Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 09/23/05 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for brief sexual humor and some drug references Running Time Genre Comedy Director/Writer Michael Showalter Cast Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Theroux, Michelle Williams, Michael Ian Black, Peter Dinklage, Paul Rudd, Zak Orth, David Wain, catherine Lloyd Studio IFC Films |
THE BAXTER
SYNOPSIS
THE BAXTER (noun)
Mr. Wrong.
A compromise to "true love."
The epitome of "settling."
In every romantic comedy there's always that scene at
the end where the leading man barges through the
chapel doors just as the leading lady is about to marry
the Wrong Guy. This movie is about the guy left at the
altar. The wrong guy. That guy is called the Baxter. The
Baxter is the kind of guy you "settle" for because you
can't be with the one you really love.
And no one's ever been more of a Baxter than tax
accountant Elliot Sherman (played by
writer/director/star Michael Showalter). Nice but safe,
Elliot has been left at the proverbial 'altar' more times
than once. From high school to college to business
school, Elliot always finds himself on the losing end of
the love triangle.
THE BAXTER (noun)
Mr. Wrong.
A compromise to "true love."
The epitome of "settling."
In every romantic comedy there's always that scene at
the end where the leading man barges through the
chapel doors just as the leading lady is about to marry
the Wrong Guy. This movie is about the guy left at the
altar. The wrong guy. That guy is called the Baxter. The
Baxter is the kind of guy you "settle" for because you
can't be with the one you really love.
And no one's ever been more of a Baxter than tax
accountant Elliot Sherman (played by
writer/director/star Michael Showalter). Nice but safe,
Elliot has been left at the proverbial 'altar' more times
than once. From high school to college to business
school, Elliot always finds himself on the losing end of
the love triangle.
After a swearing off relationships once and for all, Elliot decides to take the plunge one last time when he
meets his dream woman, beautiful magazine editor Caroline Swann (Elizabeth Banks). But just as he's
about to hear wedding bells, her hunky, long-lost high school sweetheart Bradley Lake (Justin Theroux)
turns up out of the blue triggering Elliot's fears of yet another colossal dumping.
As Elliot feels his life spinning into a downward spiral, things begin to change when he encounters Cecil
Mills (Michelle Williams), an adorable office temp/aspiring singer just off the bus from Fergus Falls,
Minnesota. Cecil tells Elliot, "Your problem is that you're not willing to take a risk. Leading men take
risks."
As Elliot struggles to assert himself for the first time, a series of escalating comic events are set in
motion, until finally, with Cecil's help, he learns how to step into center stage in his own life and leave
Baxter-hood behind forever.
Co-starring Zak Orth, Michael Ian Black, Peter Dinklage, David Wain and Paul Rudd, THE BAXTER,
reminiscent of the classic American romantic comedies of the forties, is a love story where nice guys
finish first for once. IFC Films presents an IFC Production/Plum Pictures Production, THE BAXTER,
written, directed and starring Michael Showalter. Co-starring Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams and
Justin Theroux, the film is set to open in the summer of 2005 through IFC Films.
--© IFC Films
meets his dream woman, beautiful magazine editor Caroline Swann (Elizabeth Banks). But just as he's
about to hear wedding bells, her hunky, long-lost high school sweetheart Bradley Lake (Justin Theroux)
turns up out of the blue triggering Elliot's fears of yet another colossal dumping.
As Elliot feels his life spinning into a downward spiral, things begin to change when he encounters Cecil
Mills (Michelle Williams), an adorable office temp/aspiring singer just off the bus from Fergus Falls,
Minnesota. Cecil tells Elliot, "Your problem is that you're not willing to take a risk. Leading men take
risks."
As Elliot struggles to assert himself for the first time, a series of escalating comic events are set in
motion, until finally, with Cecil's help, he learns how to step into center stage in his own life and leave
Baxter-hood behind forever.
Co-starring Zak Orth, Michael Ian Black, Peter Dinklage, David Wain and Paul Rudd, THE BAXTER,
reminiscent of the classic American romantic comedies of the forties, is a love story where nice guys
finish first for once. IFC Films presents an IFC Production/Plum Pictures Production, THE BAXTER,
written, directed and starring Michael Showalter. Co-starring Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams and
Justin Theroux, the film is set to open in the summer of 2005 through IFC Films.
--© IFC Films
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