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    The Automat

    Poster of the movie The Automat
    2021     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 19min

    The Automat 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.

    Directed byLisa Hurwitz
    Written byMichael Levine
    CompanyA Slice of Pie ProductionsFilms We LikeFilms We Like

    Featuring

    Ron Barrett
    Mel Brooks
    Elliott Gould
    Carl Reiner
    + MORE

    Video

    2:10

    Trailer

    1 years ago

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