A small-time British celebrity journalist is hired by an upscale New York magazine and enters high society with disastrous results.
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language, some graphic nudity and brief drug material
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In this hilariously funny fish-out-of-water tale, "How to Lose Friends and 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.
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.
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Who stars in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People: Cast List
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Civil War, On the Road
The Crow, The Dead Don’t Hurt
White Bird, Scoop
The Expendables 4, Expend4bles
Babylon, The Darkest Hour
The Seventh Son, R.I.P.D.
Who's making How to Lose Friends and Alienate People: Crew List
A look at the How to Lose Friends and Alienate People behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Robert B. Weide last directed Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. The film's writer Peter Straughan last wrote The Goldfinch and Our Brand is Crisis.
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- 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Release Date: When was the film released?
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People was a release in 2008 on Friday, October 3, 2008. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Rachel Getting Married, Blindness and An American Carol.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 .