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Sideways
Sign in to saveSideways is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Jim Taylor and Payne. A film adaptation of Rex Pickett's 2004 novel, Sideways follows two men in their forties, Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti), a depressed teacher and unsuccessful writer, and Jack Cole (Thomas Haden Church), a past-his-prime actor, who take a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County wine country to celebrate Jack's upcoming wedding. Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen also star as women they encounter during their trip.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sideways is referenced by 737 other articles, and connects out to Searchlight Pictures, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film.
It sits within the topics 2000s buddy comedy-drama films, 2000s road comedy-drama films and 2004 American films.
Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
7.1Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Cast
- Paul Giamatti as Miles
- Thomas Haden Church as Jack
- Virginia Madsen as Maya
- Sandra Oh as Stephanie
- Marylouise Burke as Miles's Mother
- Jessica Hecht as Victoria
Themes
- california
- based on novel or book
- golf
- wine
- road trip
- stag night
- marijuana
- writer
- buddy
- santa barbara, california
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Sideways
- Film.image
- Sideways poster.JPG
- Film.alt
- A cartoon of two men inside a wine bottle that is laying on its side.
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Alexander Payne
- Film.producer
- Michael London
- Film.music
- Rolfe Kent
- Film.cinematography
- Phedon Papamichael
- Film.editing
- Kevin Tent
- Film.studio
- Michael London Productions
- Film.distributor
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 127 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $16 million
- Film.gross
- $109.7 million
- Album.name
- Sideways
- Album.type
- soundtrack
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alexander Payne
- Screenwriter
- Alexander Payne
- Cast member
- Stephanie Faracy
- Composer
- Rolfe Kent
- Production company
- Searchlight Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Phedon Papamichael
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- San Diego
- Duration
- 127
- FilmAffinity ID
- 281926
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.foxsearchlight.com/sideways
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- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- film editor
- Kevin Tent
- title
- Sideways
- distributed by
- Disney+
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.5/10
- publication date
- 2005-02-03
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