The Baxter
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The Baxter is the kind of guy you "settle" for because you can't be with the one you really love. And no one's ever been more of Baxter than tax accountant Elliot Sherman. Nice but safe, Elliot has been left at the proverbial 'altar' more times than once. From high school to college to business scho
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Michael Showalter
Director
Michael Showalter
Elizabeth Banks
Michelle Williams
Justin Theroux
Zak Orth
Film Details
Also Known As
Baxter
MPAA Rating
Genre
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
2005
Production Company
Coast To Coast Catering, Inc.; Courier Car Rental, Inc.; D R Reiff & Associates; Duart Film And Video; Goldcrest; Goldcrest Post Production; Hsbc Bank Usa; Ifc Entertainment; J.G. Films Inc.; Kas Lighting; Panavision, Ltd.; Pandora Films; Plum Pictures; Reiff & Associates
Distribution Company
IFC Films; IFC Films; MGM Home Entertainment; Ster-Kinekor
Location
New York City, New York, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 31m
Synopsis
The Baxter is the kind of guy you "settle" for because you can't be with the one you really love. And no one's ever been more of Baxter than tax accountant Elliot Sherman. Nice but safe, Elliot has been left at the proverbial 'altar' more times than once. From high school to college to business school, Elliot always finds himself on the losing end of the love triangle. After a swearing-off of relationships once and for all, Elliot decides to take the plunge one last time when he meets his dream woman, beautiful magazine editor Caroline Swann. But just as he's about to hear wedding bells, her hunky, long-lost high school sweetheart Bradley Lake turns up, out of the blue, triggering Elliot's fears of yet another colossal dumping. As Elliot feels his life spinning into a downward spiral, things begin to change when he encounters Cecil Mills, an adorable office temp and aspiring singer, just off the bus from Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Cecil tells Elliot, "Your problem is that you're not willing to take a risk. Leading men take risks." As Elliot struggles to assert himself for the first time, a series of escalating comic events are set in motion, until finally, with Cecil's help, he learns how to step into center stage in his own life and leave Baxter-hood behind forever.
Director
Michael Showalter
Director
Cast
Michael Showalter
Elizabeth Banks
Michelle Williams
Justin Theroux
Zak Orth
Michael Ian Black
Catherine Lloyd Burns
Peter Dinklage
Paul Rudd
Katharine Powell
Jon Devries
Donna Mitchell
Haviland Morris
David Wain
Jim Demarse
Leslie Lyles
A.d. Miles
Joe Lo Truglio
Seth Herzog
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Peter Stadlen
Abby Wathen
Gabriel Millman
Sarah Drew
Chris Spain
Marylouise Burke
Ken Marino
Audrie Neenan
Bobby Tisdale
Michael Portnoy
Maya Goldsmith
Jenny Maguire
Scott Canfield
Lead Person
James Demarse
Crew
Rise C Abramson
Scenic Artist
Pastor Alvarado
Production Assistant
Pastore Alvarado Iii
Production Assistant
Carina Alves
Craft Service
Victor Avila
Set Production Assistant
David J Babcock
Transportation Captain
Steve Baker
Best Boy Grip
Pattie Barbosa
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wesley Battle
Dolly Grip
Holly Becker
Executive Producer
Erin Benach
Production Assistant
Heidi Bivens
Assistant Costume Designer
Hugo Bonilla
Swing
Nicole Brait
Swing
Sasha Bratt
Apprentice
Jeffrey Brown
Location Manager
Michael Burke
Loader
Amy R. Burt
Costumer
Glen Caplin
Music Supervisor
Rachel V Caruso
Apprentice
Courtney Casale
Coordinator
Juan Castro
Assistant
Rachel Chancey
Recording Engineer
Jean Chen
Swing
David Chernak
Apprentice
Robert Chiu
Hair Stylist
Tara Clancy
Apprentice
Matt Clark
Camera Operator
Matthew Clark
Camera Operator
Emily Collins
Apprentice
Luis Contreras
Grip
Seth Copans
Script Supervisor
Jen Cox
Production Accountant
Mei Lai Hippisley Coxe
Wardrobe Supervisor
Matt Craig
Gaffer
Jacob Craycroft
Editor
Cat Crosby
Dolly Grip
Juan Cruz
Set Production Assistant
Stuart Deutsch
Sound Mixer
Kara Doherty
Assistant Director
Daniel Dong
Office Production Assistant
Ana Katherina Drechsler
Assistant Property Master
Neil Driscoll
On-Set Dresser
Anita Ellis
Costumer
Susan E. Farris
Casting Director
Raul Ferreira
Costumer
David Fishel
Apprentice
Sarah Flack
Editor
Roy Fortier
Transportation Captain
Susan Fried
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Jeremy Frindel
Assistant
Lauren Fritz
Location Scout
Emily Gaunt
Charge Scenic Painter
Janet Gaynor
Assistant Editor
Eric Gearity
Key Grip
Jermaine Gelzer
Assistant
Joanne Getson
Assistant Location Manager
Matt Healey Giordano
Assistant Editor
Graham Walker Goetz
Assistant Location Manager
Justin Gravatt
Gaffer
Justin Gravatt
Swing
Michael N Green
Generator Operator
A G Guindo
Boom Operator
Leah Haley
Apprentice
Jennifer Sara Halpern
Casting Assistant
Maya Hardinge
Makeup Artist
Jason P Hayes
Hair Stylist
Susan Heller
Swing
Shelley Herbert
Production Assistant
Fred Hersch
Song Performer
Laura Hudock
Loader
Ken Hunold
Sound Department
Matthew Hysell
Assistant
Ronald Hysten
Office Production Assistant
Milly Itzhak
Loader
Ryan Iverson
Assistant
Greg Izzo
On-Set Dresser
Joe James
Production Assistant
Antoine Johnson
Assistant
Rashida Jones
Song Performer
Caroline Kaplan
Executive Producer
Katie Kemsley
Camera
Nettie Kent
Apprentice
Jeff Kim
Swing
Matthew G. King
Production Assistant
Jill Kliber
Costume Designer
John Kouromihelakis
Set Production Assistant
Joshua Kraszewski
Best Boy Electric
Matty Lake
Assistant Director
Julia Lallas
Makeup Artist
Deidre Lally
Best Boy Electric
Ted Lehane
Grip
Marcus Lehmann
Swing
Sophia Lin
Production Manager
Deva Lord
Set Production Assistant
Winicjusz Lysik
Scenic Artist
Leanne Maira
Set Production Assistant
Halina Marki
Scenic Artist
Nicole Marra Marra
Legal Services
Lee Mars
Song Performer
Michael Masarof
Production Assistant
Michelle J Mayas
Camera
Angela Mccluskey
Song
Angela Mccluskey
Song Performer
Angela Mcclusky
Song
Angela Mcclusky
Song Performer
Laura Meyerratken
Song
Jessica Miglio
Photography
Jessica Miglio
Casting Director
Eric Milano
Sound Editor
Eric Milano
Foley Artist
Amy Miles
Song
Amy Miles
Song Performer
Ingrid Miller
Assistant
Jeffrey Kurt Miller
Assistant
Wayne Morgan
Set Production Assistant
Kristal Mosley
Production Coordinator
Jason Motley
Craft Service
Cassandra Mucha
Makeup Artist
Kelly Neese
Boom Operator
Jill Newell
Costume Designer
Paul Niccolls
Grip
Galt Niederhoffer
Producer
Iliana Nikolic
Production Executive
Elizabeth O'brien
Swing
Brad O'connor
Assistant Director
Christian Obregon
Assistant
Tim Orr
Director Of Photography
Erin Elizabeth Owens
Associate Producer
John Palumbo
Transportation Co-Captain
Celia Parker
Scenic Artist
Tom Paul
Supervising Sound Editor
Tom Paul
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bonny 'free Range' Perkins
Sound Editing
Craig Pressgrove
Assistant Camera
David Pultz
Color Timer
Celine Rattray
Producer
Susan Reilly
Makeup Artist
Tania Ribalow
Makeup Artist
Alison Riesel
Set Production Assistant
Andrea Divincenzo Rivera
Hair Stylist
Adrielle Roberts
Craft Service
Vernon Rodriguez
Coordinator
Jason Rody
Assistant Director
Amanda Ross
Makeup Artist
Peter Salett
Song
Peter Salett
Song Performer
Steve Salett
Song
Jeffrey Scharf
Song
Paul Schmidt
Apprentice
Matt Schneider
Production Coordinator
Duke Scoppa
Property Master
Lisa Scoppa
Set Decorator
Jonathan Sehring
Executive Producer
Joseph Seraphin
Assistant
Theodore Shapiro
Song
Theodore Shapiro
Music
Theodore Shapiro
Song Performer
Clarence Sharpe
Set Production Assistant
Jonathan Shoemaker
Unit Production Manager
Jonathan Shoemaker
Coproducer
Michael Showalter
Screenplay
Reagan Silber
Producer
Manny Siverio
Stunt Coordinator
Linda Slater
Assistant Camera
Curtis Smith
Assistant Director
Natasha Stewart
Production Secretary
Abigail Stowe
Wardrobe
Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Producer
Lawrence Tarzy
Costumer
Edward Tejada
Assistant
Acacia Thompson
Apprentice
Ken Thompson
Grip
Noah Vivekanand Timan
Sound Mixer
Hector Toledo
Grip
Sylvia Trapanese
Scenic Artist
Jonathan Unger
Assistant Property Master
John Urban
Set Production Assistant
Rufus Wainwright
Song
Rufus Wainwright
Song Performer
Kevin Walter
Production Assistant
Kenneth Watson
Assistant
Craig Wedren
Song
Craig Wedren
Song Performer
Craig Wedren
Music
Mark White
Production Designer
Mark White
Production Designer
Nils Widboom
Location Scout
Michelle Williams
Song Performer
John D Wright
Lighting Technician
Film Details
Also Known As
Baxter
MPAA Rating
Genre
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
2005
Production Company
Coast To Coast Catering, Inc.; Courier Car Rental, Inc.; D R Reiff & Associates; Duart Film And Video; Goldcrest; Goldcrest Post Production; Hsbc Bank Usa; Ifc Entertainment; J.G. Films Inc.; Kas Lighting; Panavision, Ltd.; Pandora Films; Plum Pictures; Reiff & Associates
Distribution Company
IFC Films; IFC Films; MGM Home Entertainment; Ster-Kinekor
Location
New York City, New York, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 31m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 26, 2005
Released in United States September 2, 2005
Released in United States on Video December 13, 2005
Feature directorial debut for Michael Showalter.
Released in United States Summer August 26, 2005
Released in United States September 2, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video December 13, 2005
