Special When Lit
Synopsis
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 nostaglic footnote deserving a better fate. This feature length documentary joins the fans, collectors, designers and champion players from across the globe who share a world many of us didn’t know still existed.
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 92 min
- Format
- HDCAM
- Director
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Brett Sullivan
- Producer
- Brett Sullivan, Clayton Jacobsen
- Editor
- Brett Sullivan, Marko Keser
- Screenwriter
- Brett Sullivan
- Director of Photography
- Brett Sullivan, Clayton Jacobsen
- Production Designer
- Emily Rickard
- Composer
- Brett Sullivan
- Principal cast
- Roger Sharpe, Gary Stern, Rick Stetta, Steve Epstein, Lyman Sheats, Tim Arnold, Pingeek, John Broughton, Pat Lawlor, Steve Ritchie, Steve Kordek, Ron Shuster, Steve Keely, Raphael Lankar, Sam Harvey
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Steam Motion and Sound
Unit 3, Blue Lion PlaceLondon
SE1 4PU
Sales Company
Steam Motion and Sound
Unit 3, Blue Lion PlaceLondon
SE1 4PU
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