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Synopsis: 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?
Director(s): Robert B. Weide
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
37%
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Year:
2008
110 min
$2,458,092
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That's a water, sir.

That's not right is it, put a

bit of beer in or something.

I'm sorry, my boyfriend's sitting there.

Is he?

He's f***ing small isn't he.

That's his White Russian,

he'll be here any second.

Excuse me? Can you reserve

seats in this bar?.

No.

I'm a journalist.

I work for a little periodical

you might have heard of.

Sharps Magazine.

I'm the Cultural Editor.

This is library card, from Gloucester.

It's the wrong one isn't it...

Happy now?

Just doing my bit for the gene pool.

Who is that with Clint Eastwood?

Morgan Freeman.

No, in the head-lock.

You got this laminated?

Sh*t... Sorry, sorry.

No, no, no, just leave it.

OK then.

It's pronounced "gloster" by the way.

Are you going to get off that seat?

No.

Do you know the meaning of Karma?

A curry?

What goes around, comes around.

The moment is approaching where you'll

pay the price for being an a**hole.

And when my boyfriend gets here, I'm going

to encourage him to take you outside...

Hello?

Hi honey.

All right, I'll see you then.

Boyfriend not coming?

I'm Sorry.

Do you think..?

Do you think I can have his drink?

Bobby.

You want my seat?

I'm just leaving.

Thanks.

Who do you think that is

with Clint Eastwood?

I'm going to go powder my nose.

Why don't you put on something

a little more romantic?

Mrs Labowski.

Kowalsky.

You know what time it is?

The music blaring, the door open.

Was it?

F***..

I mean sorry...

Sh*t...

I mean sorry..

I ran into an old friend...

and came back for a little...

... Penis.

You can do this.

You can do this.

You can do this.

You so can do this.

Come on Bob... A quick cup

of coffee, then you gotta go.

This is my city.

This is my building.

This is my Lobby.

These are my models.

This is my work place.

And this is my boss.

What the f*** are you wearing?

You like it?

I've got another one actually.

Thanks.

The next time you come here dressed like

that you follow this shirt, you understand?

Sit down.

How was your flight?

It was good. Thanks to the

business class tickets, Clay?

That was a mistake.

And don't call me Clay.

Oh, can we smoke?

We... no.

Actually I'm a big fan of your

early... funnier, stuff

Snipe Magazine, really good.

You've actually been a big influence on me.

And I think together we can inject

some of that Snipe spirit into Sharp's.

In fact I've got some

idea which you might...

You think you've arrived don't you?

I hate to break it to you,

but you're only in the first room.

It's not nothing, don't get

me wrong, but eh...

It's not that great either, believe me

there's plenty of people in this town

Who made it to the first level

and didn't get any further.

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Peter Straughan

Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a playwright and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories. His first ambition was to be a professional musician and he achieved this while playing bass guitar with Newcastle-based band "The Honest Johns". He spent four years touring and recording with the band through the late 1980s and into the early 1990s before leaving to take up full-time education at Newcastle University. While Peter was a student he was also a member of the band Cactusman. Peter wrote the song "Killer", which appeared on the CD album North of London, a collection of music by North East bands released through Newcastle Arts. Straughan co-wrote the 2006 feature film, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution and adapted Toby Young's memoir How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. He is the writer of the 2009 film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and co-writer of the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay, a screenplay he wrote in collaboration with his late wife Bridget O'Connor. O'Connor died of cancer, aged 49, in 2010, before the film was released. They were awarded a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay. more…

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