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Pitch Perfect
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Pitch Perfect is a 2012 American musical, teen, and LGBTQ-related film directed by Jason Moore. The screenplay was written by Kay Cannon, with music composed by Christophe Beck. The cast includes Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, and Rebel Wilson. Production was handled by Relativity Media and Gold Circle Films, while distribution was managed by Universal Pictures and Netflix. The film was produced by Elizabeth Banks and Paul Brooks.
The movie has a runtime of 112 minutes and was released on September 28, 2012. It is rated PG-13 and was produced with a budget of 17,000,000. The narrative takes place in North Carolina and at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The film features a closing credits sequence and a post-credits scene.
Critical reception included a Metascore of 66/100 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 81%. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.1 based on 351,698 votes. The film earned 9 wins and 20 nominations. It is distinct from the concept of perfect pitch.
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Film · TMDB
7.3College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
Cast
- Anna Kendrick as Beca Mitchell
- Anna Camp as Aubrey Posen
- Brittany Snow as Chloe Beale
- Skylar Astin as Jesse Swanson
- Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy
- Ester Dean as Cynthia Rose
Themes
- competition
- roommates
- college
- female friendship
- misfit
- hazing
- university
- audition
- group of friends
- dorm room
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
346,142 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Music, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 9 wins & 20 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Jason Moore
- Screenplay by
- Kay Cannon
- Based on
- Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory , by Mickey Rapkin
- Produced by
- Paul Brooks Max Handelman Elizabeth Banks
- Starring
- Anna Kendrick Skylar Astin Rebel Wilson Adam DeVine Anna Camp Brittany Snow John Michael Higgins Elizabeth Banks
- Cinematography
- Julio Macat
- Edited by
- Lisa Zeno Churgin
- Music by
- Christophe Beck Mark Kilian
- Production companies
- Gold Circle Films Brownstone Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- September 24, 2012 ( 2012-09-24 ) ( Cinerama Dome ) October 5, 2012 ( 2012-10-05 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $115.4 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Pitch Perfect 3 | Universal Pictures At Home
After the highs of winning the World Championships, and now graduated from college, the Bellas are split apart and discover there are no job prospects for making music with only your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for a European USO tour, this group of awesome nerds come together to make music, and some questionable decisions, one last time. © 2017 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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Encyclopedic overview
Pitch Perfect is a 2012 American musical comedy film directed by Jason Moore and written by Kay Cannon. It features an ensemble cast, including Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson, Adam DeVine, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Wanetah Walmsley, Ben Platt, Utkarsh Ambudkar, John Michael Higgins, and Elizabeth Banks. The film's plot follows an all-female a cappella group that competes against an all-male group from their own university to win the International Collegiate A Cappella Championship. The film is loosely based on Mickey Rapkin's non-fiction book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory, and Moore's own experiences while attending Northwestern University.
Pitch Perfect premiered at the Cinerama Dome on September 24, 2012 and was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on October 5, 2012. It received generally positive reviews from critics and became a sleeper hit, earning $115.4 million worldwide against a $17 million budget. It was followed by two sequels, Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).
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