THE EXTRA MAN is a Moving and Sophisticated comedy by filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. THE additional MAN follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the protagonist of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When a episode compels him to leave his job Louis heads to new york to earn a fresh start. He finds a 9 to 5 job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters an abysmal, green-obsessed co worker Mary (Katie Holmes).