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

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.

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