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Supporting Characters

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 27m
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6.2/10
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Supporting Characters (2012)
A film editor's flirtation with a young starlet sends his personal and professional relationships into a tailspin.
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Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.

  • Director
    • Daniel Schechter
  • Writers
    • Daniel Schechter
    • Tarik Lowe
  • Stars
    • Alex Karpovsky
    • Tarik Lowe
    • Arielle Kebbel
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
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    • Director
      • Daniel Schechter
    • Writers
      • Daniel Schechter
      • Tarik Lowe
    • Stars
      • Alex Karpovsky
      • Tarik Lowe
      • Arielle Kebbel
    • 4User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Alex Karpovsky
    Alex Karpovsky
    • Nick
    Tarik Lowe
    Tarik Lowe
    • Darryl
    Arielle Kebbel
    Arielle Kebbel
    • Jamie
    Sophia Takal
    Sophia Takal
    • Amy
    Melonie Diaz
    Melonie Diaz
    • Liana
    Mike Landry
    Mike Landry
    • Mike
    Kevin Corrigan
    Kevin Corrigan
    • Adrian
    Lena Dunham
    Lena Dunham
    • Alexa
    Sebastian Sozzi
    Sebastian Sozzi
    • Sebastian
    Josh Alexander
    Josh Alexander
    • Beck
    Mikal McDaniel
    • Rodney the Doorman
    Isabel Ramírez
    • Dana
    Jeremy Cohen
    • Jeremy
    Salvatore Interlandi
    • Marco the DP
    Ryan O'Nan
    Ryan O'Nan
    • Actor
    Patrick Duff
    Patrick Duff
    • Mr. Federico
    Alejandro Ramia
    Alejandro Ramia
    • Alejandro
    Will Clark
    Will Clark
    • Receptionist
    • Director
      • Daniel Schechter
    • Writers
      • Daniel Schechter
      • Tarik Lowe
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    8d-a-chartier

    Great buddy picture

    Just saw this at the Traverse City Film Festival.

    It was the best fiction film there – very funny, fresh dialog, and tightly edited. Alex Karpovsky plays the central character, and is a great new (to me) talent. He and Tarik Lowe (also co-writer with director Daniel Schecter) have a chemistry that compares well with the greats.

    While it's ideal for people who love the movie-making process, anyone will like this. The guys are co-editors of an independent film, trying to save it while the director works out his neuroses mostly off-screen. (Kevin Corrigan seems -- based on his post-screening appearance -- more than a bit nuttier in real life than his character.)

    Really hope it gets distribution.
    2badland

    No Ed or Woody

    Watched this film after watching Ed Burns Newlyweds. What's the difference? First of all I could understand Ed. The lead actor here speaks so fast you can't make out all he says. I understand he's a director, but neither Ed or Woody don't have to worry. Ed's movie had a great cast who had presence while this movie has one actress with a little presence, the blonde "actress" in the movie. She seems more alive than the boring dinner conversations.

    The movie lost me after 10 minutes but I stuck with it because I thought it had to get better. It didn't. I also didn't understand all the scenes with him and his wife in bed that really didn't push the story forward, in fact it slowed down to almost stopping. The lead seems to not really care, he carries an arrogance that is annoying as hell. He really think's he's Woody or Ed. Maybe better.

    I don't like to diss movies, I know how hard it is to make good movies, I just wish they would have given the money to someone else.

    Movies about movies don't usually work with the exception of Sunset Blvd and The Stuntman and a few others that don't come to mind. This one doesn't hold together and the lead's monotone doesn't help. Trouble is, nobody really cares about what movie people do, believe me, I know that all too well.
    Paul-205-276446

    Can't help but comment on Editing

    I have never felt the need to make comments on a movie. Artistic integrity and all that I guess.

    However, the main characters are EDITORS... And I am in the poker world. So the fact that on the cab scene after the poker game they are arguing why he lost the hand... Somehow you missed the fact that a FULL HOUSE BEATS A FLUSH!!!

    Your character is complaining that he lost a huge pot because his opponents flush beat his full house. It's like that "one tiny little error" that I'll that I'll always remember when asked about this movie. Otherwise I really enjoyed it. But dam..... Boat losing to a flush? Cmon Man!

    What would have been a great, is if we find out that he thinks he is good at poker and has no idea why he loses so much!! Then he is told by someone that "a flush doesn't beat a full house man" . He then has his "Ah Ha" moment as to why he never wins

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    • Trivia
      In a 2013 interview with Interview magazine, Daniel Schechter spoke about why he made the main characters editors: "I needed these guys to work together to have a place where they could essentially b***h about their significant others. I chose editing because I come from an editing background, and I thought it was a bit of an unsung hero in the filmmaking process. I thought maybe I could make this movie more about editing, more than a movie about making movies. Modern Romance (1981) is a massive influence on this movie, where Albert Brooks plays a film editor going through a personal crises."
    • Quotes

      Liana: You get so defensive.

      Darryl: Baby, how can you say something offensive like you just said to me and expect me not to get defensive?

      Liana: You just don't see possibilities.

      Darryl: What does that mean, baby? You keep saying that. I don't know what that means, all right? Every other night you're cuming two or three times...

      Liana: Darryl. Shh. Keep your voice down.

      Darryl: And the one time I'm a minute man, you act like it's affecting our relationship or something.

      Liana: Don't talk to me like that.

    • Connections
      References Casablanca (1942)
    • Soundtracks
      Can't Say Why
      Written and performed by Jordan Galland

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Những người phụ giúp
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Let It Play
      • Pipeline Entertainment (II)
      • Renart Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,917
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,917
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
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