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| Too Soon to Love | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Richard Rush |
| Produced by | Mark Lipsky Richard Rush |
| Screenplay by | László Görög Richard Rush |
| Story by | László Görög Richard Rush Francis Ford Coppola |
| Starring | Merle Oberon Curd Jürgens |
| Music by | Ronald Stein |
| Cinematography | William C. Thompson |
| Edited by | Stefan Arnsten |
Production company | Dynasty |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | February 1960 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50,000[1] |
Too Soon to Love, also known as High School Honeymoon and Teenage Lovers, is a 1960 American exploitation film directed by Richard Rush and starring Richard Evans, Jennifer West and Jack Nicholson.[2]
The film was considered by some critics as among the first of the American "new wave"of filmmaking.[1]
Contents
1 Premise
2 Cast
3 Production
4 References
5 External links
Premise
The film is about the romantic relationship between a woman and a man, barely out of their teens, and another man named Buddy (Nicholson) who tries to steal her away from him.
Cast
- Jennifer West
- Richard Evans
- Jack Nicholson
Production
The film was made for $50,000. It wasFrancis Ford Coppola's first writing assignment and director Richard Rush said "he had more youth than discipline."[1]
Jack Nicholson was cast off the back of his appearance in The Cry Baby Killer. He would make two more films with Rush.[3]
The film was sold to Universal for $250,000.[1]
References
^ abcd McDougal, Dennis (2008). Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times. John Wiley & Sons. p. 38-39..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ TEENAGE LOVERS
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 27, Iss. 312, (Jan 1, 1960): 101
^ McGilligan, Patrick (1996). Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 113.
External links
Too Soon to Love on IMDb
Too Soon to Love at the TCM Movie Database
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