Girl Crazy (1997 film)

Girl Crazy
Girl Crazy
	film poster
Directed by	Richard Dutcher
Written by	Richard Dutcher
Produced by	Gwen Dutcher; Richard Dutcher
Starring	Richard Dutcher; Linda Bon
Cinematography	Rob Sweeney
Edited by	Fran Kaplan
Music by	Miriam Cutler
Production; companies	Main Street Movie Co.; Charlie Horse Prods.
Distributed by	Cinemax
Release date	July 1, 1997;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$55,000 (est.)

Girl Crazy is a 1997 American comedy film written and directed by Richard Dutcher. Dutcher's first feature film,^[1] it was initially shown on HBO's Cinemax service, and never received theatrical distribution.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Tommy McIntosh (Richard Dutcher) was raised by adoring women and he learned to himself adore women. He has a neurotic antipathy toward men. He gets into trouble when Rachel (Linda Bon), the one woman to whom he has professed eternal love finds out he's been sleeping around. To win her back he must learn how to be a man.

Background

Having spent five years in its making, Dutcher admitted that the movie was fluff^[2]^[4] and "not very good",^[5] but said that it gave him the kind of experience in making films that he had not gotten in film school.^[3] He also said that his work on this film led him to change course and make God's Army, effectively beginning modern Mormon cinema.^[6] Dutcher also stated

My first film, "Girl Crazy", was not very good ... Neither were the early films of Martin Scorcese [sic], Brian DePalma, etc. So much of filmmaking is craft. Craft has to be learned. We're all, hopefully, getting better with each film. That's the goal.^[5]

Cast

Richard Dutcher as Tommy
Linda Bon as Rachel
Tim Hansen as Tim
Lisa Manulkin as Lisa
Kiki Margiotta as Trish
Donna Kay Meek (not credited)

Notes

^ "Fire Damages Offices of Mormon Filmmaker". Fox News. Associated Press. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b Morrison, Davey. ""Falling": My interview with Richard Dutcher". Examiner.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "Director profiles: Richard Dutcher". LDS Films. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ "Richard Dutcher, Mormon moviemaker". Deseret News. 17 June 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b Dutcher, Richard (11 April 2007). "Richard Dutcher: 'Parting words' on Mormon movies". Daily Herald. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ Walker, Jonathan (18 February 2001). "Call for a New Mormon Cinema: Richard Dutcher and God's Army". Meridian Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

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[foxnews-1] "Fire Damages Offices of Mormon Filmmaker". Fox News. Associated Press. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[morrison-2] Morrison, Davey. ""Falling": My interview with Richard Dutcher". Examiner.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ldsfilms-3] "Director profiles: Richard Dutcher". LDS Films. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[deseretnews1-4] "Richard Dutcher, Mormon moviemaker". Deseret News. 17 June 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[dailyherald-5] Dutcher, Richard (11 April 2007). "Richard Dutcher: 'Parting words' on Mormon movies". Daily Herald. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[meridianmagazine-6] Walker, Jonathan (18 February 2001). "Call for a New Mormon Cinema: Richard Dutcher and God's Army". Meridian Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

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