To Tom Cortini (Movie)
| To Tom Cortini | |
|---|---|
 10th Anniversary Poster | |
| Directed by | Jeff Bell |
| Produced by |
Jeff Bell Nate Weiss |
| Screenplay by | Jeff Bell |
| Starring |
Chris Horton Jeff Bell Joel Bessire Bryan Boyer Nathan Weiss |
| Music by | John Murphy, Seatle Music |
| Cinematography | Nate Weiss |
| Edited by | Jeff Bell |
Production company | |
Release date | December 15, 2002 |
Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
To Tom Cortini, also known as TTC, is a 2002 short film that was the first to expand upon the New Prairie Universe.
Plot synopsis
A man starts asking questions about the mysterious packages he's been delivering, and finds himself in the middle of more than he thought.
Cast
- Chris Horton ..... Jerry Burr
- Joel Bessire ..... Tom Cortini
- Jeff Bell ..... Vinnie Sportien
- Bryan Boyer ..... Anthony
- Nate Weiss ..... Tony
- Keith Rambicure ..... Henchman #1
- Joel Bessire ..... Henchman #2
- Jeff Bell ..... Henchman #3
Trivia
- Was the second film created under the Ghost-Hat Productions name, however 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 time came to make this movie, the story was written to work for that location.
- The package of cocaine was actually a bag of sugar.
