Movie: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
“Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamor. His alternative magazine, Post Modern Review, pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based Sharps magazine its something of a shock! It seems Sharps editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young’s disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe. Thus begins Sidney’s descent into success - his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes. Initially helping him out at Sharps is colleague Alison Olsen, who has her own secret. Wither their friendship? Written by Anonymous”
- Director: Robert B. Weide
- Release Date: 3 October 2008 (USA)
- Run Time: 110 min
- Country: UK
- Genre: Comedy , Romance
- MPAA: Rated R for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug material.
Tagline: Brace yourselves, America.
Trivia: The book that the staffer was reading (Chris O’Dowd) in the scene where Clayton Harding calls is in fact the the novel How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, the book on which the film was based.
Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: When Sidney is looking at Lawrence from inside an office, the camera and lighting kit is clearly visible in the reflection of the glass while trying to create Sidney’s point of view.