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Sideways (2004) -- Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
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User Rating:
7.8/10   65,325 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Rex Pickett (novel)
Alexander Payne (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
21 January 2005 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves.
Plot:
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 94 wins & 34 nominations more
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A Payneful Comedy more (767 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Paul Giamatti ... Miles

Thomas Haden Church ... Jack

Virginia Madsen ... Maya

Sandra Oh ... Stephanie
Marylouise Burke ... Miles's Mother
Jessica Hecht ... Victoria

Missy Doty ... Cammi

M.C. Gainey ... Cammi's Husband

Alysia Reiner ... Christine Erganian
Shake Tukhmanyan ... Mrs. Erganian (as Shaké Toukhmanian)

Shaun Duke ... Mike Erganian (as Duke Moosekian)

Robert Covarrubias ... Miles's Building Manager

Patrick Gallagher ... Gary the Bartender
Stephanie Faracy ... Stephanie's Mother

Joe Marinelli ... Frass Canyon Pourer
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, some strong sexual content and nudity.
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126 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Thomas Haden Church' had left film acting, concentrating on voiceover work, when he received a phone call from Alexander Payne to audition for the role of Jack. Church was a finalist for a role in About Schmidt (2002), another Payne film, and Payne wanted to use the actor in one of his films. more
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Continuity: When Miles is in the restaurant by himself after the wedding, the food on his plate completely changes positions after we see a close up of the 1961 Cheval Blanc. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Miles Raymond: Fuck.
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FAQ

What wines are they drinking throughout the film?
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96 out of 168 people found the following comment useful.
A Payneful Comedy, 10 March 2005
10/10
Author: arichmondfwc from United States

Alexander Payne is becoming a magnet for me. I wait for his films. He is an eminently American director that can look in with the incisive eye of an incisive foreigner. Besides all that, he is a poet. In "Election" he gives us an electro shock disguised as a Teen College Comedy. I laughed in horror at the cleverness of the storytelling. In "About Schmid" he forces us to look into one of the darkest corners of our society and find ourselves there. And he does it in the funniest most entertaining way. In "Sideways" he trusts his audience enough to put impossible hurdles for us to love his characters -- Paul Giamatti and his mother's money, for instance -- and yet, we have to admit he's made his point. We are all people. He manages to surprise us with our own capacity for compassion. Vittorio De Sica, Billy Wilder and Mario Monicelli come to mind. Yes Mr. Payne you are the ticket!

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