A good year?!
Last year, we kept you updated on the important wine-u-tainment news about the possibility of Russell Crowe starring in a Ridley Scott adaptation of a Peter Mayle novel:
Russell Crowe, Hollywood’s cell phone-launching, bad boy maximus, is rumored to play the lead role. It could be quite an awkward blend of Mayle’s mostly Merlot with Crowe’s brawny Shiraz.
Well, now it is true. Scheduled for an October 27 launch in the UK and a November 10 release in the US (how did the UK edge out the US?!), cinema-goers around the world are about to soak up the warm rays of the Provencal sun. Surely they’ll be ready to throw in the towel on lucrative careers in cold places, ditch their lame glasses, and move to vineyards populated by cranky locals and beautiful women.
Related:
“More wine to hit the silver screen” [Dr. V]
A Good Year movie trailer [via Apple]
“Mondovino, shaky, not stirring” [Dr. V]
“Sideways, the movie, the wine” [Dr. V]
tags: wine | wine movies | Russell Crowe | A Good Year
On August 26th, 2006 at 8:08 pm ,Anonymous wrote:
Any word on which villages–and particular vinyards–appear in this movie?
On August 26th, 2006 at 8:32 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Hmm, not sure. It’s probably a fictitious town in Provence.
According to IMDB.com the shooting locations were:
Bloomberg London Office, London, England, UK
Bluebird Cafe, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, England, UK
Bonnieux, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Gordes, Vaucluse, France
London, England, UK
Marseille Provence airport, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Rail Station, Avignon, Vaucluse, France