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Sideways premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2004, and was released in the United States on October 22, 2004. It received widespread acclaim from critics and is regarded as one of the greatest films of the 2000s.
Struggling writer and wine enthusiast Miles (Paul Giamatti) takes his engaged friend, Jack (Thomas Haden Church), on a trip to wine country for a last single-guy bonding experience. While Miles ...
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Oct 17, 2024 · In a random year that saw Hollywood’s continued death march to formulaic monotony in the form of apocalyptic CGI disaster films, aborted franchise starters, and the continued evolution of the comic book film, “Sideways” is disarming in how intimate the characters are, how low the stakes are.
- Roger Cormier
- ALEXANDER PAYNE READ THE BOOK ON WHICH IT'S BASED ON A FLIGHT BACK FROM A FILM FESTIVAL. The director was flying back from Edinburgh, where he had been at a film festival promoting Election, when he finally had a chance to read Rex Pickett’s book Sideways.
- GEORGE CLOONEY WANTED TO PLAY JACK. Payne and Clooney met to talk about the part, then Payne lost touch with the actor. Seven years later, Payne cast Clooney in The Descendants.
- THOMAS HADEN CHURCH STRIPPED DOWN FOR HIS AUDITION. The Wings star was the only actor to take off all his clothes in the audition. He assumed the other candidates reading the scene where Jack is naked also went full-frontal; he was later shocked to discover that wasn’t the case.
- PAUL GIAMATTI KNEW NOTHING ABOUT WINE. The actor admitted to faking every bit of wine knowledge, and not understanding why anybody would care about it.
Mar 19, 2024 · Director Alexander Payne on ‘Sideways,’ 20 Years Later. By Tod Brilliant. Image Courtesy of FOX Searchlight Via Maximum Film / Alamy Stock Photo. Paul Giamatti isn’t nearly as amused as fans think he will be when they send him over bottles of Merlot in restaurants.
- Tod Brilliant
Apr 10, 2019 · Running from commitments and failures, two college buddies romp through California, sampling the local wine—and women—in Sideways.
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Apr 1, 2020 · Standout acting from Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh and Alexander Payne's precise directing make 'Sideways' work.
