The Extra Man
USA
comedy

Production Year: 2010

Director: Shari Springer Berman
Director: Robert Pulcini

Starring:

Kevin Kline (Henry Harrison)

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), Katie Holmes (Mary Powell), Paul Dano (Louis Ives), Cathy Moriarty (Katherine Hart), Alicia Goranson (Sandra), Jason Butler Harner (Otto), Marian Seldes (Vivian), Alex Burns (Brad), Patti D´Arbanville (Katherine Hart), more...

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

Release Date: July 30, 2010  (USA)