rick Stetta, Pat Lawlor, Steve Epstein
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