California Typewriter
2016 · Movie · 103 min
★ 6.7(32)unSUB Rating
This documentary follows several people whose lives are shaped by typewriters, using their stories to reflect on creativity, craft, and the pull between older tools and modern technology. It’s a thoughtful look at why some objects still matter in a digital world.
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Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2017-08-18
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.9/10 (32 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like reflective documentaries about creative lives and changing culture, in the vein of Everything Is Copy or To Be Takei; Not for you if you want fast pacing or high-stakes drama.
Pros: thoughtful subject; warm human stories; creative nostalgia | Cons: very niche focus; gentle pacing; light on conflict
Themes
- technology
- collector
- typewriter
- repair shop
Cast & crew
Tom Hanks
as Self
Sam Shepard
as Self
David McCullough
as Self
John Mayer
as Self
- SA
Silvi Alcivar
as Self
- KA
Ken Alexander
as Self
- MH
Martin Howard
as Self
- JM
Jeremy Mayer
as Self
- HP
Herbert Permillion
as Self
- RP
Richard Polt
as Self
Directed by Doug Nichol