''I’m Obsessed with You (But You’ve Got to Leave Me Alone)'' is a 2014 American

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film directed by Jon Goracy, written by

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, and starring

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, Adams and Jason Ralph. The film was based on an off-Broadway play, “IMPROVed”, written by Genevieve Adams. Adams developed the play from her

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senior thesis. After the Broadway success of “IMPROVed”, Adams created a

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campaign to raise funds for the production of a feature film based on the play. Following his work with Adams on “IMPROVed”, Goracy joined the production team for “I’m Obsessed with You” as the film’s director. The film was shot in Dartmouth College,

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, and the

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. The film premiered at the

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in April 2014. It was released on

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on 11 November 2014 but later removed from all online platforms by Adams in 2021. In April 2025, the podcast '' Hyperfixed'' released an episode investigating the film's status after receiving an email from a listener who was unable to find it. Host

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ultimately tracked down Adams, who discussed the events that led to the film's removal and said she had assumed there was no longer any public interest. As a result of the episode, the film was reuploaded to

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where it is currently available in the United States. https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/parker-s-obsessed-with-this-movie-but-she-cannot-find-it-anywhere

Plot

When a magnetic movie star crashes their party the day before graduation, four collegiate comedians are forced to confront the group's friendship and future.

Cast

as Cyrus Kapoor *

as Nell Fitzpatrick *

as Freddie Diaz * Olek Krupa as Stanislaw * Jason Ralph as Jake Birnbaum *

as Keri Langdon *

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as Flamboyant Fan

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:I'm Obsessed with You 2014 films American comedy-drama films American independent films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films 2014 comedy-drama films 2014 independent films English-language comedy-drama films English-language independent films