Pitch Perfect (2012)

Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.

Director:

Jason Moore

Writers:

Kay Cannon (screenplay), Mickey Rapkin (based on the book by)

Stars:

Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson

6 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Kendrick	...	Beca
Skylar Astin	...	Jesse
Ben Platt	...	Benji Applebaum
Brittany Snow	...	Chloe
Anna Camp	...	Aubrey
Rebel Wilson	...	Fat Amy
Alexis Knapp	...	Stacie
Ester Dean	...	Cynthia-Rose Adams
Hana Mae Lee	...	Lilly Okanakamura
Kelley Jakle	...	Jessica (as Kelley Alice Jakle)
Wanetah Walmsley	...	Denise
Shelley Regner	...	Ashley
Caroline Fourmy	...	Mary Elise
Nicole Lovince	...	Kori
Adam DeVine	...	Bumper Allen

Storyline

The Barden Bellas are a collegiate, all-girls a cappella singing group thriving on female pop songs and their perfect looks. After a disastrous failing at last year's finals, they are forced to regroup. Among the new recruits is freshman Beca, an independent, aspiring DJ with no interest in the college life. But after she meets Jesse, from the rival all-male a cappella group, Beca has a new outlook and takes it upon herself to help the Bellas find their new look and sound and get back into the competition.

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Plot Keywords:

competition | a cappella | dj | song | college | 

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Taglines:

Get Pitch Slapped

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Genres:

Comedy | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 October 2012 (Canada)

Also Known As:

La note parfaite

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$5,149,433 (USA) (28 September 2012)

Gross:

$64,998,368 (USA) (8 February 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brownstone Productions (III), Gold Circle Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite being an accomplished songwriter, this served as the first acting role for Ester Dean who plays Cynthia Rose.

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Goofs

In the finals, when the Bellas are doing the stationary walk dance in a line, Aubrey's hair is clearly let loose. However, in the next scene, her hair is neatly tied in a bun again. Afterwards, she then lets her hair down.

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Quotes

Aubrey: Chloe, your voice didn't sound Aguilerian at all!

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, there is a single tone from an apparent a capella group.

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Connections

References Twilight (2008)

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Soundtracks

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Written by Jef Martens and Azealia Banks
Performed by Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay
Courtesy of Interscope Records / Be Yourself Catalogue BV
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Crazy Funny!!!

Take Bring It On, Glee (not in the icky cheesy way, but because there's singing involved, the good kind), Mean Girls, and add some quick-witted, sharp-tongued dialogue and commentary, and you have the funniest of movies.

At first I was leery: a movie about A Cappella singing groups; I thought at best, it would be a teen flick. Yes, I know, Anna Kendrick. But bigger (some better) names have made some doozies. But, I was unbelievably surprised. Every kind of humour is covered here, and done to absolute perfection. You will be adopting many, many of the lines into your daily lexicon.

For me, Rebel Wilson (as Fat Amy) and Elizabeth Banks (as Gail, the commentator) have some of the most hysterically smart lines ever committed to celluloid (right up there with Young Frankenstein).

Loved it.