PitchMovie
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.
About Pitch
Pitch is a 1997 comedy, documentary movie directed by Spencer Rice, Kenny Hotz.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 21m, production credits from Canada, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Gérard Depardieu. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
