California Typewriter
2016 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 6.9 · 90% critics
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
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 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