How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

Name: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Director: Robert B. Weide
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2008
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Bill Paterson, Christian Maier Smith, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Janette Scott

Comedy Drama Romance

6.0 (877 votes)

1h 50m

Overview

Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.

Details

Director: Robert B. Weide
Writer: Peter Straughan
Original Language: English
Budget: $27,000,000

Cast

Bill Paterson Christian Maier Smith Danny Huston Gillian Anderson Janette Scott Jeff Bridges Jefferson Mays Katherine Parkinson Kelan Pannell Kelly Jo Charge Kirsten Dunst Max Minghella Megan Fox Miriam Margolyes Simon Pegg

Keywords

awards show based on memoir or autobiography british man celebrity interview celebrity worship cult of celebrity failure in crowd journalist magazine new york city starlet workplace romance