To Tom Cortini (Movie)

To Tom Cortini
	20th Anniversary Poster
Directed by	Jeff Bell
Screenplay by	Jeff Bell
Produced by	Jeff Bell; Nate Weiss;
Starring	Chris Horton; Jeff Bell; Joel Bessire; Bryan Boyer; Nathan Weiss;
Cinematography	Nate Weiss
Edited by	Jeff Bell
Music by	John Murphy, Seattle Music
Production; company	Ghost-Hat Productions
Release date	December 15, 2002;
Running time	14 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$25

To Tom Cortini, also known as TTC, is a 2002 short film that was the first to expand upon the New Prairie Universe.

Plot

A man starts asking questions about the packages he's been delivering, but soon finds himself being hunted down for finding out too much.

Chris Horton as Jerry Burr, an innocent delivery driver who accidentally gets caught up in a drug-running scheme.
Joel Bessire as Tom Cortini, a man requesting a mysterious package to be delivered.
Jeff Bell as Vinnie Sporteino, an Italian mob boss whose packages Jerry is delivering.
Bryan Boyer as Anthony, Vinnie's right hand man.
Nate Weiss as Tony, a driver for Vinnie.
Keith Rambicure as Henchman #1, one of Vinnie's henchmen.
Joel Bessire as Henchman #2, one of Vinnie's henchmen.
Jeff Bell as Henchman #3, one of Vinnie's henchmen.

Was the second film created under the Ghost-Hat Productions name; however, it was the first film completed.
The film was produced in part by BOLTONBROS.CO, a production company co-founded by Jeff Bell prior to the foundation of Ghost-Hat.
The character Jerry Burr had a different last name in the original edit of the film. His name, "Jerry Dingle," was changed during a 2004 re-edit of the film. Since the actors were no longer available, any mention of the name was simply cut from dialogue and a new one added in the credits.
The film was written, filmed, and edited in less than 2 weeks. It was a final project for a high school class that needed to be presented at the end of the semester. The original edit was completed a day before it was due.
Houses belonging to friends of the cast and crew were used as the estates of both Vinnie and Tom.
The idea for the movie came about after visiting the wooden trail seen at the end, a month prior to production. Onsite, director Jeff Bell loved the location and said he'd like to film a movie there. When it came time to make this movie, the story was written to work for that location.
The package of cocaine was actually a bag of sugar.

The events of this film take place on December 15, 1995.