The Automat

2021
TV-PG
1h 19min

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7,8/10

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Centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaDocumentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.Documentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.Documentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,8/10

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Premi
- 10 vittorie e 9 candidature totali

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- Lisa Hurwitz
Sceneggiatura
- Michael Levine
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8/10

Starbucks is no Automat

I never had the chance to visit the Automat but they always seem so urban and magical in movies when seen.

This was a delightful documentary and wonderfully stressed the open-for-all philosophy and highlighted businessmen who were smart and compassionate enough to treat employees well.

The only parts I wasn't wild about was the "free advertising" for Starbucks coffee restaurants with the owner, which went on a bit too long. Having just tried that chain again while traveling I wasn't impressed with the pricey coffee or 20-minute wait. I don't think you'll have Mel Brooks singing a nostalgic song about SB coffee.

Also kudos to the director for mixing people from Brooks to Colin Powell, RBG and regular working folk. It truly showed the American melting pot at its best.

vangamer
28 nov 2022
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Three of the film's most famous participants died either before or shortly after the documentary's festival premiere in September 2021. Comedy legend Carl Reiner and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg each passed away in 2020, and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell passed away in October 2021. A message added to the dedications after the end credits reads, "The producers would like to remember Mr. Reiner, Justice Ginsburg and General Powell and thank their teams".

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When Horn and Hardart doubled the price of coffee from a nickel to 10 cents, it is stated that the number of cups of coffee sold "immediately" dropped from 70 million a year to 45 million. A year-long tally does not convey immediacy; stating it to be an immediate drop of 35% would have been clearer.

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Self - Comedian: Of course, when you say "Automat" or "Horn & Hardart", very few people know what you're talking about. But, one of the greatest inventions in sane centers of paradise, where these places that had little glass windows, framed in brass, with knobs. And if you put two nickels into the slot next to the windows, the windows would open up, and you could take out a piece of lemon meringue pie for ten cents. And you could eat it. And that was called the Automat.

Curiosità sui crediti
Video of Mel Brooks singing his song dedication of the automat, the orchestra recording the music along with photo stills and video clips from the documentary accompany the ending credits.

Connessioni
Features The Early Bird (1925)

Colonne sonore
At the Automat
Music & lyrics by Mel Brooks
Performed by Mel Brooks
Arranged and produced by Hummie Mann
Courtesy of Brooksmusic
[Played at the end of the movie leading into and during the end credits]