Bottle shock

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Movie
German title Bottle shock
Original title Bottle shock
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Randall Miller
script Jody Savin ,
Randall Miller,
Ross Schwartz
production J. Todd Harris ,
Brenda Lhormer ,
Randall Miller,
Jody Savin,
Marc Toberoff ,
Marc Lhormer
music Mark Adler
camera Mike Ozier
cut Randall Miller,
Dan O'Brien
occupation

Bottle Shock is an American comedy released in 2008 . Randall Miller directed the film and co-wrote the script with Jody Savin and Ross Schwartz .

action

The action takes place in 1976. Jim Barrett and his son Bo grow vines in the Napa Valley . But since Jim Barrett wants to make the wine perfect, the sale is delayed more and more, so that Barrett gets into financial difficulties and has several loans with the bank.

Gustavo, a Mexican immigrant, also works at the winery. He is good friends with Bo Barrett. Disagreements arise when Sam, Jim Barrett's new assistant, shows up. She is about the same age as Gustavo and Bo, and both show an interest in her. Gustavo has also made his own wine together with another farmer, which leads to Jim Barrett firing him.

At the same time, the British wine merchant Steven Spurrier, who lives in Paris, travels to the Napa Valley, where he tastes the wines there for a blind wine tasting organized by the Paris wine jury . Spurrier also wants to try Barrett's “Chateau Montelena” in Paris, but Jim Barrett refuses. At the last moment, Bo Barrett hands over two bottles of wine at the airport so that the wine can still be tasted.

Jim Barrett notes that his wine now tastes tremendously good, but is brown. He wants to have the wine destroyed, but barmaid Joe buys the wine from the two drivers who are supposed to take it to the landfill. With the help of Sam and a winemaker friend, Bo Barrett has found out that the wine regains its original color after a few days. They get the wine back from the barmaid Joe, so the money worries seem to be forgotten. Gustavo is also being hired again.

Finally, Bo Barrett is sent to France for a wine tasting as a representative of the American winemakers. There the “Chateau Montelena” wins in the white wine category.

Reviews

Robert Koehler wrote in Variety magazine on January 18, 2008 that there were some script weaknesses - the film contained too much to handle ( "contains too much to manage it" ). However, it leaves a "charming aftertaste" . The representations of Chris Pine and Bill Pullman are "unevenly calibrated" .

backgrounds

A Cabernet Sauvignon from the Chateau Montelena winery from 1999

The story of the film is based on a true story. The Paris Wine Jury really existed in 1976, and there is also wine critic Steven Spurrier . The Chateau Montelena winery still exists today and was operated by Jim and Bo Barrett themselves until July 2008, then sold.

The film was shot in various locations in California . Its world premiere took place on January 18, 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival . On June 14, 2008, it was screened at the Seattle International Film Festival . The film opened in selected US cinemas on August 8, 2008.

In June 2009 the film was released on DVD in Germany. In addition to the main film, which is just 106 minutes long, a picture gallery, an image film about the Chateau Montelena winery, deleted scenes and the film trailer are included as a bonus. Although the film was approved by the FSK for ages 6 and up, the DVD is only approved for ages 16 and up.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Bottle Shock . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2009 (PDF; test number: 118 159 DVD).
  2. ^ Film review by Robert Koehler ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 8, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
  3. ^ Filming locations for Bottle Shock , accessed June 8, 2008
  4. ↑ Release dates for Bottle Shock , accessed June 8, 2008
  5. ↑ Release certificate "Bottle Shock" ( PDF ; 80 kB) FSK . May 27, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  6. ↑ Bottle Shock (DVD) . Amazon.de . June 25, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2011.