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Special When Lit

6.620091h 37mGMovieDocumentary

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…

DirectorBrett Sullivan
ProducersClayton Jacobsen·Brett Sullivan

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Cast · Directed by Brett Sullivan

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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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No, Special When Lit is not on Netflix in United States as of September 2026. It's currently on Amazon Prime Video and Fawesome.

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