Name: Pitch People
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1999-10-22
Rating: 8.5

1999NR

The true story of the world's second oldest profession.

Documentary1h 27m

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82%

Tomatometer

8.5

TMDB

Storyline

The art of the "pitch" and its role in society, as told by many of the pitch industry's greatest salesmen, including Arnold Morris, Sandy Mason, Lester Morris, Wally Nash and Ed McMahon as well as a look at the Popeil family.

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Details

DirectorStanley Jacobs

ReleasedOct 22, 1999

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

SJPL Films, Ltd

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

5 fresh · 1 rotten

Jaylan Salah

RTGeek Vibes NationJul 8, 2026

Stanley Jacobs’ "Pitch People" lets us in on a fascinating world of mystery, stage magic tricks, and intense ability to read people.

MaryAnn Johanson

RTFlick FilosopherJun 3, 2024

The goofy-90s-cheese factor is high in this look at home-shopping TV hucksters, but any nostalgia is small and cheap. The chipper vibe is distasteful in a way it perhaps wasn’t in the booming 1990s.

Jenn Adams

RTStrong Female AntagonistMay 23, 2024

Pitch People dazzles us with charming faces and captures our attention for a brief moment in time before we inevitably move on to something else.

Jennie Kermode

RTEye for FilmMay 19, 2024

Funny, sharp-witted and keenly observational.