Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 123 wins & 91 nominations total
- Mrs. Erganian
- (as Shaké Toukhmanian)
- Mike Erganian
- (as Duke Moosekian)
- Armenian Priest
- (as Rev. Fr. Khoren Babouchian)
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- TriviaDuring his audition, Thomas Haden Church stripped naked because that was what the scene called for. He later learned that he was the only actor to do that.
- GoofsWhen Miles is doing his crossword puzzle while driving, his speedometer reads zero.
- Quotes
Miles Raymond: What about you?
Maya: What about me?
Miles Raymond: I don't know. Why are you into wine?
Maya: Oh I... I think I... I originally got in to wine through my ex-husband.
Miles Raymond: Ah.
Maya: You know, he had this big, sort of show-off cellar, you know.
Miles Raymond: Right.
Maya: But then I discovered that I had a really sharp palate.
Miles Raymond: Uh-huh.
Maya: And the more I drank, the more I liked what it made me think about.
Miles Raymond: Like what?
Maya: Like what a fraud he was.
[Miles laughs softly]
Maya: No, I- I like to think about the life of wine.
Miles Raymond: Yeah.
Maya: How it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was shining; if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes. And if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I'd opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine is actually alive. And it's constantly evolving and gaining complexity. That is, until it peaks, like your '61. And then it begins its steady, inevitable decline.
Miles Raymond: Hmm.
Maya: And it tastes so fucking good.
- Crazy creditsNo California oak trees were harmed during the making of this production.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
- SoundtracksThursday Night at Pasquale's
Written and Performed by Astrid Cowan
Courtesy of Astron Records
Can you really only enjoy films where the characters in them are people you'd have over for dinner? OPEN YOUR MINDS! Feature Films are not popularity contests, and as far as I'm concerned, neither are awards competitions. Giamatti steals cash from his mother's bedroom dresser drawer near the beginning of the film. Morally reprehensible? Absolutely! But my heart broke for him when he did it. You could see how much he hated himself in that moment!!! Giamatti's ability to have intensely personal thoughts flash through his eyes like flickering film through a projector, all the while maintaining such beautiful stillness, was for me breathtaking. Giamatti makes you completely suspend your disbelief...he makes you feel like you have ESP!!!
Thomas Hayden Church was hilarious as his ex-college roommate/infantile thirtysomething playboy buddy who can't let go of "his plight." He's a stitch. And I agree with everyone, Virgina Madsen makes you melt in this film. She is scrumptuous. Remember, IMDb moralists,...people who live in glass movie-houses, shouldn't throw popcorn! ~peace
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- Nov 20, 2004
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- Entre copas
- Filming locations
- Solvang, California, USA(location)
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- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $71,503,593
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $207,042
- Oct 24, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $109,706,931
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1