Bottle Shock

Year:

2008

Duration:

110 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Randall Miller

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-09-19

Filming Locations: Buena Vista Vinyards - 18000 Old Winery Road, Sonoma, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,000,000

Opening Weekend: $277,839 (USA) (10 August 2008)

Gross: $4,016,669 (USA) (12 October 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

J.P. Gillain

Chris Pine

Bo Barrett

Hal B. Klein

Shenky

Alan Rickman

Steven Spurrier

Jean-Michel Richaud

Maitre d'

Dennis Farina

Maurice Cantavale

Bill Pullman

Jim Barrett

Kirk Baily

Loan Officer

Freddy Rodríguez

Gustavo Brambila

Philippe Bergeron

Pierre Tari

Rachael Taylor

Sam Fulton

Louis Giambalvo

George Taber

Greg Collins

Trucker

Luis Saguar

Man #1 (as Louis Saguar)

James Hiser

Man #2

Geoff Callan

Man #3

Eliza Dushku

Joe

Miguel Sandoval

Mr. Garcia

Marcia Firesten

Karen Thompson

Matthew Kimbrough

Michael Robbins

Laurie O'Brien

Laura

Kathy McGraw

Ms. Relyea

Joe Regalbuto

Bill

Al Liner

Hotel Clerk

Deborah O'Brien

TWA Attendant

Brian Leonard

Passenger #1

Karl-Heinz Teuber

German Passenger

Maximilienne Ewalt

Passenger #2

Frank Avila

Field Hand

Bradley Whitford

Professor Saunders

Richard Gross

Lt. Randall

Mary Pat Gleason

Marge

Valerie Long

Vintner #2

James Carraway

Vintner #3

Marian Filali

Odette Kahn

Phillipe Simon

Claude Dubois-Millot (as Philippe Simon)

André Tardieu

Raymond Oliver (as Andre Tardieu)

Andre Mathieu

Upscale Man

Jody Savin

Upscale Woman

Mark Famiglietti

Waiter

Randall Miller

Patron

Roy Jimenez

Shopkeeper

Anita Argent

French Wine Spectator (uncredited)

Amiée Conn

Bo's Friend (uncredited)

John Crosthwaite

Wine Spectator (uncredited)

Danielle Deffenbaugh

French Pedestrian (uncredited)

Leslie Goodman

Wine Tasting Spectator (uncredited)

John Harden

French Judge (uncredited)

Arlo Hemphill

French Waiter (uncredited)

Larry Kitagawa

Country Club Member (uncredited)

Jay Krueger

Winery Driver (uncredited)

Krystal Landrum

TWA Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Justin Malachi

Valet (uncredited)

Hugo Martinez

Vinyard worker (uncredited)

Caleb Daniel Noal

Bo's Friend #2 (uncredited)

James Olea

Motorcycle Rebel (uncredited)

Alden Olmsted

Hotel Patron (uncredited)

Montgomery Paulsen

Store Patron (uncredited)

Jeff Redlick

Pedestrian (uncredited)

James Rufini

Winemaker (uncredited)

Anjuli Sanneman

Girl Smoking Bong (uncredited)

Nathalie Tedrick

College student (uncredited)

Scott Updegrave

Attorney (uncredited)

Mario Vendetti

Valet (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In-joke: Maurice (Dennis Farina) adds a wry reference to labor issues with film production during Scene 24 (minute 91:54) as guests and judges arrive. He claps his hands and in bad French urges a chauffeur to get moving and park the cars, followed by "Let's go! You're not a Teamster, ya know!"

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The white car driving toward camera and out of frame immediately after the "Judgement of Paris" is a Jensen Interceptor.

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The 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.

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Goofs

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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When the Napa wine makers all scramble to meet Stephen Spurrier with their bottles of wine, one person is clearly offering a prop bottle of "Canadian Club" whiskey as if it were a wine.

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Sam says she drove all the way from Fairfield on three tires. This would not be possible. After driving that far on a flat tire there would be nothing lift of it by the time she reached Napa.

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Quotes

Steven Spurrier: "Wine is sunlight, held together by water." The poetic wisdom of the Italian physicist, philosopher, and stargazer, Galileo Galilei. It all begins with the soil, the vine, the grape. The smell of the vineyard - like inhaling birth. It awakens some ancestral, some primordial... anyway, some deeply imprinted, and probably subconscious place in my soul.

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Jim Barrett: Why don't I like you?

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Maurice: It's oaky... Oh, yeah, and smoky. I detect... bacon fat... laced with honey melon.

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Faq

Q

A Note Regarding Spoilers

A

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Q

What is "bottle shock"?

A

The phrase "bottle shock" refers to an actual phenomenon in the world of oenology (the study of wine and wine making). When wine is shaken during travel, its flavours can suddenly change and become disjointed. It can improve wine, but usually, it degrades the flavor.

Q

What is the "Judgment of Paris" in relation to this movie?

A

The "Judgment of Paris" refers to the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting, a wine competition in which French judges did blind tasting of wines from both France and California. Surprising everyone, California wines rated best in each category, which rocked France's title as being the foremost producer of the world's best wines.

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