The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?
Writing
Zak Penn turns corporate meltdown into Indiana Jones energy.
Production
Excavation footage that somehow makes landfill dirt cinematic.
Director
Zak Penn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
E.T. was made in just five weeks—Warshaw literally slept under his desk to finish it.
The excavation became a marketing stunt itself, proving we learned nothing about commodifying failure.
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