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Cinematography | Jon Keng |
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Music by | Rob Barbato |
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Distributed by | MPI Original Films |
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Running time | 95 minutes [1] |
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Language | English |
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game is a 2022 biographical comedy drama film directed and written by the Bragg brothers. The film stars Mike Faist, Crystal Reed, and Dennis Boutsikaris. It is based on true events around the story of Roger Sharpe, GQ journalist and real-life "pinball wizard" who in 1976 helped overturn New York City's 35-year ban on pinball.
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game made its world premiere at the 2022 Hamptons International Film Festival. [2] It was released in select theaters and VOD on March 17, 2023. [1] The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 94% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. [3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]
The film won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the Three Rivers Film Festival, the Overall Audience Choice Award and the Indiana Film Journalists Association Directorial Debut Award at the Heartland International Film Festival, and the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah Film Festival. [5]