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Tom S > typed:

> "Dick R." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi all,
>> Soon to be married groom and friend tour the wine country.
>> Groom $crews first available female, friend (after being
>> refused service at the bar) drinks contents of the spit
>> bucket. Can't remember what the connection to Pinot Noir
>> was, but it was a stupid premise and a stupid movie.
>>
>> Of course, it's JMHO.
>> Dick R.
>
> I found more to like than you did. Sideways is a movie about
> failed
> human affairs, and the glimmer of redemption.


I just saw it a couple of days ago. Yes, I agree. And it did a
very good job of it. I liked it a lot.


> The wine stuff was really incidental,


Yes. Before seeing it, I had thought the movie was about wine and
wineries, but that's not at all true.


> ... but satisfying in a way.


Yes. It was accurate and not watered down. Very surprising for
Hollywood.

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