IFC Films Presents 'Twilight' Heartthrob Robert Pattinson in an Award-Winning Performance...

IFC Films Presents 'Twilight' Heartthrob Robert Pattinson in an Award-Winning
Performance Directed by Oliver Irving
HOW TO BE

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Pattinson's portrayal of brooding,
tormented vampire Edward Cullen in the blockbuster "Twilight" film series has
made him one of Hollywood's hottest new stars. Now, watch as he reveals
another, surprising side in HOW TO BE, a side-splitting comedy coming to DVD
from IFC Films and MPI Media Group. A must-see for all Pattinson fans, the DVD
hits stores on November 17, 2009. The disc includes an exclusive interview
with Pattinson, never-before-seen footage and many other extras.

In HOW TO BE, the young British sensation Pattinson stars as Art, an aspiring
musician stuck in a rut. Twenty-something Art is a supermarket worker who has
just been dumped by his girlfriend and is forced to move back home to live
with his emotionally distant parents. Art is hopeless and depressed until he
discovers the best-selling self-help book It's Not Your Fault and spends his
inheritance money to hire the book's oddball author, Dr. Levi Ellington, as
his live-in life coach to get him through his "quarter-life crisis" and help
him be "more normal."

Pattinson reaches new heights as an actor as he impressively embodies both
Art's self-pitying side and his droll, hilarious wit. The actor also performs
on the film's pop-rock soundtrack -- a collection of original songs and
classics by artists including The Roches, Captain Beefheart and Love.

His performance in HOW TO BE earned the young star Best Actor accolades at the
Strasbourg International Film Festival, while debuting director Oliver Irving
received the Audience Award at the New Orleans Film Festival. Amanda Bell of
Examiner.com called the film "completely entrancing and beautiful," adding,
"Robert Pattinson's character becomes someone you just want to reach out and
hug."

HOW TO BE's sterling cast also includes Rebecca Pidgeon (The Spanish Prisoner,
TV's The Unit) and Michael Irving (Ruth Rendell Mysteries) as Art's parents,
Powell Jones (Anna Karenina), Alisa Arnah (Wallander, Jane Eyre) and newcomers
Mike Pearce and Johnny White as Art's best friends.

The DVD is packed with bonus material: a 20-minute making-of featurette
including extended scenes; behind-the-scenes footage and an interview with
Robert Pattinson.

SOURCE IFC Films

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