The Extra Man (2010)

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Directors:

Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Writers:

Robert Pulcini (screenplay), Jonathan Ames (screenplay),

Stars:

Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, John C. Reilly

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Kline	...	Henry Harrison
Paul Dano	...	Louis Ives
John C. Reilly	...	Gershon Gruen
Marian Seldes	...	Vivian Cudlip
Celia Weston	...	Meredith Lagerfeld
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Katherine Hart
Dan Hedaya	...	Aresh
Jason Butler Harner	...	Otto Bellman
Alex Burns	...	Brad
Katie Holmes	...	Mary Powell
Alicia Goranson	...	Sandra
Lynn Cohen	...	Lois Huber
John Pankow	...	George
Lewis Payton Jr.	...	Usher (as Lewis Payton)
Marisa Ryan	...	Tanya

Storyline

Louis, a young teacher enamored of the age of F. Scott Fitzgerald, loses his job when he's caught trying on a bra he finds in a campus office. He decides to go to New York City to find himself and to be a writer. He answers an ad for a housemate placed by the eccentric and opinionated Henry Harrison; an odd-couple relationship starts. Louis gets a job selling advertising for a green magazine and fancies Mary, a co-worker. He meets Henry's neighbor, the hirsute Gershon, and Henry offers Paul schooling in the gentleman's world of being an "extra man" - a hired companion, a gigolo - for older women. Can Louis sort out these varied worlds as well as his own expectations?

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Plot Keywords:

escort | playwright | forgiveness | hand kissing | russia | 

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Taglines:

A sexless new comedy

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA France

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2011 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Chlopak do towarzystwa

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$18,861 (USA) (30 July 2010)

Gross:

$453,079 (USA) (22 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

3 Arts Entertainment, Likely Story, Tax Credit Finance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As Henry drives Louis and himself to the theater for the first time, Henry demonstrates that he is a wild driver, without concern for other drivers and pedestrians. At one point, a voice off-screen yells "Asshole!" This is what Otto would exclaim from time to time as he wildly drove through London in A Fish Called Wanda. Both Henry and Otto are played by Kevin Kline.

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Goofs

As the main characters ride in a convertible out of the city, the background scenery of a cemetery is continuously repeated.

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Quotes

Louis Ives: You have a strange power over people, Henry.
Henry Harrison: It's my constant disapproval. People think it fatherly.

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Connections

References Tell No One (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Bossa del Breezy"
Composed by Stephen Edwards
Provided by 5 Alarm Music and Source in Sync Music LLC

User Reviews

Quirky, Funny, Different, Interesting

An interesting movie, full of off beat laughs and phenomenal acting by Kevin Kline and Paul Dano and John C. Reilly. Intellectually stimulating, fun, and most importantly, different than the average movie. Paul Dano is brilliantly cast as a young writer who has some confusion about his sexuality and also feels he is meant to be in another era. Kevin Kline is hilarious as an off beat character whose political and social views are quite out of the ordinary. The movie allows the audience to ponder, while not being overly ambiguous. The scene at the beach when John C. Reilly sings and Kevin Kline teaches Paul Dano to dance, is a keeper for my memory bank. "Get me off this Godforsaken beach. I need alcohol and civilization".