Pizza: The Movie

This documentary look at the American love of pizza comes from filmmaker Michael Dorian. Blending a timeline of the history of pizza in the US and the billion-dollar industry built around the savory pies with footage from a competition featuring such events as pizza-tossing and dough-stretching, Pizza! The Movie screened at the 2006 San Francisco Documentary Film Festival., The 14th annual World Pizza Championship in Italy is documented. Also: an examination of the American pizza industry, featuring an interview with Food Network’s Mario Batali.