The Story of Sideways
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Alexander Payne's (2004) film "Sideways" reveals the tale of friendship between two middle-aged men who have been friends since college, Miles and Jack. Miles is a middle-school English teacher whose marriage has failed and whose novel has not sold. His friend Jack is getting married in a week, but Miles, also a wine connoisseur, abruptly informs him he is taking him on a week long bachelor party in California wine country. It seems that Miles may be a true connoisseur by day but by nightfall he is always drunk. Miles has named his novel "The Day After Yesterday," what today typically feels like to an alcoholic (Payne 2004). Jack is a would-be actor who tells people he does commercials, but he really is the voice at the end of t
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