The Extra Man (2010) (original) (raw)
Louis Ives is a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When an 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 finds a job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters Mary, an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker. But, what really sparks Louis� imagination is his new home life. He rents a room in the ramshackle apartment of Henry Harrison, a penniless, wildly eccentric and brilliant playwright. When Henry�s not dancing alone to obscure music or singing ...(more)
Louis Ives is a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When an 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 finds a job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters Mary, an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker. But, what really sparks Louis� imagination is his new home life. He rents a room in the ramshackle apartment of Henry Harrison, 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. (less)
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Writers: Robert Pulcini, Jonathan Ames, Shari Springer Berman
Starring: Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, John C. Reilly, Marian Seldes, Celia Weston, Patti D'Arbanville
Producer: Anthony Bregman
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