The duck video that helped pitch The Sopranos
Pitching one of the greatest mafia dramas in television history evidently required some amateur waterfowl photography. To convey the exact melancholic vibe he wanted for Tony Soprano's midlife crisis, creator David Chase literally filmed a wild duck that landed in his pool. Executives were somehow convinced that this shaky home video was the key to a prestige crime saga.

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