Jul 2nd
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People*
(GB/Ire 2008)
A British publicist gets his big break at a New York entertainment magazine, and quickly looks out of place in it.
Sentimentalised adaptation of Toby Young's showbiz memoir turned into a romantic comedy, at its best when putting nerdy Simon Pegg into the self-important world of agents and would-be starlets (reminiscent in some ways of Tony Hancock's The Rebel). Alas, the mushy element takes over long before the end.
Written by: Peter Straughan, based on the book by Toby Young.
Producers: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen.
Director: Robert Weide.
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, Megan Fox, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Bill Paterson, Miriam Margolyes, James Corden, Thandie Newton.
Photography: Oliver Stapleton.
Music: David Arnold.
Editing: David Freeman.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People*
(GB/Ire 2008)
A British publicist gets his big break at a New York entertainment magazine, and quickly looks out of place in it.
Sentimentalised adaptation of Toby Young's showbiz memoir turned into a romantic comedy, at its best when putting nerdy Simon Pegg into the self-important world of agents and would-be starlets (reminiscent in some ways of Tony Hancock's The Rebel). Alas, the mushy element takes over long before the end.
Written by: Peter Straughan, based on the book by Toby Young.
Producers: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen.
Director: Robert Weide.
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, Megan Fox, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Bill Paterson, Miriam Margolyes, James Corden, Thandie Newton.
Photography: Oliver Stapleton.
Music: David Arnold.
Editing: David Freeman.
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