How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

Director:

Robert B. Weide

Writers:

Peter Straughan (screenplay)
Toby Young (book)

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Brace yourselves, America.

Plot:

A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".

Plot Keywords:

Writer | Pig | Starlet | Celebrity | Party

Cast

Kelan Pannell	...	Young Sidney
Janette Scott	...	Sidney's Mother
Simon Pegg	...	Sidney Young
Megan Fox	...	Sophie Maes
Gillian Anderson	...	Eleanor Johnson
Kelly Jo Charge	...	Apollo Awards Presenter
Christian Smith	...	Apollo Awards Guest
Katherine Parkinson	...	PR Woman
Felicity Montagu	...	Clipboard Nazi
Thandie Newton	...	Herself
John Lightbody	...	Assistant Hotel Manager
Ian Bonar	...	Post Modern Review Staff
James Corden	...	Post Modern Review Staff
Fenella Woolgar	...	Post Modern Review Staff
Chris O'Dowd	...	Post Modern Review Staff
Hugh Thompson	...	Post Modern Review Staff
Emily Thorling	...	Post Modern Review Staff
Jeff Bridges	...	Clayton Harding
Miquel Brown	...	Clayton's Assistant
Miriam Margolyes	...	Mrs. Kowalski
Nathalie Cox	...	Woman in Bar
Kirsten Dunst	...	Alison Olsen
Sam Douglas	...	Barman
Charlotte Devaney	...	Bobbie
Gillian King	...	Sharps Assistant
Danny Huston	...	Lawrence Maddox
Margo Stilley	...	Ingrid
Isabella Calthorpe	...	Anna
Hannah Waddingham	...	Elizabeth Maddox
Diana Kent	...	Rachel Petkoff
Max Minghella	...	Vincent Lepak
Emily Denniston	...	Maddox's Assistant
Jefferson Mays	...	Bill Nathanson
Ashley Madekwe	...	Vicky
Lisa McAllister	...	Sophie Maes' Assistant
Julia West	...	Mother Superior - Trailer
Brona C. Titley	...	Nun - Trailer
Charles De Bromhead	...	Young Priest - Trailer
Jane Perry	...	Mrs. Harding
Connie Wheeler	...	Harding Child
Lara Edmunds	...	Harding Child
Allen Lidkey	...	July 4th Party Guest
Robert B. Weide	...	July 4th Party Guest
Nathan Nolan	...	July 4th Party Waiter
Andy Lucas	...	Wizard / Dentist
Bill Paterson	...	Richard Young
Alexandra Aitken	...	Nightclub Girl
Sarah Mennell	...	Flight Desk Attendant
Liat Baruch	...	Couple on Blanket
Eivind Karlsen	...	Couple on Blanket
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Debbie Attwell	...	Red Carpet Fan (uncredited)
Michael Bennett	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Jemma Bolt	...	Sharpe's Girl (uncredited)
Serena Catapano	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Heather Snow Clark	...	Beautiful Girl (uncredited)
Toni Collette	...	Herself (uncredited)
Daniel Craig	...	Himself (uncredited)
Giada Dobrzenska	...	Fashion Party Girl (uncredited)
Elli	...	Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
James Fiddy	...	Party Goer (uncredited)
Tim Glanfield	...	Bafta Awards Official (uncredited)
Brian Austin Green	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Chris Jameson	...	Apollo Awards Guest (uncredited)
Forbes KB	...	Hotel Security (uncredited)
Thor Knai	...	Sharp's Party Celebrity (uncredited)
Edward Lemont	...	Sharps Magazine Receptionist (uncredited)
Oliver Martin	...	Maddox's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Ben Morris	...	BAFTA Crowd Member (uncredited)
Sarah-Jane Paige	...	Female Fan (uncredited)
David Petrucci	...	Guest at party (uncredited)
Tracy Redington	...	Model (uncredited)
Jenny Rieu	...	Girl on Blanket (uncredited)
James Schram	...	Doorman / Bouncer (uncredited)
Robert Stone	...	BAFTA Security (uncredited)
Ashton Swinford	...	Glamorati (uncredited)
Vesna Vujat	...	Sharpe's Girl (uncredited)
Kate Winslet	...	Herself (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert B. Weide

Writing credits
Peter Straughan		(screenplay)
Toby Young		(book)

Produced by
Laurie Borg	....	co-producer
Jon Diamond	....	executive producer: LipSync
Simon Fawcett	....	executive producer
Carrie Fix	....	line producer: New York
Brian Gilmore	....	executive producer
Peter Hampden	....	executive producer: LipSync
Richard Hewitt	....	line producer
Elizabeth Karlsen	....	producer
Norman Merry	....	executive producer: LipSync
Robin O'Hara	....	associate producer
Jimmy Price	....	line producer: second unit, NYC
Tessa Ross	....	executive producer
Gary Smith	....	executive producer
Paul White	....	executive producer
Stephen Woolley	....	producer
Lila Yacoub	....	line producer: second unit, LA
Toby Young	....	co-producer

Original Music by
David Arnold

Cinematography by
Oliver Stapleton

Film Editing by
David Freeman

Casting by
Justine Baddeley
Kim Davis-Wagner		(as Kim Davis)
Jina Jay

Production Design by
John Beard

Art Direction by
Ray Chan		(supervising art director)
Anthony Gasparro

Set Decoration by
Sara Parks

Costume Design by
Annie Hardinge

Makeup Department
Ursula Adelhelm	....	daily makeup trainee
Sophia Burnage	....	daily assistant makeup artist
Jane DiPersio	....	additional makeup artist: New York
Tamsin Dorling	....	hair stylist
Tamsin Dorling	....	makeup artist
Nana Fischer	....	dailies hair stylist
Nana Fischer	....	makeup artist
Mandy Gold	....	crowd makeup supervisor
Persefone Karakosta	....	additional makeup artist: New York
Peter King	....	hair designer (as Peter Swords King)
Peter King	....	makeup designer (as Peter Swords King)
Flora Moody	....	trainee makeup assistant
Jeffrey Rebelo	....	additional hair stylist: New York (as Jeffery Rebelo)
Susan Schectar	....	additional hair stylist: New York
Janine Schneider	....	hair stylist (as Janine Schneider-Marsan)
Janine Schneider	....	makeup artist (as Janine Schneider-Marsan)
Lucy Sibbick	....	makeup dailies
Nuria Sitja	....	key makeup artist: New York
Anthony Veader	....	key hair stylist: New York
Jane Walker	....	hair designer: Simon Pegg
Jane Walker	....	makeup designer: Simon Pegg
Colleen Wheeler	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Polly Duval	....	post-production supervisor
Sacha Guttenstein	....	post-production delivery supervisor
Louise Lovegrove	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ethan Anderson	....	additional second assistant director
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director
Mark Hopkins	....	crowd third assistant director
Stuart Jones	....	daily assistant director
Alex Kaye-Besley	....	third assistant director: second unit
Henry Mackintosh	....	assistant director
Michelle McGrier	....	dga trainee
Kate McLaughlin	....	second assistant director: crowd
Matthew Penry-Davey	....	first assistant director
Charlie Reed	....	third assistant director
Rosemary Rodriguez	....	second unit director
Lance Roehrig	....	key second assistant director
Alfonso Trinidad	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mick Ward	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Peter Allburn	....	scenic artist: New York
Mat Bergel	....	props
Steve Bohan	....	construction manager
Tim Browning	....	assistant art director
Dan Bryant	....	dressing props
Jeff Butcher	....	property master: New York
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz	....	chargehand dressing props
James Collins	....	stand-by art director
Chris Cull	....	property master
Olenka Denysenko	....	third props
Paul Duff	....	construction supervisor
Ray Fisher	....	leadman: New York
Kley Gilbuena	....	assistant property master: New York
Gavin Gordon	....	supervising carpenter
Sean Haines	....	second on-set dresser
Stuart Headley-Read	....	dressing props: dailies (as Stuart Read)
Dan Johnson	....	set dresser
Scott Keery	....	props
Carol Kupisz	....	graphic designer
Dougie Lankston	....	props daily
Stephanie LaVigne	....	art department coordinator
Thomas Martin	....	assistant construction manager
Eugene Melvin	....	on-set dresser: New York
Marcus Migliore	....	set dresser
Sandra Phillips	....	draughtsman
Adrian Platt	....	dressing props
Simon Riley	....	stand-by props
Tom Roberts	....	stand-by props
Sam Rosedietcher	....	set dresser
Rebecca Thomas	....	art department assistant
Lloyd Vincent	....	prop storeman
Catherine Whiting	....	junior draughtsman
Lee Wiseman	....	props
Saviel Rivera	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Niv Adiri	....	sound effects editor
Orin Beaton	....	boom operator
Rachel Carberry	....	assistant adr recordist
Ed Colyer	....	foley mixer
James Corless	....	sound mix technician
Paul Cotterell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Norman Durance	....	sound mixer
Steve Finnigan	....	adr recordist
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound editor
Glen Gathard	....	assistant foley mixer
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
Jim Greenhorn	....	production sound mixer
Lee Herrick	....	dialog & adr editor
Lawrence Loewinger	....	sound mixer
Andrew Morgado	....	adr mixer
Richard Pryke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nadine Richardson	....	assistant sound
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Richard Street	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Tayler	....	foley recordist

Special Effects by
Kevin Zack	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Chris Bentley	....	digital lab operator
Alberto Buron	....	digital lab operator
James Clarke	....	digital lab supervisor
Tom Collier	....	digital compositor
Neil Culley	....	lead compositor
Stefan Drury	....	head of visual effects
Yanni Goudetsidis	....	systems engineer
Scott Goulding	....	assistant colourist
Katja Hollmann	....	producer: Lipsync Post (as Katja Lazare)
Lorea Hoye	....	visual effects producer
David Margolis	....	digital compositor
Aileen McIntosh	....	digital lab operator
Andrew Morley	....	head of 3D: Lipsync Post
Dylan Owen	....	digital compositor (as Dylan Wyn Owen)
Kevin Phelan	....	head of post-production: Lip Sync Post
Kate Porter	....	lead compositor
Abigail Scollay	....	digital compositor
Angela Stanley	....	digital compositor (as Angela Rose)
Jon Stanley	....	senior systems engineer
Paul Venn Stirling	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Daniel Tomlinson	....	digital lab operator
Samantha Tracey	....	visual effects coordinator
Sheila Wickens	....	visual effects supervisor
Blake Winder	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post

Stunts
Dani Biernat	....	stunt performer
Loyd Catlett	....	stunt double
Nick Chopping	....	stunt double
Jamie Edgell	....	stunt coordinator
Roy Farfel	....	stunt driver
Bradley Farmer	....	stunt performer
Paul Herbert	....	stunt coordinator
Jason Hunjan	....	stunt performer
Sid Karne	....	stunts
Jo McLaren	....	stunt performer
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator: New York

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert M. Andres	....	key grip: New York
Arthur Blum	....	dolly grip
Kerry Brown	....	still photographer
Pete Cavaciuti	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Pete Cavaciuti	....	steadicam operator
Wailoon Chung	....	electrician
Howard Davidson	....	electrician
David Dutkus	....	electrician: new york
James J. Ferris	....	electrician
Mark Funnell	....	best boy
Sam Garwood	....	daily first assistant camera
Robert Hamilton	....	video operator
Oliver Hickey	....	jimmy jib operator
Andrew Jones	....	camera trainee
John Jordan	....	first assistant camera
Scott Lipkowitz	....	camera loader: New York
Rupert Lloyd-Parry	....	key grip
William Louthe	....	electrician
Jim McConkey	....	camera operator: New York
Joseph Metzger	....	second assistant camera
Simon Muir	....	grip trainee
Paul Niccolls	....	grip
John Panuccio	....	key rigging grip
Phil Penfold	....	rigging gaffer
Larry S. Prinz	....	gaffer
Ray Richards	....	electrician
John Saunders	....	rig electrician
Chris Silano	....	first assistant camera
Ryan Taggart	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Oliver Upton	....	still photographer
Peter Versey	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David Wall	....	electrician
Nick Wall	....	still photographer
Jeremy Weishaar	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera: New York
Tom Wilkinson	....	second assistant camera
Neil Blackman	....	underwater gaffer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Meredith Jacobson	....	local extras casting
Erin Mayhugh	....	extras casting associate
Adam Vincentz	....	local extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Anzalone	....	costume supervisor
Rebecca Hofherr	....	assistant costume designer
Kate Laver	....	costume assistant
Janine Marr	....	costume assistant
Holly Smart	....	wardrobe assistant
Gabrielle Spanswick	....	costume supervisor
Aaron Timperley	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Mark Burton	....	first assistant editor
Stuart Fyvie	....	digital colorist
Sabine McDonald	....	negative cutter
Angus Munro	....	avid engineer
Kelly Smith	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Peter Clarke	....	music editor
Chris Cozens	....	auricle control systems
Karen Elliott	....	music supervisor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Stephen Hilton	....	musician: programming and keyboards
Rob Playford	....	music programmer

Transportation Department
Simon Burgess	....	facilities captain
Ergun Halil	....	unit driver
Patrick Hogan	....	driver
Jeff Hudson	....	unit driver
Tony Jayes	....	driver: Kirsten Dunst
Nick Kenyon	....	driver: cast
Pete Newman	....	unit driver
Barrie Williams	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Peter Anders	....	caterer
Aaron Anderson	....	executive: uk film council
Hannah Andrews	....	set runner
Susan Chika Anisiobi	....	assistant accountant
Nick Atkinson	....	development executive: uk film council
Hanly Banks	....	assistant: Robert Weide, New York
Liat Baruch	....	assistant: Kirsten Dunst
James Bednark	....	production secretary
Julia Bembenek	....	production assistant
Max Berger	....	production intern
Sam Blackmore	....	set production assistant: dailies
David Blyth	....	floor runner: dailies
Katherine Butler	....	head of development: Film4
Neil Chaplin	....	production accountant
Tony Clarkson	....	location manager
Robin Davies	....	assistant: Elizabeth Karlsen
Francesca Dowd	....	production coordinator
Scott Ferlisi	....	assistant location manager: New York
Jo Fernihough	....	unit publicist
Hollie Foster	....	assistant production coordinator
Lucy Foulds	....	location coordinator
Lauren Fritz	....	assistant location manager
Jonathan Gray	....	production counsel
Orit Greenberg	....	location scout
Mark Grimwade	....	location scout
Eli Gurevich	....	first assistant accountant
Julia Hall	....	title designer
Ella Harris	....	production runner
Samson Haveland	....	set runner (as Sam Haveland)
Justin W. Hill	....	location manager: los angeles
Ali Jazayeri	....	vice president finance
Eivind Karlsen	....	assistant: Stephen Woolley, NYC
Annabel Kennedy	....	development executive
Joanna Laurie	....	assistant: Stephen Woolley
Sam Lavender	....	developmental editor: Film4
Kate Lawrence	....	development executive
Joseph Lombardi	....	production accountant
Gine Lui	....	location scout
Liz Magee	....	production assistant
Brad Marro	....	production assistant
Daniel McAuley-Burnett	....	floor runner: dailies
Wesley Mills	....	production intern
Dan Mudford	....	documentary filmmaker
Paul Myers-Davis	....	production assistant
Peter Ogunsalu	....	second assistant: Stephen Woolley
Margaret Parvin	....	legal services: Number 9 Films, Davenport Lyons
Ana S. Pelaez	....	production coordinator: New York
Jimmy Price	....	location manager
Nicole Real	....	production assistant: New York
Joe Robinson	....	assistant production coordinator
Paul Secker	....	floor runner: dailies
Jon Shaw	....	set production assistant
Sascha Springer	....	assistant location manager
Helen Varty	....	assistant: Tessa Ross
Mark Walledge	....	unit manager
Howard Watkins	....	title designer
Morag Webster	....	unit nurse
Jason Wheeler	....	location scout
William Henderson White	....	stand-in: Danny Huston
Beverly Winston	....	script supervisor
Garry Marriott	....	second unit medic (uncredited)

Thanks
Toni Collette	....	thanks
Daniel Craig	....	thanks
Richard Dacre	....	thanks
Fabrizia Dal Farra	....	thanks
Ricky Gervais	....	thanks
Leonard Maltin	....	thanks
Janette Scott	....	thanks
Dawn Sedgwick	....	thanks
Kate Winslet	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Number 9 Films
• Film4 (funding)
• Intandem Films
• Aramid Entertainment Fund (funding)
• Lipsync Productions (funding)
• UK Film Council (support)

Distributors

• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Mikado (2009) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2009) (Greece) (DVD)
• Avex Entertainment (2010) (Japan) (DVD) (rental)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Falcon Films (2009) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Film1 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Luxor Entertainment (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Noori Pictures (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Lip Sync Post (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• Access Bookings  accommodation
• All-Star Animals  animal handlers
• Aramid Capital Partners  funding
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies/mobiles
• Bonded Services  prop storage
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Dream Cars  picture cars
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Film4  development
• Fresh Air Flicks  jumbo screen
• Gray Krauss Des Rochers  legal services
• Henry's International Cuisine  catering: New York
• Hothouse Music  music supervisor
• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Klass Security and Investigations  anti-piracy film security (uncredited)
• Klass Security and Investigations  screening services
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Lip Sync Post  digital intermediate
• Lip Sync Post  sound re-recording
• Mercury Records  soundtrack
• Mobile Mouthful  catering
• Polydor  soundtrack
• Post Modern Sound  ADR recording facility
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Sonic Magic  adr recording

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug material

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15A | USA:R | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | South Africa:16 | New Zealand:M | Germany:o.Al. | Czech Republic:U | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-13 | Mexico:B15 | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Café de Paris, Coventry Street, Soho, London, England, UK

Company:

Number 9 Films

Trivia:

Sidney Young's library card is from Gloucester. Simon Pegg was born in Gloucester.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Sidney's limo drives westbound past B.B. King's but the next shot is of Times Square which is to the east.

Quotes:

Sidney Young:I sent the fish, you know, goldfish in a bowl. Did she get them?
Sophie Maes' Assistant:Yes, but they were dead!
Sidney Young:All of them?
Sophie Maes' Assistant:Yeah, it was kind of shocking actually! Were they dead when you send them?
Sidney Young:No no, who sends people dead fish?
Sophie Maes' Assistant:The Mafia?

Movie Connections:

Features "Meerkat Manor" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Chicken Payback

This movie is better than its audience

Oh dear we don't like it when our super-hero love interest develops a brain do we?

Something has happened to people, they have lost the ability to enjoy, a simple feel-good, love story/comedy? Kirsten Dunst is a revelation - funny, sexy and real. I laughed out loud ooh at least five times and I'm not ashamed to say had a tear in my eye a couple of times too. The cast, acting and script is great, I watch a lot of films right across the board and I haven't seen one in this genre that has been as successful. Those who disagree please tell me where I can find some! I'm sure the book is good too but I think you have to judge it on its own merits.