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As Seen On Tv(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-09-21
51%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
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Alexander is a talk show host on TV and a partying bachelor privately with an awful love life even though he dreams of settling down. One day his old friend Ralf brings him a manuscript for a book that he can't get published and asks Alexander to put his name on it for some more publicity. Alexander agrees without reading and finds himself in trouble when the book comes out and the views expressed in it are opposite to his own.
Languages: Swedish.
Countries:
Sweden
Revenue: $9,135,327.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: As Seen On Tv
Top 10 Billed Cast
Johan Rheborg
Alexander Engberg
Alexandra Rapaport
Åsa, journalist
Kristian Luuk
Ralf Nyström
Gerd Hegnell
Therapist
Pia Johansson
Publisher
Martina Haag
Single mother
Karolina Rahm
Gaby
Claudia Galli Concha
Girl without brother in New York
Ulf Kvensler
Journalist
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Alexander is a talk show host on TV and a partying bachelor privately with an awful love life even though he dreams of settling down. One day his old friend Ralf brings him a manuscript for a book that he can't get published and asks Alexander to put his name on it for some more publicity. Alexander agrees without reading and finds himself in trouble when the book comes out and the views expressed in it are opposite to his own.
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2001-09-21
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