The Extra Man
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Shari Springer Berman
Lynn Cohen
Paul Dano
Katie Holmes
Jason Butler Harner
Marian Seldes
Film Details
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Synopsis
Louis Ives is 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. But it's Louis' new home life that really sparks his imagination. He rents a room in the ramshackle apartment of Henry Harrison, 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
Lynn Cohen
Paul Dano
Katie Holmes
Jason Butler Harner
Marian Seldes
Dan Hedaya
John C. Reilly
Kevin Kline
Celia Weston
John Pankow
Patti D'arbanville
Crew
Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames
Stefanie Azpiazu
Klaus Badelt
Judy Becker
Shari Springer Berman
Shari Springer Berman
Anthony Bregman
Keith Bunin
Linda Cohen
Stephanie Davis
Suttirat Larlarb
Vincent Maraval
Agnes Mentre
Robert Pulcini
Robert Pulcini
Robert Pulcini
Rebecca Rivo
Terry Stacey
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2010
Released in United States January 2010
Released in United States July 30, 2010
Released in United States Summer July 30, 2010
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Opening Night Gala) May 20-June 13, 2010.
Based on the novel "The Extra Man" written by Jonathan Ames and published by Scribner in August 1998.
Christopher Plummer and Jason Biggs were previously attached to star.
Isaac Mizrahi was previously attached to direct.
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Opening Night Gala) May 20-June 13, 2010.)
Released in United States January 2010 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 21-31, 2010.)
Project was previously in development at Killer Films.
Released in United States July 30, 2010 (NYC, LA)
Released in United States Summer July 30, 2010
