sideways (2004)
Original title: sideways
Production: USA, Ungheria|123 min
Dramatic, Comedy, Romantic
two old friends set off on a wine-tasting trip that begins when miles, an aspiring novelist staring at wine and who has never recovered from his divorce, decides to give jack, his old college friend and actor, a gift to failed, a journey through the vineyards of the santa ynez valley, the week before jack's wedding. jack is an incorrigible and hyper-sexual seducer, while miles is a chronic, depressed pessimist. jack is looking for his 'last taste of freedom', miles, for his part, seeks perfection in a bottle. a jack any merlot, miles, instead, seeks the pinot of absolute perfection. as they venture onto the coast, miles and jack find themselves drowning in wine and women: jack falls madly in love with a winemaker, and threatens to cancel his marriage. miles, on the other hand, has a romantic encounter with a wine expert waitress: in short, both are on the verge of a mid-life crisis that is as dangerous as it is comic.
Festivals and awards
Oscar 2005 - migliore sceneggiatura non originale
Assigned to: Jim Taylor (sceneggiatore), Alexander Payne
Assigned to: Jim Taylor (sceneggiatore), Alexander Payne
Bafta 2005 - Migliore sceneggiatura non originale
Assigned to: Jim Taylor (sceneggiatore), Alexander Payne
Assigned to: Jim Taylor (sceneggiatore), Alexander Payne
Direction
Alexander Payne: regista
Production and Screenplay
Alexander Payne: sceneggiatore
George Parra: produttore
Michael London: produttore
Jim Taylor (sceneggiatore): sceneggiatore
Interpreters and Characters
jackson 'jack' lopate
Peter Dennis(età:71)
Phil Reeves(età:51)
Joe Marinelli(età:47)
Robert Covarrubias(età:54)
Rinko Kikuchi(età:23)
Marylouise Burke(età:63)
Technical staff
Phedon Papamichael: direttore della fotografia
Terry Frazee: effetti speciali
Rolfe Kent: musiche
Kevin Tent: montatore
Barbara Haberecht: scenografo
Wendy Chuck: costumista
Ellen Parks: casting
John Ii Jackson: casting
Jane Ann Stewart: scenografo
T.k.kirkpatrick: scenografo
Lisa Fischer: scenografo
Voices and Dubbing
Version Italia(2004)
Claudia Razzi Voice of Sandra Oh
Massimo Rossi Voice of Paul Giamatti
Francesca Guadagno Voice of Missy Doty
Luca Ward Voice of jackson 'jack' lopate
Emanuela Rossi Voice of Virginia Madsen