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, Saturday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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, Sunday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Go behind the scenes of one of the world's most unique competitions -- The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest -- in which teams of engineers design and build overly complex contraptions that ultimately perform very simple tasks.
Follow the teams of quirky characters in this fascinating and often hilarious documentary as they strive for imperfection and an appearance on late night TV.
Web site: http://www.mousetraptomars.com
Video URL: http://mousetraptomars.com/main.html
Scott Bailey & Dave Vacanti
The filmmakers, director Scott Bailey and producer Dave Vacanti, are fascinated by Rube Goldberg machines and science & technology. When they were approached by Atonal Entertainment to produce a documentary, the subject matter of the National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest was their first choice. "Mousetrap to Mars" was born and they have been on a strange, funny and overly-indirect journey ever since.