The Extra Man Page #3

Synopsis: 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?
Genre: Comedy
Production: Magnolia Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
R
Year:
2010
108 min
$453,079
Website
260 Views


I FORGOT YOU WERE HERE.

NEXT TIME I EXERCISE,

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE OUT.

BUT SOMETIMES:

THE NEED IS TOO GREAT!

- NO PROBLEM.

- ONE MUST KEEP IN SHAPE,

YOU KNOW?

I TRY TO MOVE WHATEVER

I THINK IS ROTTING.

I TELL YOU, LOUIS,

I'D LIKE TO HIRE YOU.

FOR NOW IT'S GONNA BE

MOSTLY BE PHONE SALES

TO BUSINESSES:

AND TO MUSEUMS.

BUT IT DOES GO:

WITHOUT SAYING--

THIS BEING:

AN ENVIRONMENTAL

JOURNAL--

YOU ARE GREEN?

YOU DO LIVE:

A PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL

LIFESTYLE?

YES.

- YES, OF COURSE.

- GOOD.

I'M VERY ENVIRONMENTAL.

I'M ALWAYS THINKING

ABOUT HOW THE WORLD

IS FALLING APART.

AND THEN:

I GET DEPRESSED:

AND I THINK ABOUT--

WELL, IF I THINK

ABOUT MYSELF:

THAT'S ALSO DEPRESSING.

- GOOD.

- ( knocking on door )

- YEAH?

- SORRY TO INTERRUPT,

GEORGE,

BUT I NEED YOU TO LOOK

AT THESE RIGHT AWAY

SO I CAN GE THEM SCANNED.

OKAY.

OH, SHE'S GO NICE FEATHERS.

BUT I LIKE HER EYES.

THIS IS THE ONE.

- GREAT.

- I AGREE.

THAT'S AN EXCELLEN OWL PHOTO.

MARY, THIS IS LOUIS.

LOUIS IS GOING:

TO BE WORKING HERE.

- NICE TO MEET YOU.

- HOW DO YOU DO?

YOU DIDN'T HAVE

TO GET UP.

I LOOK FORWARD:

TO WORKING WITH YOU, MARY.

AND WITH YOU, GEORGE.

- THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME ON.

- YOU'RE WELCOME, LOUIS.

LET'S GET YOU FILLING OU SOME START PAPERS, HUH?

COME ON.

COUGH IT UP.

OH, HEY.

LET ME HELP YOU:

WITH THAT, HENRY.

WHAT SERVICE.

YOU'D MAKE AN EXCELLEN VALET OR SQUIRE.

HENRY, MAYBE NEXT TIME

WE SHOULD TRY AND RECYCLE

YOUR WINE BOTTLES.

WHY?

RECYCLING IS:

THE MOST INSIDIOUS IDEA

OF THIS GENERATION.

THAT AND HELPING

THE HOMELESS,

MOST OF WHOM DESERVE

THE POSITION.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD

REALLY FOCUS ON IS SEX.

IF WE COULD:

CONTROL THAT,

WE COULD SOLVE ANYTHING.

SO YOU SEE SEX:

AS THE CAUSE OF ALL

OF SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS?

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU'LL FIND I'M

TO THE RIGHT OF THE POPE

ON MOST OF THESE ISSUES.

WELL, ANYWAY,

IF I MAY CHANGE:

THE SUBJECT,

YOU LOOK VERY NICE.

ARE YOU GOING OUT SOMEWHERE?

YES, I'M SEEING

THE BILLIONAIRESS

VIVIAN CUDLIP THIS EVENING.

SHE PHONED ME:

ABOUT AN EVEN ONLY 10 MINUTES AGO,

BUT THE QUEEN:

MUST BE OBEYED.

- WOW, A BILLIONAIRESS.

- MMM.

AND TO THINK:

A LOWLY FELLOW LIKE ME

WAS ABOUT TO TREAT YOU

TO DINNER.

I HAD A BANNER DAY.

I EVEN GOT A JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS!

I KNEW YOU WERE A MAN

WHO COULD PAY THE RENT.

WHAT TYPE OF POSITION?

- IT'S AT A MAGAZINE.

- MMM.

AN ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNAL.

I'M SURE IT'S

ALL JUST A FRON FOR PORNOGRAPHY.

- ( horn honks )

- AH, THIS IS MY RIDE.

WE MUST CELEBRATE

YOUR GETTING A JOB.

TOMORROW EVENING.

I'LL TAKE YOU

TO THE OPERA.

I KNOW A WONDERFUL

LITTLE COMPANY.

MY TREAT.

THANK YOU, HERBERT.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

- THIS WAY.

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