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View larger Sideways Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Sandra Oh, Virginia Madsen, Marylouise Burke Directed by: Alexander Payne Screenplay by: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Release Date: October 22th, 2004 Running Time: 124 minutes MPAA Rating: R for language, strong sexual content and nudity. Distributor: Fox Searchlight  Box-Office Totals Domestic: $71,503,593 (65.4%) Foreign: $37,832,472 (34.6%) Total: $109,336,065 (Worldwide) Box-Office Charts   Subscribe to Movies Central by Email  Subscribe in any reader  Check out Feed Central

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Writer-director Alexander Payne’s fourth feature film (following Citizen Ruth, Election and About Schmidt) starts with two old friends setting off on a wine-tasting road trip . . . only to veer dizzily into a wry exploration of the vicissitudes of love and friendship, the damnable persistence of loneliness and dreams and the enduring war between Pinot and Cabernet. The misadventures begin when Miles (Paul Giamatti), an un-recovered divorcé and would-be novelist with a wine fixation, decides to gift old college buddy and washed-up actor Jack with a celebratory trip to the vineyards of the Santa Ynez Valley the week before Jack’s wedding. The two couldn’t be an odder couple. Jack is an over-sexed charmer; Miles is a sad-sack worrier. Jack is looking for his “last taste of freedom”; Miles just wants to taste perfection in a bottle. Jack is fine with cheap Merlot; Miles pines for the elusive, perfect Pinot. Indeed, the only thing they seem to share in common is the same heady mix of failed ambitions and fading youth. And yet, as they make their way up the coast, Miles and Jack soon find themselves drowning in wine and women. Jack falls head-over-heels for a local wine pourer (Sandra Oh) and threatens to call off his nuptials. Read Full Production Notes

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