How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

In this hilariously funny fish-out-of-water tale, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. In spectacular fashion Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bosses, peers and superstars.

After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sidney catches the attention of Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharp, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sidney that he'd better impress and charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sidney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst). He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson (Gillian Anderson). He upsets his direct boss Lawrence Maddox (Danny Huston) and tries to make amends by hiring a stripper to dance for Lawrence during a staff meeting. Sidney, of course, doesn't stop there, finding creative ways to annoy nearly everyone. His saving graces: a rising, sexy starlet (Megan Fox) develops an odd affection for him, and in time, Alison whose friendship with him might be the only thing saving Sidney from torpedoing his career.

Comedy

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  Simon Pegg

  Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

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  Kirsten Dunst

  Roofman, Civil War

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  Danny Huston

  Wonder Woman, Ice Fall

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  Gillian Anderson

  TRON: Ares, White Bird

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  Megan Fox

  Expend4bles, Subservience

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  Max Minghella

  Babylon, Into the Forest

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  Jeff Bridges

  TRON: Ares, Tron: Legacy

Who is making How to Lose Friends and Alienate People – Crew List

A look at How to Lose Friends and Alienate People behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Robert B. Weide last helmed Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. The film's writer Peter Straughan last penned Conclave and The Goldfinch.

Director

Robert B. Weide

Screenwriters

Peter Straughan
Toby Young

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Dec 2004

Completed

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