--- title: 'Sideways (2004)' type: 'film' director: 'Alexander Payne' released: '2004-09-13' runtime_minutes: 127 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sideways-2004' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375063/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Sideways (2004) 2004 · 127 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Sideways is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Jim Taylor and Payne. A film adaptation of Rex Pickett's 2004 novel, Sideways follows two men in their forties, Miles Raymond, a depressed teacher and unsuccessful writer, and Jack Cole, a past-his-prime actor, who take a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County wine country to celebrate Jack's upcoming wedding. Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen also star as women they encounter during their trip. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alexander Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-payne) - **Screenplay:** [Alexander Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-payne), [Jim Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-taylor) - **Original Music Composer:** [Rolfe Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolfe-kent) - **Producer:** [Michael London](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-london) - **Director of Photography:** [Phedon Papamichael](https://cinepixo.com/people/phedon-papamichael) - **Editor:** [Kevin Tent](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-tent) ## Cast - [César Ramos](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesar-ramos) - [Jessica Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-hecht) - [Stephanie Faracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephanie-faracy) - [M.C. Gainey](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-c-gainey) - [Paul Giamatti](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-giamatti) - [Alysia Reiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/alysia-reiner) - [Sandra Oh](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-oh) - [Virginia Madsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-madsen) - [Patrick Gallagher](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-gallagher) - [Thomas Haden Church](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-haden-church) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/sideways Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sideways-2004 Film facts: Wikidata (Q675937); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.