How To Lose Friends And Alienate People (BLU-RAY)

Based on the memoir by Vanity Fair columnist Toby Young, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People stars Simon Pegg (Shaun of The Dead) as journalist Sidney Young, a fictionalized version of the author. Hired by Sharpes magazine editor Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski), Sidney moves from his native England to the United States to write celebrity profiles for the glossy monthly. Much like oil and water, Sidney does not mix well with his interview subjects, the Sharpes staff or people in general. Despite biting the hand that feeds him, turning celebrity into mockery, Sidney soon finds himself in the limelight when he’s promoted. But he’ll discover that fifteen minutes of fame is indeed fleeting. Featuring a game cast of performers, including Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man), Danny Huston (Children of Men), Megan Fox (Transformers), Gillian Anderson (TV’s The X-Files) and featuring cameos by Thandie Newton (Mission: Impossible II), Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), James Corden (Into The Woods) and Brian Austin Green (TV’s Beverly Hills 90210), How To Lose Friends & Alienate People displays the biting wit and profane sense of humor one expects from a film satirizing the vain world of celebrity. Robert B. Weide (TV’s Curb Your Enthusiasm) directs from a screenplay by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) based on the memoir How To Lose Friends & Alienate People by Toby Young.