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

7 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

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

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:

a cappella | female protagonist | bechdel test passed | hit with a burrito | college roommate | 

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Taglines:

Get Pitch Slapped

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Genres:

Comedy | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual material, language and drug references

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the Riff-Off, Ester Dean sings S&M, which was co-written by her.

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Goofs

When the girls sit down to "say something about ourselves", Denise puts a towel over a chair for Lily to sit on because of the vomit on her back. However, you can see that Lily's back is perfectly clean.

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Quotes

Beca: Hey. You must be Kimmy Jin. I'm Beca.
Kimmy Jin: [Silence]
Beca: No English?
Kimmy Jin: [Silence]
Beca: Yes English?
Kimmy Jin: [Silence]
Beca: Just tell me where you're at with English...

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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 The Sixth Sense (1999)

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Soundtracks

Titanium
Written by David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Afrojack (as Nick Van De Wall), Sia (as Sia Furler)

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 October 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pitch Perfect

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,149,433, 30 September 2012

Gross USA:

$65,001,093

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$115,350,426

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brownstone Productions (II), Gold Circle Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1