Search - Sideways [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Adult Humor, Profanity, Drug Content Movie Release: 2004 DVD Release: 04/05/2005 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 7 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Total Copies: 169 Genres: Comedy Drama, Road Movie, Buddy Film See Also: Sideways [Fullscreen], Sideways [Gold O-Ring Packaging], Sideways [Gold O-Ring Packaging], Sideways [Widescreen] [Blu-ray]

Directed by Alexander Payne, Sideways follows Miles (Paul Giamatti), who is distressed about his lack of success as a novelist, and Jack (Thomas Haden Church), an equally unsuccessful actor with a rapidly approaching wedding. In a last-ditch effort to sow their wild oats, Jack and Miles take off on a final road trip to California's wine country the week prior to Jack's wedding. Both men have goals for the vacation -- Miles wants to turn Jack on to the art of wine tasting, while Jack is concerned with exploiting his last days as a bachelor -- but when the two men come across two fascinating women (Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh), the duo is forced to examine their morality, and if maturity isn't such a depressing prospect -- at least, for one of them. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

Paul Giamatti - Miles Raymond
Thomas Haden Church - Jack Lapate
Virginia Madsen - Maya
Sandra Oh - Stephanie

Alexander Payne's Sideways arrives on DVD with a commentary track recorded by lead actors Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church that goes a long way toward revealing why the film works so well. The two have a genuine rapport with each other. While their comments do not add to anyone's understanding of the film, it is a light and breezy conversation full of self-effacing jibes and warm laughs. The film itself is presented in a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while Spanish and French soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. Deleted scenes, a making-of-featurette, and the film's theatrical trailer round out his solid release from 20th Century Fox. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide