Too Romantic

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| name = Too Romantic

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| director = Todd Field

| producer =

| writer = Todd Field

| narrator =

| starring = Mab Ashforth
Sean Murray

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| cinematography =

| editing = Barry S. Silver

| distributor = Mercury Film

| released = {{Film date|1992}}

| runtime = 30 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

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Too Romantic is a 1992 dramatic short film that Todd Field created while a fellow at the AFI Conservatory. It was his directorial debut.{{cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/23343/Todd-Field|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114221014/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/23343/Todd-Field|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-11-14|title=Todd Field biography|accessdate=2009-04-11 | first=Melena |department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2007| last=Ryzik}} It is a dramatic piece about a fifteen-year-old boy taking a road trip with his recently widowed grandmother. The piece is notable in that it was Field's first project as a writer/director and his first introduction to many of the collaborators he continued to work with on subsequent projects, including his Academy Award-nominated features In the Bedroom and Little Children.

Premise

Too Romantic is about a fifteen-year-old boy taking a road trip with his recently widowed grandmother.

Cast

  • Sean Murray as Tim
  • Mab Ashforth as Goose
  • Glen Vernon as Barney
  • Dorothy Blass as Lil
  • Scott Adair as Bell Man
  • Allison Duboise as Waitress
  • Alida P. Field as Swan Girl

Crew

  • Film Editor, Barry Silver
  • Cinematographer Dave Perkal
  • Written and directed by Todd Field

References

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