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Cast
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Kelan Pannell | ... | Young Sidney |
| Janette Scott | ... | Sidney's Mother (archive footage) | |
| Danny Huston | ... | Lawrence Maddox | |
| Simon Pegg | ... | Sidney Young | |
| Megan Fox | ... | Sophie Maes | |
| Gillian Anderson | ... | Eleanor Johnson | |
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Kelly Jo Charge | ... | Apollo Awards Presenter |
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Christian Maier Smith | ... | Apollo Awards Guest |
| Katherine Parkinson | ... | PR Woman | |
| Felicity Montagu | ... | Clipboard Nazi | |
| Thandie Newton | ... | Thandie Newton | |
| John Lightbody | ... | Assistant Hotel Manager | |
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Ian Bonar | ... | Post Modern Review Staff |
| James Corden | ... | Post Modern Review Staff | |
| Fenella Woolgar | ... | Post Modern Review Staff | |
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Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamor. His alternative magazine, "Post Modern Review", pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based "Sharps" magazine it's something of a shock! It seems "Sharps" editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young's disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe. Thus begins Sidney's descent into success - his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes. Initially helping him out at Sharps is colleague Alison Olsen, who has her own secret. Wither their friendship? Written by Anonymous
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Budget:
$28,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,430,294, 5 October 2008Gross USA:
$2,778,752Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Sidney Young: I think it probably depends on the breasts...
Mrs. Kowalski: In Poland, someone was famous because they done something. Marie Curie, Pope John Paul...
Sidney Young: Yeah, well, they don't make entertainers like that anymore, do they?
Mrs. Kowalski: [sourly] Wise guy.
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Written by Brandon Flowers (as Flowers)
Performed by The Killers
Courtesy of Island Def Jam (United States)
Under licence from Universal Music Operations
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd
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During the montage of Sidney's name appearing on guest lists to parties and exclusive events, one of the names near Sidney's on a list is Oscar Wright, younger brother of Edgar Wright, who is a frequent collaborator of Simon Pegg. See more »Goofs
A printed interview with Sophie Maes says "psychophants" instead of "sycophants." See more »Quotes
Mrs. Kowalski: [Upon learning that Sidney writes about Hollywood stars for a magazine] Hollywood? Sodom and Gomorrah. Now everybody a celebrity. You take out your breasts, you're celebrity.Sidney Young: I think it probably depends on the breasts...
Mrs. Kowalski: In Poland, someone was famous because they done something. Marie Curie, Pope John Paul...
Sidney Young: Yeah, well, they don't make entertainers like that anymore, do they?
Mrs. Kowalski: [sourly] Wise guy.
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For Reasons UnknownWritten by Brandon Flowers (as Flowers)
Performed by The Killers
Courtesy of Island Def Jam (United States)
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This could have been so much better. Sure it delivered laughs but the plot fell short. The only reason i saw this was because of Simon Pegg( Who i loved in Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the dead). Pegg was still great but this movie felt like it didn't deserve him. This had the material to be up there with Pegg's other movies but it just fell under. Simon Pegg should stick to the British comedies with Nick Frost. This was a good comedy to sit back and have a laugh with but if your going for Simon Pegg then you won't get the quality of the other movies.
I recommend it if you want a comedy that you don't have to take seriously. Toby Young should have handed his memoirs to Edgar Wright. He could have made it funnier. This was funny but if you came here for the next Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz then turn around and run.
6/10