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HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOP - DVD Movie
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People may just be the first true British film--and a splendid one at that--to be set on American soil. The fearless actor Simon Pegg plays Sidney Young, a Fleet Street hatchet writer tapped to come to the States to join the literati, and glitterati, at a big, fat, glossy magazine--every resemblance of which to Vanity Fair is strictly intentional. Sidney is possibly the most annoying man in the Western world, tilting at nonexistent windmills. His character calls to mind many of the hapless charmers played by Hugh Grant--but Pegg, without Grant's raffish good looks, comes across as simply hapless. Which is perfect casting, since Sidney is supposed to be enormously aggravating, especia! lly when he first lands in New York. In his first few days in the city, Sidney puts off the first magazine colleague he met (Kirsten Dunst, in a top-flight comic turn), wears a wildly inappropriate T-shirt on his first day of work, spritzes fast food onto the designer white suit of a relative of the publisher, and picks up a tranny hooker. And things go downhill from there. On his first magazine assignment, Sidney, checking captions for a photo page, calls a powerful publicist. "Is he the fat one?" Sidney asks the publicist about one of her clients. Silence. "Well, is he the one with the wonky eye, then?" Pegg is a scream as Sidney, playing quite a different role than his starring one in
Shaun of the Dead. Dunst is delicate but steely, and her comedic timing, under the deft direction of Robert B. Weide (
Curb Your Enthusiasm), is spot on. Great supporting work, too, by editor Jeff Bridges, whose enthrallment to the power elite, and silver mane, channel Graydon ! Carter; by Gillian Anderson, as a take-no-prisoners publicist;! and by Megan Fox, a starlet cast as a bosom-heaving Mother Teresa. Sidney, and the film, will win you over, with a lot of laughter along the way.--
A.T. HurleyThe movie tie-in edition of Toby Young's bestselling memoir of self-sabotage at
Vanity Fair.
With a major motion picture of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People about to be released (starring Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, and Jeff Bridges), there has never been a better time to savor this laugh-out-loud memoir from everyone's favorite "professional failurist." In his dishy assault on New York's A-list, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Toby Young lands a job at Vanity Fair--and proceeds to work his way down Manhattan's food chain.You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again meets The Bonfire of the Vanities, as told by...a male Bridget Jones? And it all really happened.
In 1995 high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for New York to become a co! ntributing editor at Vanity Fair. Other Brits had taken Manhattan--Alistair Cooke, Tina Brown, Anna Wintour--so why couldn't he?
But things didn't quite go according to plan. Within the space of two years he was fired from Vanity Fair, banned from the most fashionable bar in the city, and couldn't get a date for love or money. Even the local AA group wanted nothing to do with him.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is Toby Young's hilarious and best-selling account of the five years he spent looking for love in all the wrong places and steadily working his way down the New York food chain, from glossy magazine editor to crash-test dummy for interactive sex toys. A seditious attack on the culture of celebrity from inside the belly of the beast, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is also a "nastily funny read." (USA Today)You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again meets The Bonfire of the Vanities, as t! old by...a male Bridget Jones? And it all really happened.
! In 1995 high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for New York to become a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Other Brits had taken Manhattan--Alistair Cooke, Tina Brown, Anna Wintour--so why couldn't he?
But things didn't quite go according to plan. Within the space of two years he was fired from Vanity Fair, banned from the most fashionable bar in the city, and couldn't get a date for love or money. Even the local AA group wanted nothing to do with him.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is Toby Young's hilarious and best-selling account of the five years he spent looking for love in all the wrong places and steadily working his way down the New York food chain, from glossy magazine editor to crash-test dummy for interactive sex toys. A seditious attack on the culture of celebrity from inside the belly of the beast, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is also a "nastily funny read." (USA Today)Boasting a brand ne! w previously unreleased song by platinum-selling Mercury Records artist Duffy as its opening track, "Enough Love," the original motion picture soundtrack album for How To Lose Friends & Alienate People will arrive in the digital marketplace on September 30th and at physical retail outlets on October 14th via Mercury Records. In between, on Friday October 3rd, How To Lose Friends & Alienate People will open in theaters nationwide, distribÂuted by MGM Pictures.
In addition to Duffy, the soundtrack album will include "For Reasons Unknown" by the Killers (a track from their album Sam's Town). The soundtrack is a potpourri of U.S., UK and Euro selections by Dusty Springfield, the Kinks, Motörhead, Joey Ramone, Scissor Sisters, Electrovamp, MGMT, and others. There also several tracks by noted film score composer David Arnold of James Bond fame (Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day, Casino Royale). The soundtrack finale is legendary Italian film composer Nino Rota's class! ic theme from 1960's La Dolce Vita. (Please see soundtrack alb! um seque nce below.)
One of the most eagerly awaited comedies of the fall season, the film stars Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) and is based on the bestÂselling memoir written by Toby Young. It tells the often hilarious story of a bumbling British celebrity journalist's move from London to New York to become a contributing editor at a highly prestigious magazine.
How To Lose Friends & Alienate People also stars Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man, Eternal Sunshine of a SpotÂless Mind, Bring It On), Danny Huston (The Constant Gardener, 30 Days of Night), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Last King of Scotland), Megan Fox (TransÂformers), Max Minghella (Hippie Hippie Shake), and Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski, SeaÂbisÂcuit). The movie was directed by Oscar® nominated Robert Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm), and produced by Oscar® nominated Stephen Woolley (The Crying Game) and Elizabeth Karlsen.UK Import Blu-Ray/Region All pressing. Please note the special features ar! e in the PAL format and not viewable on US PS3/standard Blu-Ray players. The main feature is viewable on all players however.How to Lose Friends and Alienate People may just be the first true British film--and a splendid one at that--to be set on American soil. The fearless actor Simon Pegg plays Sidney Young, a Fleet Street hatchet writer tapped to come to the States to join the literati, and glitterati, at a big, fat, glossy magazine--every resemblance of which to Vanity Fair is strictly intentional. Sidney is possibly the most annoying man in the Western world, tilting at nonexistent windmills. His character calls to mind many of the hapless charmers played by Hugh Grant--but Pegg, without Grant's raffish good looks, comes across as simply hapless. Which is perfect casting, since Sidney is supposed to be enormously aggravating, especially when he first lands in New York. In his first few days in the city, Sidney puts off the first magazine colleague he met (Kirste! n Dunst, in a top-flight comic turn), wears a wildly inappropr! iate T-s hirt on his first day of work, spritzes fast food onto the designer white suit of a relative of the publisher, and picks up a tranny hooker. And things go downhill from there. On his first magazine assignment, Sidney, checking captions for a photo page, calls a powerful publicist. "Is he the fat one?" Sidney asks the publicist about one of her clients. Silence. "Well, is he the one with the wonky eye, then?" Pegg is a scream as Sidney, playing quite a different role than his starring one in Shaun of the Dead. Dunst is delicate but steely, and her comedic timing, under the deft direction of Robert B. Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm), is spot on. Great supporting work, too, by editor Jeff Bridges, whose enthrallment to the power elite, and silver mane, channel Graydon Carter; by Gillian Anderson, as a take-no-prisoners publicist; and by Megan Fox, a starlet cast as a bosom-heaving Mother Teresa. Sidney, and the film, will win you over, with a lot of laughter along th! e way.--A.T. HurleyBrand New Product
