Pitch (1997)
A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto 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.
- Date of release
- 1997-09-04
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy, Documentary
- Director
- Spencer Rice, Kenny Hotz
Casting
- Kenny Hotz — Self
- Spencer Rice — Self
- Samuel Z. Arkoff — Self
- Gérard Depardieu — Self
- Roger Ebert — Self
- Whoopi Goldberg — Self
- Fred Williamson — Self
- Al Pacino — Self
- Joe Pantoliano — Self
- Matt Dillon — Self
- Eric Stoltz — Self
- Illeana Douglas — Self
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