ΗOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE - ΠΩΣ ΝΑ ΧΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ
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Ήρωας της ταινίας είναι ο Σίντνεϊ Γιανγκ, ένας απογοητευμένος διανοούμενος που λατρεύει και την ίδια στιγμή μισεί τον κόσμο των διασήμων, της δόξας και της λάμψης. Το εναλλακτικό περιοδικό του «Post Modern Review» σατιρίζει τους αστέρες που κυνηγούν την προβολή των media και γυρίζει την πλάτη του στα trends. Έτσι, όταν του προσφέρεται δουλειά στο διαμετρικά αντίθετο, συντηρητικό, νεοϋρκέζικο περιοδικό «Sharps», παθαίνει ένα μικρό σοκ! Σταδιακά, ξεκινάει η «κάθοδος» του Σίντνεϊ στην επιτυχία και η μεταμόρφωσή του από παρείσακτο και περίγελο του κύκλου του σε έμπιστο της σταρ Σόφι Μάες. Μέσα σ' όλα αυτά, ο δεσμός του με τη συνάδελφό του Άλισον Όλσεν θα φέρει στη ζωή του τα πάνω-κάτω.
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a comedy film based upon British writer Toby Young's 2001 memoir of the same name. The film follows a similar storyline, about his five year struggle to make it in the United States after employment at Sharps magazine. The names of the magazine and people Young came into contact with during the time were changed for the film adaptation. The film version is a highly fictionalized account, and differs greatly from the work it was built upon. It was distributed in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and in the United Kingdom by Paramount Pictures and Channel Four Films
The film was directed by Robert B. Weide and stars Simon Pegg as Sidney Young, Kirsten Dunst as Alison Olsen, Jeff Bridges as Clayton Harding, Danny Huston as Lawrence Maddox, Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Johnson, and Megan Fox as Sophie Maes. The cast also includes Max Minghella and Margo Stilley. How to Lose Friends And Alienate People was released in both the United States and United Kingdom on October 3, 2008. The theme song, sung by Duffy, is called "Enough Love". How to Lose Friends & Alienate People has been rated R in the US, and 15 in the UK, for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug material.
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a comedy film based upon British writer Toby Young's 2001 memoir of the same name. The film follows a similar storyline, about his five year struggle to make it in the United States after employment at Sharps magazine. The names of the magazine and people Young came into contact with during the time were changed for the film adaptation. The film version is a highly fictionalized account, and differs greatly from the work it was built upon. It was distributed in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and in the United Kingdom by Paramount Pictures and Channel Four Films
The film was directed by Robert B. Weide and stars Simon Pegg as Sidney Young, Kirsten Dunst as Alison Olsen, Jeff Bridges as Clayton Harding, Danny Huston as Lawrence Maddox, Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Johnson, and Megan Fox as Sophie Maes. The cast also includes Max Minghella and Margo Stilley. How to Lose Friends And Alienate People was released in both the United States and United Kingdom on October 3, 2008. The theme song, sung by Duffy, is called "Enough Love". How to Lose Friends & Alienate People has been rated R in the US, and 15 in the UK, for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug material.