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Northwood Pie (2019 film)
Northwood Pie is a 2019 American Coming of Age Romantic-Comedy film directed by Jay Salahi (in his directorial debut) and written by Jay Salahi and Todd Knack. The film stars Todd Knack, Annika Foster, AJ Hamilton, Trevor Larson, Adam Garza, and Mendel Fogelman. Set in the suburbs, a burnout Crispin ( Knaack) gets a job at a local pizza shop. While at the pizza shop Crispin meets Sierra (foster), a co-worker with whom he develops a quick rapport and relationship.

Release
The film was released on August 14, 2020 on streaming services (Amazon Prime, Google Play,Tubi, Youbtube Movies). Indie Rights Media is disturbing the film the movie had its premier on March 16, 2019 at the Pasadena International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Film

Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 6.22/10.

Writing for The Midwest Film Journal, Evan Dossey called the film "A prototypical twentysomething dramedy seasoned with small-budget heart & technical skill."

Cast

 * Todd Knaak as Crispin a community college burnout
 * Annika Foster as Sierra one of Crispin's coworkers at Northwood Pizza
 * Aj Hamilton as Mattan the manager of Northwood Pizza
 * Trevor Larson as Jason one of Crispin's close friends
 * Mendel Fogelman as Rahim one of Crispin's close friends

Production
Northwood Pie was filmed in Irvine, CA where the actual Northwood Pizza has been since the 1970s. . Most of the film's budget was raised through the website kickstarter. The writer of the screenplay Todd Knaak worked at Northwood Pizza fond inspiration for the movie by working at the pizza shop for two years

Cast

 * Todd Knaak as Crispin a community college burnout
 * Annika Foster as Sierra one of Crispin's coworkers at Northwood Pizza
 * Aj Hamilton as Mattan the manager of Northwood Pizza
 * Trevor Larson as Jason one of Crispin's close friends
 * Adam Garza as Garza one of Crispin's coworkers at Northwood Pizza
 * Mendel Fogelman as Rahim one of Crispin's close friends
 * Sean Lamping as Anthony as one of Crispin's close friends
 * Andrea Knaak as Mom the mother of Crispin
 * Johnny Chang as Johnny Chang

Production
The movie received most of its budget through the website kickstarter. The movie was filmed in Irvine, CA and at Northwood Pizza. The estimated budget for the Northwood Pie is $12,000.