A Cut Above: The John Carter Story is the life story of film editor John Carter. We chronicle his 50-year-plus career that started on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and continued onto such credits as "Paper Lion", "The Heartbreak Kid", "The Formula", "Lean On Me", "The Karate Kid III", "The Five Heartbeats", "Deep Cover", "Sister Act II", "Boomerang", "Friday", "Set It Off", "Soul Food", "Thin Line Between Love and Hate", "Soul Food", "The Wood", "3 Strikes", "Men Of Honor", "Barbershop", "Johnson Family Vacation", "Madea's Family Reunion", and countless others.