Too Far to Go (film)  To Far to Go is a 1979 American television film directed by Fielder Cook and starring Michael Moriarty and Blythe Danner. It is based on John Updike's "Too Far to Go", which consists of a collection of linked short stories. The script was by playwright William Hanley. The story involves the marriage and eventual divorce of Richard and Joan Maple and depict a 1960s New York City and New England milieu through the 1970s and is typical of much of Updike's fiction.