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🎬 Written by Glenn Marshall
🎥 Produced by Simply Thrilled
📍 Set in Nottingham’s Radford, inspired by true memories
🕰️ A passion project, made on a shoestring, with a lot of love (and a smoke machine)
How do you recreate the sights and sounds of 1970s Nottingham on a budget? With hustle, some archive digging, and a bootload of camomile cigarettes, it turns out.
New writer Glenn Marshall came to us with a cracking script - based on memories of growing up in Radford during the gritty glamour of the 70s. We helped bring that world back to life, from the duck-egg-blue betting slips to the thick haze of indoor smoke.
Set in a smoky, crooked betting shop, Too Much Money is a short film about power, deception, and velvet-covered revenge.
A mysterious woman walks in. Places a long-shot bet. Wins.
Then doubles down.
Behind the counter, a manager spirals.
Behind him, two heavies arrive.
And behind them… the real boss.
It’s a heightened satire about late-stage capitalism, class warfare and the gap between those who make the rules - and those who break them with style.
📚 Archive Research
We dived into the Nottingham Local Studies Library and found everything from original 1970s signage to grainy footage of Radford streets. Some of the period signage you see in the film? Hand-replicated by us, based on what we found.
🧥 Costume & Props
A team of theatre-trained costume designers hunted for era-accurate pieces across market stalls, charity shops and costume houses. We dressed our punters in every shade of despair and polyester.
🚬 Atmosphere
We used vintage lenses and a Tiffen Pro-Mist filter to add a soft, glowy finish - then pumped in smoke to get that authentic 70s haze. And to save our crew from secondhand smoke, we used camomile cigarettes. Smelled lovely. Looked even better.
👥 Casting
We cast from our local talent network and brought in non-professionals who looked and sounded the part - including one absolute scene-stealer in a red fedora.
🎬 Production Design
We transformed a real working Portacabin space into a fully-fledged 1970s bookies - complete with betting slips, cash boxes, fag ends, and period radio commentary.
🎥 Shot Style
We leaned into slick Steadicam shots and slow zooms to reflect the growing tension. Plus inspired vintage colour grade for that 70s charm.
So - this wasn’t just about making something which looked the part. Too Much Money was about reclaiming stories which rarely get told - from working-class Nottingham, through a sharp satirical lens.
And it worked a right treat. Because when you see Penny walk into that betting shop, you know something’s up.
And when she leaves? You wish you were ridin’ shotgun.
