Product Details

• Actors: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke
• Directors: Alexander Payne
• Writers: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Rex Pickett
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: February 3, 2009
• Run Time: 126 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001JNNDCY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,970 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Sideways [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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SIDEWAYS - Blu-Ray Movie

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I think it was Bukowski...", October 23, 2010

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Adron Gardner (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sideways [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

The Film

What a great film. Sideways is one of the few movies based on a book that improves a good deal over its source material. And it is absolutely hilarious. The reason I like Sideways, for better or for worse, is I know both Jack and Miles too well. At one time or another, I've walked in both of their shoes. Alexander Payne reaches a zenith of sorts with his quiet eccentric style. The film blends friendship, the road trip and a party flick. The wine provides an interesting tenor to boot. Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church are completely irreplaceable in their respective roles. They're sort of cosmopolitan R2D2 and C3P0 roadies.

The Blu-Ray

There's been a lot of complaints over perceived Blu-Ray quality over the standard DVD. I can tell you, the Blu-Ray is better. On a large 1080p screen, there is a noticeable difference. Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael created a unique look for the visuals to give the film a signature feel. All those smudgy light plumes, and glowing highlights come from diffusion and slight overexposure folks, maybe even a shot of digital grading to punch the highlights. None of those things lend themselves to the sharpest end products - the end product is a vintage style soft image. The Blu-Ray IS indeed better. There is no way i would choose the DVD over this. If you don't have a big enough 1080p screen for it to matter, however, the DVD will probably suffice. But come on, at $10 for the BD, why choose the DVD?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Technical picture quality is poor, December 14, 2009

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I. Toivanen (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sideways [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Great movie, which I had in DVD. Bought this as BluRay version, but was very disappointed about the very small image improvement over DVD quality.

21 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Blu-Ray Quality Sub-Par, September 22, 2009

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Photoman2010 (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sideways [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

First and foremost; I want everybody to know that I absolutely love the movie "Sideways." That being said, do not waste your money on the Blu-ray edition of this particular film. When I dropped the cash for Sideways Blu-ray edition I was expecting to see sharp, crisp, and beautiful scenes of the Southern California vineyards as well as better sound quality. I didn't get either. What I got instead was a lesson that "NOT" all Blu-ray DVD's are created equal. There is absolutely "ZERO" difference between my standard DVD version and the Blu-ray version of the movie.

If I had to guess, it may very well go all the way back to the film equipment that was used to film the movie on set and location. Lesson learned for me :-)