Film

Sideways

2004 · 2h 7m · Comedy · Drama · Romance

In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

94

Two 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 One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.

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

• Alexander PayneDirector · Screenplay
• Jim TaylorScreenplay
• Rex PickettNovel
• Michael LondonProducer
• Phedon PapamichaelDirector of Photography
• Rolfe KentOriginal Music Composer
• Kevin TentEditor
• John JacksonCasting

Sideways - Trailer

Release date

October 22, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 7m

Rated

R

Budget

$16,000,000

Revenue

$109,502,303

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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