Release date:October 22, 2004
(NY, LA)
Studio:Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director:Alexander Payne
MPAA Rating:R (for language, some strong sexual content and nudity)
Screenwriters:Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Starring:Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Gallagher, Alex Kalognomos, Virginia Madsen, Joe Marinelli, Sandra Oh, Alysia Reiner
Genre:Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Official website:FoxSearchlight.com/Sideways
Plot Summary:
A wine tasting road trip to salute Jack's (Thomas Haden Church) final days as a bachelor careens woefully sideways as he and Miles (Paul Giamatti) hit the gas en route to mid-life crises. The comically mismatched pair, who share little more than their history and a heady blend of failed potential and fading youth, soon find themselves drowning in wine and women (Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen). Emerging from a haze of pinot noir, wistful yearnings and trepidation about the future, the two inevitably collide with reality.
