This intricate yet breezy film is a feast of wryly nuanced acting, a giddy wonder, and also a warmhearted, sharp-edged love story…it’s better than all ten of the Best Picture nominees, and 2023 will be a fine year in movies if there are five better lead performances than Faist’s or five better original screenplays.
Pinball
Narrative Feature
| 2023
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Pinball:The Man Who Saved the Game tells the true story of Roger Sharpe, the GQ journalist and pinball wizard who in 1976 helped overturn New York City’s 35-year ban on pinball.
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Writer-Directors
The Bragg Brothers
Producers
Summer Crockett Moore, Tony Glazer, Stacey Parks, Lana Link,
Rob Pfaltzgraff, p.g.a.Executive Producers
Roger C. Sharpe, Nick Reid
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