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19 September 2008 (Hong Kong)
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Based on a true story of love, victory and fermentation.
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The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris". full summary | add synopsis
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(66 articles)
Movie Wine Buff Pullman Has No Sense Of Smell
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Joss Whedon's Cabin in the Woods Pushed to 2011
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Wonderful Film . . .
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chris Pine | ... | Bo Barrett |
 | Alan Rickman | ... | Steven Spurrier |
 | Bill Pullman | ... | Jim Barrett |
 | Rachael Taylor | ... | Sam |
 | Freddy Rodríguez | ... | Gustavo Brambila |
 | Dennis Farina | ... | Maurice |
 | Eliza Dushku | ... | Joe |
 | Miguel Sandoval | ... | Mr. Garcia |
 | Bradley Whitford | ... | Professor Saunders |
 | Joe Regalbuto | ... | Bill |
 | Hal B. Klein | ... | Shenky |
| Kirk Baily | ... | Loan Officer |
 | Phillipe Simon | ... | Claude Dubois-Millot |
| Philippe Bergeron | ... | Pierre Tari |
 | Jean-Pierre Gillain | ... | Pierre Brejoux |
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content and a scene of drug use.
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110 min
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The Parisian street scenes were filmed in Sonoma, CA using cars provided by members of the Arcane Auto Society car club. The automobile's owners were used as extras in the street scenes that showed their cars.
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Continuity: In the scene where Gustavo pours some of his red wine into a water glass and tells Bo, several times, "try it", the level of wine in the glass is constantly changing, from nearly full to only a sip, even before Bo drinks any of the wine.
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Bo Barrett: [voice-over during a vineyard pan] It wasn't always like this. Before Paris, people didn't drink our wine. I mean, my friends did. But you could hardly consider their palates discerning...
Bo Barrett: Hell, we were farmers... sort of...
[pan to empty bottles of Montelena label and several early twenties/late teens smoking hookah]
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Bo Barrett: [voice-over during a vineyard pan] It wasn't always like this. Before Paris, people didn't drink our wine. I mean, my friends did. But you could hardly consider their palates discerning...
Bo Barrett: Hell, we were farmers... sort of...
[pan to empty bottles of Montelena label and several early twenties/late teens smoking hookah]
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References What Price Glory (1926)
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A Note Regarding SpoilersWhat is the "Judgment of Paris" in relation to this movie?
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While some people might immediately try to compare this film to Sideways, that would be a big mistake. Both films might share wine as their subject matter but diverge dramatically from there.
Bottle Shock tells an unknown story of Californian wine beating French wine in a surprise blind taste test (no one was more surprised than the French).
Having the US as the Underdog, seeing the passion of the wine makers and seeing the French being served makes this an absolutely wonderful 2 hours.
Bill Pullman was superb, Alan Rickman portrayed the quintessential snobbish Britt, Rachael Taylor was stunning and Dennis Farina was "Bacon Fat with a hint of Ripe Mellon!"