''Too Romantic'' is a 1992 dramatic

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

that

Todd Field William Todd Field (born February 24, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for directing three feature films: ''In the Bedroom'' (2001), '' Little Children'' (2006), and ''Tár'' (2022). He has received three Academy Award nomi ...

created while a fellow at the

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. It was his directorial debut. 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

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-nominated features ''

In the Bedroom ''In the Bedroom'' is a 2001 American independent drama film directed by Todd Field from a screenplay written by Field and Robert Festinger, based on the 1979 short story " Killings" by Andre Dubus. It stars Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl ...

'' 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

References

External links

* 1992 films 1992 short films Films directed by Todd Field American student films 1990s English-language films {{short-drama-film-stub