The idea for the film began when director Christopher Lockett and producer Gary Nicholson read an article in the May, 2010 Wired magazine about “the last generation of typewriter repairmen.” The two agreed that the venerable old machine deserved a proper send off if it was going gentle into that good night. But a funny thing happened on the way to the funeral. The first few interviews with local Los Angeles repairmen confirmed that the typewriter was, despite headlines to the contrary, very far from dead.