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Movie poster: Atari: Game Over (2014)
🎬 Movie

Atari: Game Over

2014 · 66 min Documentary
⭐ 6.6 / 10 · TMDB

The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?

📋 Film Details

Year 2014
Country United Kingdom, United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Zak Penn
Runtime 66 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.6/10 (235 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Zak Penn

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

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Nolan Bushnell

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Howard Scott Warshaw

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Manny Gerard

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Joe Lewandowski

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Paul Sanchez

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Ernest Cline

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Seamus Blackley

Seamus Blackley

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Raiford Guins

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Mike Mika

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Andrew Reinhard

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