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Original ShowsPopularTrailersGameplayAll VideosHow to Lose Friends and Alienate PeopleMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)•Initial Release: Oct 3, 2008•6IGN Rating
In this hilariously funny fish-out-of-water tale, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. In spectacular fashion Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bosses, peers and superstars. The film is based on Toby Young’s memoir of the same name and also stars Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Gox, Max Minghella and Jeff Bridges. Directed by Robert Weide, the film will be released by MGM Distribution Co. on October 3, 2008. After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sidney catches the attention of Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharp, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sidney that he’d better impress and charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sidney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst). He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson (Gillian Anderson). He upsets his direct boss Lawrence Maddox (Danny Huston) and tries to make amends by hiring a stripper to dance for Lawrence during a staff meeting. Sidney, of course, doesn’t stop there, finding creative ways to annoy nearly everyone. His saving graces: a rising, sexy starlet (Megan Fox) develops an odd affection for him, and in time, Alison whose friendship with him might be the only thing saving Sidney from torpedoing his career. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Autonomous Films, Intandem Films, Film4 and the UK Film Council, in association with Aramid Entertainment and Lipsync Productions, present How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, a rollicking comedy directed by Emmy®-winner and Academy Award®-nominee Robert Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth) and from a screenplay by Peter Straughan (Sixty Six). The film stars Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Run Fatboy Run), Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man 3, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Last King of Scotland), Megan Fox (Transformers, Confessions of Teenage Drama Queen), Max Minghella (Hippie Hippie Shake) and Jeff Bridges (Iron Man, The Big Lebowski).DistributorsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)Initial ReleaseOct 3, 2008PlatformsGenresComedy
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