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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

6.020081h 50m15MovieComedyRomanceDrama

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…

DirectorRobert B. Weide
WriterPeter Straughan
ProducersJon Diamond·Stephen Woolley

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Cast · Directed by Robert B. Weide

SPSimon Pegg
Simon Pegg
Sidney Young
KDKirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst
Alison Olsen
DHDanny Huston
Danny Huston
Lawrence Maddox
MFMegan Fox
Megan Fox
Sophie Maes
JBJeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Clayton Harding
GAGillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson
Eleanor Johnson
MMMax Minghella
Max Minghella
Vincent Lepak
JMJefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays
Bill Nathanson
BPBill Paterson
Bill Paterson
Richard Young
MMMiriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Kowalski
KP
Kelan Pannell
Young Sidney
JSJanette Scott
Janette Scott
Sidney's Mother

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Yes — How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).