REMINDER/Aspiring Talent Connect with Hollywood's Power Elite; Top Executives Reveal Insider Secrets at Largest PitchFest Ever Held.

Business & Entertainment Editors

REMINDER...for Friday & Saturday (Jan. 30 & Jan. 31)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

            Meet With 15 Decision-Makers In One Afternoon;
               Pitch Your Idea; Break Into The Industry

WHAT:     Southern California's aspiring talent will turn dreams into
          reality at The Great American PitchFest, where they'll rub
          shoulders with the movers and shakers of the American film
          and television industries. Sponsored by The American
          Screenwriters Association and produced by Twilight Pictures,
          Inc., PitchFest offers an unprecedented opportunity for
          individuals to sell their ideas for movies, TV shows,
          sitcoms, documentaries and all other genres and formats,
          plus learn insider secrets on pitching a script and landing
          a contract or agent in the entertainment industry.

          To hone skills and maximize the art of the pitch, top
          Hollywood professionals will reveal insider secrets on
          getting your ideas to the most influential power people.
          Learn from Michael Hauge (Author of "Writing Screenplays
          That Sell"), Karl Iglesias (Author of "The 101 Habits of
          Highly Successful Screenwriters"), Robert Kosberg
          (Screenwriter, Executive Producer: "The Match", National
          Lampoon's "Dad's Week Off", "12 Monkeys"), financing,
          packaging and distribution expert, Page Ostrow (Ostrow and
          Company), Pilar Alessandra (Script consultant and training
          expert), and Kathie Fong Yoneda (Author of "The Script
          Selling Game - A Hollywood Insider's Look at Getting Your
          Script Sold and Produced"), just to name a few.  As an added
          bonus, decision-makers and speakers can mix, mingle and
          continue to network at the "Sweet Taste of Success"
          champagne and dessert buffet gala in the evening.

          Representative companies include Out of the Blue
          Entertainment ("Mr. Deeds", "Big Daddy", "Master of
          Disguise"), Regent Entertainment ("Gods & Monsters"),
          Lightstorm Entertainment (James Cameron's company:
          "Titanic", "True Lies", "Terminator"), Robert Kosberg
          Productions ("12 Monkeys", "Surrender Dorothy"), and the
          Donners' Company ("Lethal Weapon" 1-4, "You've Got Mail"),
          plus countless others.

WHEN &
WHERE:    January 30, 2004 - Pre-conference Seminar at the Holiday Inn
          7:00 - 9:00 pm - "Mastering the 2 Minute Pitch" by Michael
           Hauge
          Holiday Inn, California Hall
          1020 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015

          January 31, 2004 - PitchFest at the Los Angeles Convention
           Center
          7:30 am - Registration; 8:30 am - 1:00 pm - Training
           Sessions
          1:00 - 5:00 pm - One-On-One Pitch Meetings
          5:30 pm - Midnight - Sweet Taste of Success Gala Party
          Los Angeles Convention Center
          1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Note to media: Interviews with authors, industry representatives
and event organizers are available pre-event and on both event days
upon request. Media credentials and photos are available.