pilot film
Britishnoun
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Last fall they branched out into television as advisers on a special series of hour-long historical dramas, have helped produce the pilot film of a half-hour TV series on the Civil War.
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When Gay heard that CBS was thinking of a morning hillbilly show, he cut a pilot film of Dean that sold CBS bigwigs.
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Brasselle had barely any experience as a TV producer, but Aubrey bought all three shows without even seeing a pilot film, an almost unheard-of vote of confidence for even an established program packager.
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After seeing the Sullivan pilot film, the Texas Co. was all set to pay $4,500,000 for a package that included eight similar shows, but backed out at the last minute.
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Then, doubling as a salesman, he flew to the U.S., showed the pilot film to Ballantine beer and, with a sponsor's contract in his pocket, raced back to Stockholm and got to work.
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