Pitch (1997)
- Directed by
- Spencer Rice, Kenny Hotz
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two young Canadian filmmakers attend the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival to pitch a deliberately bizarre movie idea to celebrities and industry people. They approach figures like Roger Ebert and Al Pacino, then go to Hollywood for more meetings. The film documents their mostly unsuccessful attempts.
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What happens
Pitch is a 1997 Canadian documentary created by Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice, featuring themselves as two young filmmakers attending the Toronto International Film Festival to pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film idea, titled "The Dawn", concerns a Mafia don who goes for a hernia operation but gets a sex change instead. During the 1996 Toronto fest, they approach Roger Ebert, Norman Jewison (at a packed press conference), Eric Stoltz (leaving a limo), Al Pacino, and others without much success. On a roll, they leave Toronto for Hollywood, getting advice from Arthur Hiller and Neil Simon and finding an agent who expresses interest in their pitch. The film was shown at the 1997 Toronto Film Festival. The film features songs by the Toronto band Phono-Comb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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