Overview
Genre
ComedyRelease Date
July 30, 2010 (Limited)MPAA Rating
RDuration
108 min.Production Budget
$7 millionsStudio
Magnolia PicturesOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Shari Springer Berman, Robert PulciniProducer
Anthony Bregman, Stephanie DavisScreenwriter
Shari Springer Berman, Robert PulciniStarring
- Kevin Kline as Henry Harrison
- Paul Dano as Louis Ives
- Katie Holmes as Mary Powell
- John C. Reilly as Gershon
- Celia Weston as Meredith Lagerfeld
- Alicia Goranson
- Jason Butler Harner
Story
"The Extra Man" is a sophisticated and moving comedy from filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini.
"The Extra Man" follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When a deeply embarrassing incident forces him to leave his job at an exclusive Princeton prep school, Louis heads to New York City to make a fresh start. He quickly finds a 9 to 5 job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker Mary (Katie Holmes).
But, what really sparks Louis' imagination is his new home life. He rents a room in the ramshackle apartment of Henry Harrison (Kevin Kline), a penniless, wildly eccentric and brilliant playwright. When Henry's not dancing alone to obscure music or singing operettas, he's performing - with great panache - the duties of an "extra man," a social escort for the wealthy widows of Manhattan high society. The two men develop a volatile mentorship, which leads to a series of urban adventures - encountering everything from a leaping lion to a wildly jealous hirsute neighbor to drunken nonagenarians to a shady Swiss hunchback.
Along his exploration into the heart of New York City, Henry and Louis have unexpected influences on each other and form a memorable bond that bridges their differences.
