Alan Rickman portrays Steven Spurrier, the British wine dealer who organized a famous blind wine tasting near Paris in 1976, in Randall Miller’s Bottle Shock. Watch the trailer: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/bottle-shock/32518/main
Here's another small movie that's been compared to Sideways and almost as good. Both feature wine and likable losers & dreamers who finally succeed, but that's where the comparisons end. Based on a true story from 1976 about how California wines competed with French wines in a show, Bottle Shock, is an easygoing time not just for wine lovers but for those who want to learn something about how wine is made.
The small cast is filled with many faces from TV as well as film. Alan Rickman is marvelous as the snooty wine expert who comes to California to select wines to bring to France for his contest. He's usually good in these type of roles and who can forget him in Kevin Costner's Robin Hood where his performance as the Sheriff of Nottingham almost steals the film. There's Bill Pullman & Chris Pine, as a father & son owners of a winery on the brink of bankruptcy. They clash heads as well as fists in a boxing ring to settle their differences.
The humor here is as leisurely as sipping a good glass of wine. Savor the film's official sight: http://www.bottleshockthemovie.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment