How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Year:

2008

Duration:

110 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Robert B. Weide

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2008-10-03

Filming Locations: Café de Paris, Coventry Street, Soho, London, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $27,000,000

Opening Weekend: $1,430,294 (USA) (5 October 2008)

Gross: $2,778,752 (USA) (11 December 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Megan Fox

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Kelan Pannell

Young Sidney

Janette Scott

Sidney's Mother

Simon Pegg

Sidney Young

Gillian Anderson

Eleanor Johnson

Kelly Jo Charge

Apollo Awards Presenter

Christian Smith

Apollo Awards Guest

Katherine Parkinson

PR Woman

Felicity Montagu

Clipboard Nazi

Thandie Newton

Herself

John Lightbody

Assistant Hotel Manager

Ian Bonar

Post Modern Review Staff

James Corden

Post Modern Review Staff

Fenella Woolgar

Post Modern Review Staff

Chris O'Dowd

Post Modern Review Staff

Hugh Thompson

Post Modern Review Staff

Emily Thorling

Post Modern Review Staff

Jeff Bridges

Clayton Harding

Miquel Brown

Clayton's Assistant

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Kowalski

Nathalie Cox

Woman in Bar

Kirsten Dunst

Alison Olsen

Sam Douglas

Barman

Charlotte Devaney

Bobbie

Gillian King

Sharps Assistant

Danny Huston

Lawrence Maddox

Margo Stilley

Ingrid

Isabella Calthorpe

Anna

Hannah Waddingham

Elizabeth Maddox

Diana Kent

Rachel Petkoff

Max Minghella

Vincent Lepak

Emily Denniston

Maddox's Assistant

Jefferson Mays

Bill Nathanson

Ashley Madekwe

Vicky

Lisa McAllister

Sophie Maes' Assistant

Julia West

Mother Superior - Trailer

Brona C. Titley

Nun - Trailer

Charles De Bromhead

Young Priest - Trailer

Jane Perry

Mrs. Harding

Connie Wheeler

Harding Child

Lara Edmunds

Harding Child

Allen Lidkey

July 4th Party Guest

Robert B. Weide

July 4th Party Guest

Nathan Nolan

July 4th Party Waiter

Andy Lucas

Wizard

Bill Paterson

Richard Young

Alexandra Aitken

Nightclub Girl

Sarah Mennell

Flight Desk Attendant

Liat Baruch

Couple on Blanket

Eivind Karlsen

Couple on Blanket

Debbie Attwell

Red Carpet Fan

Michael Berendt

Award Winner (uncredited)

Jemma Bolt

Sharpe's Girl

Serena Catapano

Waitress

Heather Snow Clark

Beautiful Girl

Toni Collette

Herself (uncredited)

Daniel Craig

Himself (uncredited)

Giada Dobrzenska

Fashion Party Girl

Elli

Newsstand Vendor

James Fiddy

Party Goer

Tim Glanfield

Bafta Awards Official

Brian Austin Green

Party Guest (uncredited)

Chris Jameson

Apollo Awards Guest (uncredited)

Forbes KB

Hotel Security

Thor Knai

Sharp's Party Celebrity

Edward Lemont

Sharps Magazine Receptionist

Oliver Martin

Maddox's Friend at Party

Ben Morris

BAFTA Crowd Member

Sarah-Jane Paige

Female Fan

Daniel Pellegrino

Himself (uncredited)

David Petrucci

Guest at party (uncredited)

Tracy Redington

Model

Jenny Rieu

Girl on Blanket

James Schram

Doorman

Robert Stone

BAFTA Security

Ashton Swinford

Glamorati

Vesna Vujat

Sharpe's Girl

Kate Winslet

Herself (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In the scene where Sidney first meets Sophie Maes, the man standing directly next to her on the right side of the screen is Brian Austin Green, who was at the time of filming, Megan Fox's fiancé.

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Simon Pegg was approached to play the role of Young back in 2004 for a stage version, but this conflicted with shooting on Shaun of the Dead (2004)

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The book Alison Olsen is reading in the break room when Sidney sits down with her is "Relative Stranger: Piecing Together a Life Plagued by Madness" by Mary Loudon.

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Goofs

Alison vomits in Sidney's lap while in the car on the way to Sidney's apartment yet when they arrive his pants are perfectly clean.

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During a scene in which Sidney and Alison are walking along a street in New York together, in one of the shots a shadow of the camera equipment and operator is clearly visible.

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When the group is leaving the first party, Eleanor Johnson talks to Sophie Maes before getting into the car. The shot then turns back to Sophie with her saying "Yea" when clearly her lips were not even moving.

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Quotes

Sidney Young: I sent the fish, you know, goldfish in a bowl. Did she get them?

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Sidney Young: [to his father] You thought Brad Pitt was a cave in Yorkshire.

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Sidney Young: When I was a kid, I used to think there was a special place where all the movie stars lived. A kind of "Shangri La". And if you could just get inside there, you'd be happy. Forever.

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Faq

Q

Is there a scene after the credits?

A

About half-way through the credits, the mock-trailer to Sophia's "Theresa" film plays in it's entirety. We find out it's rated NC-17.

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for How to Lose Friends & Alienate People can be found here.

Q

Is "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" based on a book?

A

Yes. How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is a 2001 memoir by British journalist Toby Young.

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