The Automat

Streaming video - 2021

Featuring an original new song written and performed by Mel Brooks, THE AUTOMAT, which Premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and was nominated for four 2022 Critics Choice Awards, tells the 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers - entertainer Mel Brooks, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Secretary of State Colin Powell, the Horns, the Hardarts, and key employees - we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : A Slice of Pie Productions 2021.
2024.
Language
English
Other Authors
Lisa Hurwitz (film director), Carl Reiner (actor), Colin Powell, Elliott Gould, Howard Schultz, Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader, Wilson Goode
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image
Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).