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The Romantics

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The Romantics is the debut feature film from writer/director Jason Mitchell. It was shot in March and April of 2006 in the Twin Cities area on miniDV with a budget of a few hundred dollars.
The Romantics features a cast of over twenty local actors. The character driven narrative revolves around vignettes involving couples in failing relationships.
The Romantics was shot using Panasonic DVX-100 cameras and edited with Apple's Final Cut Pro editing software.
THE ROMANTICS DVD IS AVAILABLE NOW AT LESTERSRECORDS.COM
Writer/Director: Jason Mitchell
Producers: Shelby Falk, Joseph Larsen, Jason Mitchell
Director of Photography: Shelby Falk
Production Manager/Assistant Director: Joseph Larsen
Camera Operators: Shelby Falk, Dylan Theis, Carrie Volk, Adam Frenz
Sound: Chase Brandau, Nic Hentges, Jason Mitchell
Gaffers: Shelby Falk, Randy Bratvold, Jean Dalsin
Make-up: Jennifer Bahe, Shelby Falk, Hilary Falk
Script Supervisors: Joseph Larsen, Jean Dalsin
Location Scouts: Samantha Ploetz, Joseph Larsen, Shelby Falk
Editing/Sound Mix: Jason Mitchell
Music/Sound Design: Jason Mitchell, JAR
Casting: Jason Mitchell, Joseph Larsen, Shelby Falk
Featured Cast: Joseph Larsen, Rita Cannon, Eric Graves, Shane Maxwell, Kayla Laursen, Lisa Pechmiller, Ben Hippely, Jeremiah LaRoche, John Heimbuch, Jennifer Bahe, Ellie Johnson, Troy Zimmerman, Rachel Grubb, Paul Koller, Mysnikol, Heidi Tungseth, Jason Patten

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City Pages Review

"This locally produced indie from director Jason Mitchell opens with a sex, lies and videotape-style interrogation.  Seth is being interviewed for a part in a movie, or to be the subject of a mov...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:08:00 GMT

Premiere Info

The Romantics premiere screening will be held the night of Friday, December 15, 2006 at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis at midnight (technically the morning of Saturday, December 16). This event is...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:43:00 GMT

The Romantics is finished.

A friendly update for all of you out in internet-land.  The Romantics has finally been completed.  We are all very excited to have reached this point after a year of hard work.  Plannin...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:14:00 GMT