"How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" is based on a real experience, that of British writer Toby Young, whose memoir has been adapted for the screen by Peter Straughan. He takes a giant step forward when the editor of an American magazine, Sharps, impressed with Sidney's creativity in sidling up to the rich and famous, offers him a job in New York. Sidney is in constant movement, pushing himself into places where he doesn't belong to realize his dream of writing celebrity profiles. Sidney carefully cuts out the photo of them that runs the next day - under the headline "Eastwood Tackles Hack" - and laminates it. After he's discovered masquerading as a waiter at an A-list party for the British Academy Awards, he makes a run for it, only to be brought down by Clint Eastwood. The multitalented British comedian Simon Pegg - unforgettable in "Hot Fuzz" - stars as Sidney Young, a wildly ambitious writer who turns even the most dire situation to his advantage.
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