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Jan 7, 2010 · Griffin Mill hears "x + y" pitches in Robert Altman's "The Player" (1992)
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Aug 13, 2008 · The 8 minute, single shot, opening scene from the 1992 Robert Altman film The Player.
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Apprehensive that Levy continues encroaching on his job, Mill invites the two writers to pitch Habeas Corpus to him, convincing Levy that the movie will be an Oscar contender. Mill's plan is to let Levy shepherd the film through production and have it flop.
May 17, 2011 · From Jason Haggstrom (haggie), Reel 3: The opening shot of Robert Altman 's "The Player" establishes the film as a self-reflexive deconstruction of the Hollywood system and those who run it.
Here is a short clip showing two of the many pitch scenes in the movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdA1VjunWww. Another one later on in the movie. In the movie the pitch is shown as almost being crucial to whether or not a film is eventually produced. Is this still true today?
Mill receives a pitch over the phone from a man who reveals himself as the postcard writer. The man pitches an idea about a studio executive who kills a writer and gets away with murder. Mill recognizes the pitch as blackmail and gives the writer a deal.