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PINBALL - THE MAN WHO SAVEDTHE GAME
by Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg
Country: Australia
Year: 2022
Duration: 94'
An unsettled writer with a fantastic mustache, Roger Sharpe, finds solace and confidence in one thing he has mastered: pinball. When a police raid destroys the only machines he can find in 1970s New York City, he learns the game is illegal. Roger reluctantly joins forces with the Music and Amusement Association to overturn the ban while falling in love with ELLEN, an artist and single mother. Roger’s path to save pinball ultimately rescues him. He and Ellen overcome their pasts and take a shot at love. Roger learns what it means to take a chance – and that commitment is the most rewarding gamble of all. Based on a true story.
Biography
film director
Austin e Meredith Bragg
wrote and directed the comedic short A Piece of Cake (2022), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and has gone on to win several awards, including Best Comedy and the Audience Choice Award in Comedy at the Oscar-qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival. Previously, they sold their comedic web series, The Defenders of Stan (2006-2009), to Warner Bros. Television and co-wrote the pilot. In 2016 they won the HP Masters of Short Film competition at the Cannes Film Festival. As producers for Reason TV, their work has garnered three first place wins for Best Comedy at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards as well as a National Magazine Award nomination. They have produced projects for Turner Broadcasting, Visa, Atlas Obscura, AT&T, The Smithsonian, The Washington Post, Current TV, and two pilots for Warner Bros.’s online division. Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022) is their first feature.
FILMOGRAFIA
Jesus Christ Supercop (cm, video, 2005), The Defenders of Stan (serie web, 2006-2009), Shovel Ready (cm, 2010), Advancing Age (cm, 2012), Man of Letters (cm, 2012), Wishful Thinking (cm, 2013), Noir City (cm, 2014), We the Internet TV (serie web, 2015-2016), The Goodfather (cm, 2016), Recalculating Journey (cm, 2017), Demand Curve (cm, 2018), Love Hertz (cm, 2018), A Piece of Cake (cm, 2020), Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022).
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jon Keng. FILM EDITING: Michelle Botticelli. PRODUCTION DESIGN: David Allen Butler. COSTUME DESIGN: Annie Simon. MUSIC: Rob Barbato. CAST: Mike Faist, Crystal Reed, Dennis Boutsikaris, Christopher Convery, Connor Ratliff, Mike Doyle, Carlos Lopez, Bryan Batt, Olivia Koukol, Todd Susman, Eric William Morris. PRODUCERS: Summer Crockett Moore, Tony Glazer, Stacey Parks, Lana Link, Rob Pfaltzgraff. PRODUCTION: MPI Original Films, Choice Films.
CONTACT:
MPI - Rob Pfaltzgraff rob@thempi.org
