The Hobby
Feb 16, 2024 | IMDB 0
89 min Watch NowDocumentary
Follows longtime collectors and a new generation of buyers from the trading card industry, diving deep into the real-time trading card fever as the hobby goes nuclear.
Documentary
Follows longtime collectors and a new generation of buyers from the trading card industry, diving deep into the real-time trading card fever as the hobby goes nuclear.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Voice of a Star Wars Fan
Joanne Martin: A Life in Miniature
SHOOTER
The Director is Busy
The Gleaners and I
One Man and His Shoes
Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection
Toys Are Us: A Revolution in Plastic
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
Cinemania
Jack of all Trades
Coombs
Kayak
Lost Records
So Wrong They're Right
Rarity: Retro Video Game Collecting in the Modern Era
Blade Rollers
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
The Pigeon People
The Archive
SIMILAR MOVIES
Voice of a Star Wars Fan
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2023
A fan of the Millennium Falcon seeks to understand how the ship was made, tracing all of the parts and pieces of the model - from heat sinks, fans, and L'eggs containers.Joanne Martin: A Life in Miniature
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2017
A septuagenarian woman from St. Louis, Missouri has been a miniaturist, businesswoman, museum president, Girl Scout leader, teacher, student, mother, daughter, and most of all, an indomitable human spirit. Life is what you make it.SHOOTER
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2024
A short audiovisual portrait of Giulio Nick Piacentini, a young sound engineer with a hobby for nature photography. Realized for the Filmmaking Laboratory at DAMS RomaTre with Antonietta De Lillo.The Director is Busy
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1945
About hobbies. The Swedish King Gustaf V enjoys embroideres. The CEO Arvid Öhlin plays with his toy trains. The countess Ebba Bonde collects porcelain parrots, white the count Carl Bonde is fond of miniature books. And so on.The Gleaners and I
IMDB 7.6 | Jul , 2000
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.One Man and His Shoes
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 2020
'One Man and His Shoes' tells the story of the phenomenon of Air Jordan sneakers showing their social, cultural and racial significance and how ground-breaking marketing strategies created a multi-billion-dollar business.Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2017
Obsession, love, money, and postage. Freaks and Errors: A Rare Collection, is the first, independent documentary film that reveals the rarely seen, expectedly eccentric and surprisingly large world of stamp collecting.Toys Are Us: A Revolution in Plastic
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2006
Get a glimpse of the fascinating world of designer vinyl toys, featuring interviews with some of the most creative pop culture artists working today who specialize in producing distinctive vinyl figures, often for die-hard adult collectors. This documentary features luminaries in the popular field such as Frank Kozik, Patrick Ma, Tara McPherson and others, and was filmed on location at their studios and at Comic Con International 2006.Making Fun: The Story of Funko
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2018
From a small garage in Redmond, Washington, to the furthest corners of the earth, Funko's story is one that is centered around the fans and the global community that arose from their unique passion - a story that spans twenty years full of joy, ambition, adversity, and... well... toys.Cinemania
IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 2002
This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. These human encyclopedias of cinema see two to five films a day, and from 600 to 2,000 films per year. This is the story of their lives, their memories, their unbending habits and the films they love.Jack of all Trades
IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 2018
In the late 80's/early 90's North America's favorite pastime was collecting baseball cards. People would invest millions, in this game of pirates treasure, by putting their mint condition gold in plastic sleeves, locking it away and hoping it's value would continue to rise year after year. Unfortunately, this house of cards would soon collapse, leaving the pieces of cardboard along with the hopes and dreams of fathers and sons worthless. Stu Stone was one of those sons, and his relationship with his father Jack, who was in the card business, would crumble with the industry. 25 years later, Stu is on a mission to discover why his beloved baseball cards are worth nothing more than the memories they hold of a happy childhood. What he didn't plan on finding though, was the most elusive card of them all, his father Jack.Coombs
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2017
Routine Pleasures, Slow Cinema.Kayak
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1970
A non-narrated view of the sport of kayaking. Slow-motion sequences with men and kayaks twisting through rolling rapids and gliding over placid lakes are intercut in this film to capture the excitement and beauty of the sport. The film is not designed to teach skills. - acmi.netLost Records
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2020
A documentary that follows a middle-aged Azorean record obsessive who has lost the vinyl collection of his youth, and so seeks to reconnect with it through talking with the fellow island collectors he grew up with about the music scene of their wilder years.So Wrong They're Right
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 1995
A documentary about obsessive 8-track tape collectors, the film documents a cross-country trip looking for those passionate few for whom the 70s never diedRarity: Retro Video Game Collecting in the Modern Era
IMDB 1 | Oct , 2021
Interviews with casual retro game collectors to collectors with the most expensive retro game collections in the worldBlade Rollers
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2024
Honour West and Joan Camuglia-May share their experiences in this upbeat roller-skating documentary.Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
IMDB 4.4 | Dec , 1994
A documentary that explores the life styles of various otakus in Japan. Various interviews are given to selected otakus who express how interesting it is to be an otaku as oppose to not being one at all. Along with various shots of various Japanese city landscapes and the inside of an average otaku home from rooms filled with videos, models, and the latest in technology.The Pigeon People
IMDB 10 | Jan , 2023
Directed by Patrick Gramm, 'The Pigeon People' (2023) takes you deep into Arizona's underground pigeon racing scene as racing rivals prepare for and compete in the Grand Canyon Classic - a 350-mile pigeon race from Utah to Arizona that crosses over the Grand Canyon.The Archive
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2009
Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection. - A brief look at the world's largest vinyl record collection and the current state of the American record industry.