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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 | |
| 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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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 and Performed by John Pizzarelli
Courtesy of Telarc International
www.telarc.com
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
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Katherine Parkinson and Chris O'Dowd, both in the beginning parts of the movie, star together in the show The IT Crowd. See more »Goofs
When we first meet Sophie Maes (Megan Fox), she says she is a vegetarian and would never wear fur, yet we see her at the party towards the end of the movie wearing what looks like a real fur shawl. However, this is most likely a testament to how movie stars sell out their beliefs when they become famous. 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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UKLanguage:
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Box Office
Budget:
$28,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,430,294, 5 October 2008Gross USA:
$2,778,752Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$19,152,009Company Credits
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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.