简介：SpecialWhenLitrediscoversthelureofpinball,theAmericaninventionthatmademoremoneythanHollywoodthroughthe1950sand1960s.Itssuccessswepttheworld,makingittheepitomeofcool.Hasthevideogamekilledpinball,oristherestillan“extraball”left?Theriseandfallofpinballistoldbythefans,collectors,designersandchampionplayersfromacrosstheglobe.Thereexistsapassionatesubculturekeepingthedreamalive.Collectorsswapspareparts,repairmanuals,andscorecardsdatingbackfordecades.Theycrameveryroomintheirhousewithflashingmachines,thenrentwarehousespacefortherest.Welearnabouttheearlyhistoryofthegame,withChicagoasthemajorhubofproductionforBally,Gottlieb,ChicagoCoin,andGenco(andwhereSternPinballremainstheonlymanufactureroforiginalpinballmachines.Everyonehastheirfavoritegame—EvelKnievel?AliBaba?—andthisfilmcelebratesthegame’skitschy,sometimesbizarregamedesignswithterrificgraphicsandeffects.Everythingculminatesatthereallyquitesuspensefulannualpinballchampionshipswherehopefulcompetitorsfaceoffagainsttheseasonedpros,flippingtheirwaytoglory.…