A wine tasting road trip to salute a bachelor's final days careens woefully sideways as he and his buddy hit the gas en route to mid-life crises.
Sideways
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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 (Thomas Haden Church) 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. Miles begins his own romantic encounter with a wine-savvy waitress (Virginia Madsen). Both men careen dangerously and comically toward mid-life crises. Now, the wedding approaches and with it the certainty that Miles and Jack won’t make it back to Los Angeles unscathed or unchanged... if they get back there at all.
Cast and crew
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Alexander Payne
Director, Writer -
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 -
Shaun Duke
Mike Erganian -
Robert Covarrubias
Miles's Building Manager -
Patrick Gallagher
Gary the Bartender -
Stephanie Faracy
Stephanie's Mother -
Joe Marinelli
Frass Canyon Pourer -
Chris Burroughs
Chris at Stanford -
Toni Howard
Evelyn Berman-Silverman -
Khoren Babouchian
Armenian Priest -
Lee Brooks
Ken Cortland -
Peter Dennis
Leslie Brough -
Alison Herson
Foxen Winery Pourer -
Phil Reeves
Vacationing Dr. Walt Hendricks -
Rob Trow
Obnoxious Golfer -
Lacey Rae
Los Olivos Waitress -
Cesar Ramos
Barista -
Rex Pickett
Writer -
Jim Taylor
Writer
Additional information
Directors
Alexander PayneDirectors
Studio
20th Century StudiosStudio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Released year
2005Released year
Duration
2 h 7 minDuration
Genres
ComedyDrama
Romance
Genres
Drama
Romance
Writers
Rex PickettAlexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Writers
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Size
7.5 GB (1080p HD)3.54 GB (720p HD)
2.66 GB (SD)
Size
3.54 GB (720p HD)
2.66 GB (SD)
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