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MOVIES YOU CAN "WINE" ABOUT
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Movies you can "wine" about
California’s storied wine country has been the location of a number of interesting movies. The agricultural scenery has been the back-drop to romances, comedies, and dramas. Sometimes, even the wine plays a role. Sideways (2004) | The Parent Trap (1998) | A Walk in the Clouds (1995) Dying Young (1991) | Black Rain (1989) | Howard the Duck (1986) Apocalypse Now (1979) | Gates of Heaven (1978) | Killer Bees (1974) (TV) Deadly Harvest (1972) (TV) | This Earth is Mine (1959) The Unholy Wife (1957) | They Knew What They Wanted (1940) Sideways(2004) Comedy, Drama. Alexander Payne’s new movie “Sideways” unfolds around a wine tasting trip as two men approach different crossroads in their lives. Art mimics life as the future is toasted, the friends get tanked, reality is tested, and responsibility is questioned. Cast: Paul Giamatti Thomas Haden Church Virginia Madsen Sandra Oh The Parent Trap (1998) Comedy, Family, Romance. This is a charming Disney remake of an old favorite. It is nicely updated with more of a focus on the adult romance, as well as the children’s madcap shenanigans. Portions were filmed at the Staglin Family Vineyard in Rutherford Cast: Lindsay Lohan Dennis Quaid Natasha Richardson A Walk in the Clouds (1995) Drama, Romance, War. A young unmarried and pregnant woman meets a solder returning from World War II on a bus as she travels home. Afraid of her domineering father, the girl is accompanied home by the solder who poses as her husband. More than passions ignite in this nice romance. Extensive Napa Valley locations including: Mount Veeder Winery, Napa Mayacamas Winery, Napa Beringer Vineyards, St. Helena Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena Duckhorn Vineyards, St. Helena Cast: Keanu Reeves Aitana Sanchez-Gijon Anthony Quinn Dying Young (1991) Drama, Romance As the title suggests, a love story threatened by death. Some wine country scenes. Cast: Julia Roberts Colleen Dewhurst Ellen Burstyn Black Rain (1989) Action, Adventure. This is a stretch for a wine country movie since there is just a shoot up scene in a vineyard. Most of the action takes place in New York and Japan. Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Japanese Mafia. Cast: Michael Douglas Andy Garcia Kate Capshaw Howard the Duck (1986) Comedy This duck was a turkey. Some scenes filmed at a now boarded up "restaurant" on the Carneros Highway just outside Napa. Cast: Lea Thompson Jeffrey Jones Tim Robbins Apocalypse Now (1979) Action, Drama, War, Adventure A controversial Vietnam move about a Green Beret who set himself up as a God over a local tribe. A former Napa High student reports: "The sound effects were done at Memorial Stadium using Napa High School students. We did a lot of yelling as a group for the riot scene with the USO. Several students were then kept after the group was released and were taped running on the steps and the grass with and without shoes." Some exterior shots were also done in the valley. Director: Francis Ford Coppola (owner of Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery in Rutherford) Cast: Marlon Brando Robert Duvall Martin Sheen Sam Bottoms Laurence Fishburne Dennis Hopper Harrison Ford Gates of Heaven (1978) Documentary A fascinating and highly rated documentary about a pet cemetery, Bubbling Well Pet Memorial Park, located just outside Napa, CA and the people who have pets buried there. Killer Bees (1974) (TV) Horror A domineering woman has a strange hold over her winemaking family, and a colony of bees. Cast: Gloria Swanson Kate Jackson Don McGovern Edward Albert Craig Stevens Deadly Harvest (1972) (TV) Drama Living as a California winegrower, an Iron Curtain defector leans that he is being stalked by Soviets. Exterior scenes at a house just north of Yountville. Cast: Richard Boone Michael Constantine Patty Duke This Earth is Mine (1959) Drama Plans to consolidate the holdings of a wealthy winegrowing family through marriage are thwarted by youth and passion. Cast: Rock Hudson Jean Simmons Claude Rains Dorothy McGuire The Unholy Wife (1957) Crime, Drama A young temptress marries a wealthy vintner, only to become bored, commit adultery and plot murder. Cast: Rod Steiger Tom Tryon Marie Windsor Diana Dors They Knew What They Wanted (1940) Drama, Romance Filmed on location in a very rural Napa Valley, some landmarks are recognizable. Worth watching for the history, alone. Cast: Tom Ewell Frank Fay William Gargan Charles Laughton Carole Lombard Karl Malden Remake of: Lady to Love, A (1930) and Secret Hour, The (1928) |
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