The Romantics Movie Premier at Sundance
In only a few shorts hours the North Fork will be revealed to Sundance 2010 audiences as the film premier screens at around 9am Friday January 29th. All the filming took place on the North Fork of Long Island, in mainly in Southold and Greenport, small towns in Northeastern USA that take your breath away with the fresh air. It’s barely 6 weeks since the “The Romantics” movie film crew finally rolled out of Town. At what must have been breakneck editing speed, it was accepted for Sundance Festival, where it’s already 3 stars on the audience buzz meter before a single screening or review. All the signs are good for this Premier, which can only be a good thing for the East End.
Seven close friends—all members of a tight, eclectic college clique—reconvene at a deluxe seaside wedding to watch two of their own tie the knot. Lila is the golden girl preparing for her dream wedding, and Laura is Lila’s maid of honor. Once college roommates, Laura and Lila have been best friends since their first meeting on campus, but Lila’s groom, Tom, is the man they have long rivaled over. Promiscuity and hi-jinks abound as the drunken friends frolic in the nearby surf and revel in the nostalgic haze of their glory days.
Producer-turned-director Galt Niederhoffer adapts her own novel of the same name in this audacious first feature. With an outstanding ensemble cast, The Romantics is both a Zeitgeist love story and generational comedy that breathes new life into the genre and recaptures the camaraderie of youth.
