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Dir:Alexander
Payne/ Wr: (WGA)
Rex Pickett
(novel),Alexander
Payne (scrn)/
Cast:Paul
Giamatti,
Thomas Haden Church,
Virginia Madsen,
Sandra Oh |
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A
wine tasting road trip to salute Jack's (Thomas Haden Church)
final days as a bachelor careens woefully sideways as he and
Miles (Paul Giamatti) hit the gas en route to mid-life crises.
The comically mismatched pair, who share little more than their
history and a heady blend of failed potential and fading youth,
soon find themselves drowning in wine and women (Sandra Oh and
Virginia Madsen). Emerging from a haze of pinot noir, wistful
yearnings and trepidation about the future, the two inevitably
collide with reality.
Jack, about to get married,
has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should
call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made
the right choice while trying to form a relationship with
the woman's best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a
waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when
visiting that part of the country.
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