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".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".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".
- Awards
- 1 win
Freddy Rodríguez
- Gustavo Brambila
- (as Freddy Rodriguez)
Luis Saguar
- Man #1
- (as Louis Saguar)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe real Jim Barrett, owner of Chateau Montelena, appears in the film as a vineyard owner who pours a wine sample for Alan Rickman. Mike Grgich, the real-life winemaker at Chateau Montelena (and the man who was most responsible for the award-winning 1973 Montelena Chardonnay), appears in several scenes at the chateau, standing next to Bill Pullman as he takes a wine sample from a barrel.
- GoofsWhen Spurrier leaves the tasting fee under the ashtray and the owner picks it up, it is a new style bill with the large numbers which were not in use until the nineties.
- Quotes
Jim Barrett: Why don't I like you?
Steven Spurrier: Because you think I'm an arsehole. And I'm not, really. I'm just British and, well... you're not.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Cinema Snob: Shock! Shock! Shock! (2013)
- SoundtracksChina Grove
Written by Tom Johnston
Performed by The Doobie Brothers (as Doobie Brothers)
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Featured review
Audience please for this little gem
My wife and I have been wanting to see this movie for awhile now. With the kids busy, we got our chance yesterday evening. Our first theater trip was a disappointment in that the movie had "left the building" the day before; our fault for not checking. Manager did mention that the movie was a good one, but nobody came. Looking for another theater we were lucky to find one close. 6:25 here we come.
We were both glad we made the second trip and saw this movie. Interesting hidden story while our country was busy with its 200th birthday. Remember the red, white and blue toilet paper? Alan Rickman was wonderful as usual. He, IMO doesn't get enough work or is content with his current lot. Other actors were well cast and the flipping from Napa to France was not at all distracting, although I wish a bit more time was spent in the wine country in France. And where did Dennis Farina get that suit he wore during the tasting contest outside of Paris? To close there were about 6 other people in the theater when there should have been 600. When we exited we were stopped by 2 students that asked how we liked the movie. On their clipboard they entered 2 -4 star votes from us.
If you get a chance and this is a hard one to find in theaters, go. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
We were both glad we made the second trip and saw this movie. Interesting hidden story while our country was busy with its 200th birthday. Remember the red, white and blue toilet paper? Alan Rickman was wonderful as usual. He, IMO doesn't get enough work or is content with his current lot. Other actors were well cast and the flipping from Napa to France was not at all distracting, although I wish a bit more time was spent in the wine country in France. And where did Dennis Farina get that suit he wore during the tasting contest outside of Paris? To close there were about 6 other people in the theater when there should have been 600. When we exited we were stopped by 2 students that asked how we liked the movie. On their clipboard they entered 2 -4 star votes from us.
If you get a chance and this is a hard one to find in theaters, go. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Tin Chấn Động
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,078,607
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $278,075
- Aug 10, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $4,629,770
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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