Ric Klass was a teacher. A student. A financier. A consultant. An entrepreneur. A writer. Not necessarily in that order. Now, he’s a director, who, for his second feature, returned to the annals and decided to adapt his novel Excuse Me For Living for the screen. With an ensemble featuring the likes of Christopher Lloyd and Jerry Stiller, the black comedy follows a trust-funded, pill-popping megalomaniac as he wades through treatment, his psychologist, his dysfunctional parents, his paramours, and the group therapy sessions he’s been snookered into managing. Klass speaks about his career transitions, craft, and Excuse Me For Living below. The film hits theaters on October 12.
Filmmaker: You’ve had something along the lines of nine different careers. Have you ever had a brush with an in-patient rehab/psych retreat like “Live Free Or Die,” the centerpiece of your film?
Klass: While not a patient myself, I...
Filmmaker: You’ve had something along the lines of nine different careers. Have you ever had a brush with an in-patient rehab/psych retreat like “Live Free Or Die,” the centerpiece of your film?
Klass: While not a patient myself, I...
- 10/10/2012
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
By Lee Pfeiffer
The new romantic comedy ("romcom" for you hipsters) Excuse Me for Living represents the first feature film by Ric Klass, at least in terms of getting any meaningful distribution. (His prior excursion into filmmaking was the little-seen Elliott Fauman, PhD. back in 1990.) The indie movie goes into theatrical release in select theaters nationwide this week. The film traces the tangled relationships between young New Yorkers, with the emphasis focusing on Dan (Tom Pelphrey), a privileged Gen X'er who nonetheless suffers from severe depression and a penchant for self-destructive behavior. When the film opens, we find him about to leap to his death from a bridge. Saved by a cop, he is "sentenced" to a rehab clinic run by a strict, but compassionate psychiatrist (Robert Vaughn), who attempts to form a personal bond with the troubled young man. Dan agrees to join a therapy group comprised entirely of elderly men,...
The new romantic comedy ("romcom" for you hipsters) Excuse Me for Living represents the first feature film by Ric Klass, at least in terms of getting any meaningful distribution. (His prior excursion into filmmaking was the little-seen Elliott Fauman, PhD. back in 1990.) The indie movie goes into theatrical release in select theaters nationwide this week. The film traces the tangled relationships between young New Yorkers, with the emphasis focusing on Dan (Tom Pelphrey), a privileged Gen X'er who nonetheless suffers from severe depression and a penchant for self-destructive behavior. When the film opens, we find him about to leap to his death from a bridge. Saved by a cop, he is "sentenced" to a rehab clinic run by a strict, but compassionate psychiatrist (Robert Vaughn), who attempts to form a personal bond with the troubled young man. Dan agrees to join a therapy group comprised entirely of elderly men,...
- 10/9/2012
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Christopher Lloyd, Robert Vaughn and Jerry Stiller will be presented with an award for “Best Ensemble Cast of Yesterday and Today” for their work in the new film Excuse Me for Living at a Friar’s Club luncheon in New York on Oct. 9. Tom Pelphrey, Melissa Archer, Ewa Da Cruz, Dick Cavett and Wayne Knight also star in the comedy, written and directed by Ric Klass, which opens theatrically and on VOD on Oct. 12. "Excuse Me for Living stands out as a wonderful and deeply funny new comedy that truly represents some of the finest comedic actors of the
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- 10/3/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indie romantic comedy Excuse Me for Living is fully cast. A very good pairing for two soap vets Tom Pelphrey (Guiding Light) as Dan and Melissa Archer (One Life to Live) as Laura, the psychiatrists daughter, also the love interest of the lead character Dan, along with a slew of actors including Christopher Lloyd as Lars, David A. Gregory as Bruce, Robert Vaughn (Hustle TV series) as Jacob, Wayne Knight as Albert, James McCaffrey as Barry, Ewa da Cruz as Charlie, Tonja Walker as Elaine among others.
Due to Excuse Me Facebook account James McCaffrey and Dick Cavett have last joined talented cast and filming began on the 14th day of this month in Gotham, NYC and Westchester later on. At present, they are most grateful to Auto Group which provided the cars they are already using.
The script penned writer-helmer Ric Klass, a graduate of M.I.T. and Harvard Business School,...
Due to Excuse Me Facebook account James McCaffrey and Dick Cavett have last joined talented cast and filming began on the 14th day of this month in Gotham, NYC and Westchester later on. At present, they are most grateful to Auto Group which provided the cars they are already using.
The script penned writer-helmer Ric Klass, a graduate of M.I.T. and Harvard Business School,...
- 4/25/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
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