The Extra Man
The Extra Man

USA
comedy

Runtime: 108 minutes
Production Year: 2010

Director: Shari Springer Berman
Director: Robert Pulcini

Starring:

Kevin Kline (Henry Harrison)
Katie Holmes (Mary Powell)
Paul Dano (Louis Ives)

A sophisticated and moving comedy, 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 nine-to-five job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker Mary (Katie Holmes). But it´s Louis´ new home life that really sparks his imagination. He rents a room in the ramshackle apartment of Henry Harrison (Kevin Kline), a penniless, wildly eccentric but 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. These two men, separated in age by more than forty years, develop a volatile mentor/apprentice relationship. Through a series of urban adventures where they encounter everything from a leaping lion to a wildly jealous hirsute neighbor, from drunken nonagenarians to a shady Swiss hunchback, Louis and Henry form a memorable bond that bridges their differences.


Cast: John C. Reilly (Gershon Gruen), John Pankow (George), Patti D´Arbanville (Katherine Hart), Celia Weston (Meredith Lagerfeld), Lynn Cohen (Lois Huber), Marian Seldes (Vivian Cudlip), Dan Hedaya (Aresh), Alex Burns (Brad), Marisa Ryan (Tanya), Jason Butler Harner (Otto Bellman), more...

Crew: Screenplay: Robert Pulcini, Screenplay: Jonathan Ames, Writer: Jonathan Ames, Screenplay: Shari Springer Berman, Producer: Anthony Bregman, Producer: Stephanie Davis, Music: Klaus Badelt, Director of photography: Terry Stacey, Editor: Robert Pulcini, Production designer: Judy Becker, more...

Release Date: July 30, 2010  (USA)