How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Cast

Simon Pegg

Sidney Young

Kirsten Dunst

Alison Olsen

Danny Huston

Lawrence Maddox

Megan Fox

Sophie Maes

Jeff Bridges

Clayton Harding

Gillian Anderson

Eleanor Johnson

Max Minghella

Vincent Lepak

Jefferson Mays

Bill Nathanson

Bill Paterson

Richard Young

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Kowalski

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Kelan Pannell

Young Sidney

Janette Scott

Sidney's Mother

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Kelly Jo Charge

Apollo Awards Presenter

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Christian Maier Smith

Apollo Awards Guest

Katherine Parkinson

PR Woman

Felicity Montagu

Clipboard Nazi

Thandiwe Newton

Self

John Lightbody

Assistant Hotel Manager

Ian Bonar

Post Modern Review Staff

James Corden

Post Modern Review Staff

Crew

Art

• John Beard Production Design
• Sara Parks Set Decoration
• Anthony Gasparro Art Direction
• Ray Fisher Leadman
• Ray Chan Supervising Art Director
• Tim Browning Assistant Art Director

Camera

• Oliver Stapleton Director of Photography
• John Jordan Focus Puller
• Andrew Jones Camera Trainee
• Pete Cavaciuti Steadicam Operator
• Rupert Lloyd-Parry Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

• Annie Hardinge Costume Design
• Nana Fischer Makeup Artist
• Lucy Sibbick Makeup Artist

Crew

• Jo Fernihough Unit Publicist
• Polly Duval Post Production Supervisor
• Robert Hamilton Video Assist Operator
• Hannah Andrews Stand In
• Philip James Booth Stand In
• Sam Haveland Floor Runner
• Ryan Taggart Loader
• Liat Baruch Actor's Assistant
• Loyd Catlett Actor's Assistant
• Jo McLaren Stunt Double

Directing

• Robert B. Weide Director
• Beverly Winston Script Supervisor
• Matthew Penry-Davey First Assistant Director
• Charlie Reed Third Assistant Director
• Simon Downes Second Second Assistant Director
• Lance Roehrig Second Assistant Director

Editing

• David Freeman Editor

Production

• Jon Diamond Executive Producer
• Robin O'Hara Producer
• Peter Hampden Executive Producer
• Elizabeth Karlsen Producer
• Simon Fawcett Executive Producer
• Brian Gilmore Executive Producer
• Gary Smith Executive Producer
• Kim Davis-Wagner Casting
• Lila Yacoub Line Producer
• Jina Jay Casting
• Toby Young Producer
• Stephen Woolley Producer

Sound

• David Arnold Original Music Composer
• Jim Greenhorn Sound Mixer
• Glenn Freemantle Supervising Sound Editor
• Nadine Richardson Sound Assistant
• Orin Beaton Boom Operator
• Hugo Adams Foley Editor
• Niv Adiri Sound
• Ed Colyer Foley Mixer
• Glen Gathard Assistant Foley Artist

Writing

• Peter Straughan Screenplay
• Toby Young Script Consultant
• Toby Young Book

Photos