Q&A with ANGELO PIZZO (Screenwriter/Co-Producer)

Immediately followed by
a screening his upcoming film

"THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES"

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Q&A with ANGELO PIZZO (Screenwriter/Co-Producer)

Immediately followed by
a screening his upcoming film

"THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES"

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Begins at 1:30 PM PDT

Tuesday, April 12, 2005



ANGELO PIZZO (Screenwriter/Co-Producer) is the writer/producer of HOOSIERS and RUDY, both directed by David Anspaugh.

After earning his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Indiana, Pizzo went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Film and Television. He worked at Warner Bros. in the story department and at Time Life Films as vice president of Feature Film Production. Pizzo has also produced three movies of the week and two pilots.

"THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES" In the spring of 1950, the United States was extended an invitation to compete in the World Cup in Brazil. Faced with budgetary restrictions and no official soccer team to call their own, the U.S. set out to recruit players in the soccer hotbed of St. Louis, Missouri, where they found a group of young friends with no professional or international playing experience, only an unabashed love of the game. Leaving behind their wives, girlfriends and families for New York, Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Gino Pariani, Frank