Pitch
Pitch
Release: 1997-09-04
·Runtime: 81m
·★ 6.3
Comedy
Documentary
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.
Production Countries
Canada
Production Companies
Hotz-Rice Productions Inc.
Cinefornia
Hollywood or Bust Productions
Cast
Neil Simon
as Self
Eric Stoltz
as Self
Illeana Douglas
as Self
Arthur Hiller
as Self
Gérard Depardieu
as Self
Roger Ebert
as Self
Al Pacino
as Self
Matt Dillon
as Self
Kenny Hotz
as Self
Spencer Rice
as Self
Samuel Z. Arkoff
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
Fred Williamson
as Self
Joe Pantoliano
as Self