I love 'Tilt' - I watch it all the time. The extras on disc 2 are really good to.
I also really like pinball 101. The others weren't as impressive to me, but worth a watch.

I think you got em all on your radar, can't think of anything else.

#5 12 years ago

RAI

Raikus

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Tallahassee, FL

13y 41,400 100 27 17

This month's Gameroom Junkies had a great section on pinball-related movies and documentaries. Many are listed above, but they also rated them and talked about each one so you can get a feel for which each one is about before pursuing a purchase.

#6 12 years ago

RMC

ruairidh

Inactive member

Unknown City

13y 18,400 279 5

Ball Saved. All I've been able to find are short 3 min clips of this, supposedly this is a feature length doc? Anyone know?

There are also a bunch of links to videos in the History Buffs sticky up top...

#7 12 years ago

TDA

The_Dude_Abides

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Northern California, CA

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Thanks for the list northvibe!

#8 12 years ago

WYO

Ballsofsteel

Inactive member

Riverton, WY

12y 73,550 2,923 7 81

great list. i own special when lit and pinball 101. great lil flicks.

#9 12 years ago

JEN

Jnewton

Pinside member

Scottsburg, IN

13y 46,550 520 6

I like "Life After Death 3: Warehouse Raid" by the Silverball Podcast guys...It's cool to see them dig these games out, then start them up to see what issues they had...

#10 12 years ago

SCC

mrgone

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Casper, WY

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i have pinball passion and tilt. both good films. i have watched special when lit several times on hulu. also a good film. i still think that the best pinball documentary has yet to be made.
i hope it will be made soon.long live the silver ball!

#11 12 years ago

WPG

guymontag451

Wedgehead

Portland, OR

13y 92,800 1,006 25 170

I own TILT, Pinball Passion, and Special when Lit. All worth watching, pinball passion is the most amateur but probably tells the best overall story of pinball. Tilt is the slickest and most polished, as well as the best documentary of the bunch. And Special When Lit is all over the place, no real cohesiveness, but has lots of great stuff sprinkled throughout and has the most range of the three.

Support pinball and watch them all!

#12 12 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

Inactive member

San Diego, CA

12y 90,650 10,693 3 71

Quoted from mrgone:
i still think that the best pinball documentary has yet to be made.
i hope it will be made soon.long live the silver ball!

I agree. Special when Lit covered some great material on pinball, but with only 90 minutes, it just seemed to be too rushed through the entire film.

#13 12 years ago

GSC

tk375

Pinside member

Chula Vista, CA

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Wow! what a nice post! Thank you! Pinball 101 is awesome!

#14 12 years ago

VDT

dvandentop

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Quoted from Jnewton:
I like "Life After Death 3: Warehouse Raid" by the Silverball Podcast guys...It's cool to see them dig these games out, then start them up to see what issues they had...

when can the full version of these be found? seems interesting

#15 12 years ago

SLS

ssathre

Inactive member

Sioux City, IA

14y 47,650 1,502 5

Terry @ pinball life has them for sale.

#16 12 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

Inactive member

San Diego, CA

12y 90,650 10,693 3 71

Quoted from jar155:
Seems fairly complete to me. It's not a documentary, but it's a REALLY cool stop motion film that Rob Craig put together. Did you ever seen this?

Yeah, that's an AWESOME video!!

4 years later

#17 7 years ago

FUK

gmkalos

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Unknown

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Check out my Facebook Group page got hours of pinball footage up there all reposted killer videos! And please join me as I am always on the hunt for new pinball related footage! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1529515124038768/

#18 7 years ago

KID

pinkid

Pinside member

10y 48,650 1,479

Rick Stetta again?!?!? No, please.............

#19 7 years ago

???

Air_Pinball

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#20 7 years ago

NEO

CaptainNeo

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Burlington, WI

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tilt is my favorite. I really like how it was done.

I didn't even know I was in special when lit, until someone called me and watched it from netflix and told me.

#21 7 years ago

DRD

DennisDodel

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#22 7 years ago

JEF

jrockne

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18y 70,550 603 10

I just watched "Wizard Mode" yesterday. I really enjoyed it, it's so much more than just a pinball documentary.

#23 7 years ago

Sticky

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Ladera Ranch, CA

16y 60,900 661 3 9

Very much interested in watching Tilt and was happy to see it on Amazon Video and Itunes to rent or buy. Going to watch it tonight.

2 weeks later

#24 7 years ago

JXS

Neuromancer87

Inactive member

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Quoted from CaptainNeo:
tilt is my favorite. I really like how it was done.
I didn't even know I was in special when lit, until someone called me and watched it from netflix and told me.

I just watched Special When Lit today and I was left wondering if it was done by the same studio that brought us "Dinner for Schmucks."

#25 7 years ago

SDC

Archytas

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Kettering

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I made one as part of a college project, it got me an A so I was happy

#26 7 years ago

???

cfh

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not sure what exactly a "documentary" is but maybe
http://pinrepair.com/top

-1

#27 7 years ago

DSS

Haymaker

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Rockford, IL

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There's "player 2" if you can get past all the SJW crybaby stuff, which personally I couldn't.

#28 7 years ago

HBO

Luzur

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"Life After Death 3: Warehouse Raid"

Where can i get this? i seen the rest of them (atleast the first main list) so this one triggers my interest.

#29 7 years ago

TRG

TomGWI

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Quoted from Luzur:
"Life After Death 3: Warehouse Raid"
Where can i get this? i seen the rest of them (atleast the first main list) so this one triggers my interest.

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=126&pg=1
http://www.popbumper.com/popvideo.html

2 months later

#30 7 years ago

PGL

northvibe

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Holy crap didn't realize or remember I made this.

Wizard Mode is free to watch if you are an Amazon Prime member

https://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Mode-Robert-Gagno/dp/B01LIL7E76/ref=sr_1_1

#31 7 years ago

JKR

joelreeves

Pinside member

Omaha, NE

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I guess I should post this in here also... "Things That Go Bump In The Night: The Spooky Pinball Story" preview screening in Platteville, WI Saturday November 12th at 1pm at the Avalon Cinema. Hopefully, more screenings around the country to follow.

http://thingsthatgobumpmovie.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thingsthatgobumpmovie/

#32 7 years ago

RON

Rondogg

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Quoted from cfh:
not sure what exactly a "documentary" is but maybe
http://pinrepair.com/top

Love those videos, still watch them. Showed me how to do so many things and they are still pretty funny. Still in love with Candy after all these years. What ever happened to her?!?!?!?!?

#33 7 years ago

AVA

Lysurgeon

Pinside member

10y 48,300 397 2

The pinball collector, find it, watch it.

#34 7 years ago

PEA

alveolus

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Quoted from Lysurgeon:
The pinball collector, find it, watch it.

Streaming available for this one?

#35 7 years ago

PGR

PhilGreg

Ayscrim Studios

Québec, QC

11y 99,800 2,446 6

Not really a documentary, but I made this video with some nice shots of Gottlieb machines inside and out. It's not exactly breaking the internet but I think it's pretty cool.

#36 7 years ago

YYZ

AvidListener

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What a cool video! The editing was very nicely done, and so well synchronized to the song.

I especially liked the relay movement and pop bumper lighting in track with the guitar parts, and the bonus ladder climb with the vocals. The sweep down to the basement shot was also a great ending.

Congratulations on a very nice piece of work!

#37 7 years ago

AVA

Lysurgeon

Pinside member

10y 48,300 397 2

Quoted from alveolus:
Streaming available for this one?

Not sure, it is on my hard drive. I dont remember where I got it from.

#38 7 years ago

DUG

trilogybeer

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Elkhorn, WI

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History of pinball ,amc from around"95 and they are currently working on another one .

#39 7 years ago

PGR

PhilGreg

Ayscrim Studios

Québec, QC

11y 99,800 2,446 6

Quoted from AvidListener:
What a cool video! The editing was very nicely done, and so well synchronized to the song.
I especially liked the relay movement and pop bumper lighting in track with the guitar parts, and the bonus ladder climb with the vocals. The sweep down to the basement shot was also a great ending.
Congratulations on a very nice piece of work!

Thank you man, I'm glad you noticed these details!

#40 7 years ago

DJC

Don_C

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Quoted from trilogybeer:
History of pinball ,amc from around"95 and they are currently working on another one .

I was interviewed by the AMC crew on Saturday afternoon at the last Expo. Producer suggested the lines he wanted me to say, mostly stuff on the 'resurgence of pinball', but I tried to add my own spin. Hope I make it into the documentary!

Don C.

#41 7 years ago

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lpeters82

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Quoted from joelreeves:
I guess I should post this in here also... "Things That Go Bump In The Night: The Spooky Pinball Story" preview screening in Platteville, WI Saturday November 12th at 1pm at the Avalon Cinema. Hopefully, more screenings around the country to follow.
http://thingsthatgobumpmovie.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thingsthatgobumpmovie/

I'll be there.

#42 7 years ago

OZZ

PoMC

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Quoted from Haymaker:
There's "player 2" if you can get past all the SJW crybaby stuff, which personally I couldn't.

Oooof, me neither. Couldn't make it passed two minutes.

#43 7 years ago

XSV

xsvtoys

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Youtube has "expanded" since this thread was started long ago, that's for sure.

Special When Lit

Add-A-Ball Pinball Documentary

Arcade Attack: Silverball Heroes vs. Video Invaders

Push Start: A Look Into the Game of Pinball

Coin-Operated: The Movie (has a pinball collector from Australia)

Pinheads - The Story of the Pacific Pinball Museum

Ball Saved Parts 1, 2, and 3

#44 7 years ago

CHD

djreddog

Pinside member

Magnolia, DE

8y 99,050 3,913 20

Quoted from jrockne:
I just watched "Wizard Mode" yesterday. I really enjoyed it, it's so much more than just a pinball documentary.

I just watched the 10 minute trailer and this is a pretty cool story. I will be watching the full film via Amazon this weekend.

#45 7 years ago

DUG

trilogybeer

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Elkhorn, WI

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Quoted from Don_C:
I was interviewed by the AMC crew on Saturday afternoon at the last Expo. Producer suggested the lines he wanted me to say, mostly stuff on the 'resurgence of pinball', but I tried to add my own spin. Hope I make it into the documentary!
Don C.

Yep they filmed me with my Trilogy game on saturday also . The producer asked questions about the game so some of it was just me talking about the game but there was a few more scripted lines he wanted me to say . Some of it I'm sure was just to simplify my responses and give more information in shorter sentences and make some of the comments stated in a manner that would be more interesting to the veiwer .He had asked a girl to come and play the game , I think she did pretty good with the lines he wanted her say ,played pretty good too . Should be interesting to see how it comes out .

#46 7 years ago

OZZ

PoMC

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Quoted from djreddog:
I just watched the 10 minute trailer and this is a pretty cool story. I will be watching the full film via Amazon this weekend.

Wizard mode was very underwhelming and borderline boring in my opinion. I don't understand why they didn't play up the finals where he won the championship and show more of the competition. Be prepared to fast forward through 15 minutes of a discussion on hugging. This should have been marketed as a documentary on autism that just happened to show a few minutes of pinball now and again, maybe it was, but I thought there would be much more pinball in this since the title is Wizard mode.

#47 7 years ago

OZZ

PoMC

Pinside+ Member

10y 121K 8,836

...and that TFTC in the tournament had a FILTHY playfield. How could a dirty game like that be allowed without a courtesy wipe down?

#48 7 years ago

MJS

Matesamo

PinballRI

Warwick, RI

7y 117K 1,292 112 1

Quoted from PoMC:
Wizard mode was very underwhelming and borderline boring in my opinion. I don't understand why they didn't play up the finals where he won the championship and show more of the competition. Be prepared to fast forward through 15 minutes of a discussion on hugging. This should have been marketed as a documentary on autism that just happened to show a few minutes of pinball now and again, maybe it was, but I thought there would be much more pinball in this since the title is Wizard mode.

I don't think they were at the championship when he won, they were probably putting the documentary together when they heard about him doing well and ran to grab what footage they could. I do agree that they could have edited it better to build up to the victory instead of tacking it on at the end.

1 week later

#49 7 years ago

PGL

northvibe

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Quoted from Matesamo:
I don't think they were at the championship when he won, they were probably putting the documentary together when they heard about him doing well and ran to grab what footage they could. I do agree that they could have edited it better to build up to the victory instead of tacking it on at the end.

Quoted from PoMC:
Wizard mode was very underwhelming and borderline boring in my opinion. I don't understand why they didn't play up the finals where he won the championship and show more of the competition. Be prepared to fast forward through 15 minutes of a discussion on hugging. This should have been marketed as a documentary on autism that just happened to show a few minutes of pinball now and again, maybe it was, but I thought there would be much more pinball in this since the title is Wizard mode.

If you listen to the podcast where they had him on, the group filming ran out of money or something, so they weren't able to be at the finals. So it was just whatever they had at that point.

If you are looking for a doc on "pinball" then it isn't the movie for you.....this was more about Robert, not just pinball.....I think all the finals now are filmed on twitch? or their channel so you can rewatch via papa or youtube.

Luckily the doc on spooky pinball should be coming soon.

1 month later

#50 7 years ago

CHD

djreddog

Pinside member

Magnolia, DE

8y 99,050 3,913 20

New documentary I just stumbled up:

Beep - A Documentary History Of Game Sound

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/beep

http://www.gamessound.com/

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