Pitch (film)

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.

Pitch
Directed by	Kenny Hotz Spencer Rice
Written by	Kenny Hotz Spencer Rice
Produced by	Raymond Massey
Starring	Kenny Hotz Spencer Rice
Cinematography	Christopher J. Romeike
Edited by	Daniel Sadler
Production companies	Hollywood or Bust Productions Hotz-Rice Productions Inc.
Distributed by	The Asylum Jane Balfour Films
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

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.

Trivia

In the Kenny vs. Spenny DVD commentary of the episode "Who Can Stay Handcuffed the Longest?", Spenny revealed that the film did not make the money they expected it to make. During the episode, Kenny flew in an old friend of Spenny's named David Wolfish who Spenny owed money to. Wolfish was one of the investors in the film, investing $10,000 but seeing no return. Wolfish later died in 2022.

External links

• Pitch (1997) at IMDb
• Pitch on Kenny Hotz's official YouTube channel
• Official website of film on producer's website
• The shorter, TV version of Pitch on Kenny Hotz's Official channel