Xanadu 1980 - Gene Kelly with pinball popped with flags |
Gene Kelly looking at the pinball mushroom bumper that sparkles with flags |
Remember that primitive forms of pinball were played in the 1700s - so chances are
George Washington was familiar with the game, likewise pinball was certainly a
favorite of the geeky Benjamin Franklin. No doubt in the 2200s
fantastic versions pinball will be played in ways we can't yet
imagine. Would anyone like to play Zero-G pinball?
Nonetheless electric pinball - which is a very very primitive version of a video
game - got its big break in 1933 in California, Los Angeles with a game called
Contact. Coincidentally the film Xanadu takes place in Los Angeles. Although pinball originates in Europe during the 1600s, electric pinball is an American Invention/Pastime of the 1900s.
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You can watch the original Xanadu Movie Video of All Over the World Here on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPJ9BtqK7w
One of my favorite sequences ever in Xanadu!! The effects blow me away! :)
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