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In 1976, a small American winery bested the exalted French wines of the time and sent the wine industry into a tizzy--putting California wines on the map for good. Based on a true story, "Bottle Shock" chronicles the events leading up to the famous "Judgment of Paris" tastings, told through the lives of father and son, Jim and Bo Barrett. A former real estate attorney, Jim has sacrificed everything to realize his dream of creating the perfect hand-crafted chardonnay. His business, however, is struggling, and he's not only trying to overcome differences with his slacker son, but is also fighting off the creditors. Meanwhile in Paris, unwitting British wine shop owner Steven Spurrier hopes to revive his own failing business by sponsoring a competition which will pit the traditional French powerhouse against the California upstarts. Little did Steven and Jim realize that they were both on course to change the history of wine forever.

Production
Shocking Bottle; Intellectual Properties Worldwide (I); Unclaimed Freight Productions; Zin Haze Productions;

Cast Names
Anjuli Sanneman; John Crosthwaite; John Harden; Arlo Hemphill; Larry Kitagawa; Jay Krueger; Justin Malachi; Richard Neitzel; James Olea; Alden Olmsted; Montgomery Paulsen; Jeff Redlick; Scott Updegrave; Mario Vendetti; Anita Argent; Amiée Conn; Danielle Deffenbaugh; Leslie Goodman; Krystal Landrum; Chris Pine; Hal B. Klein; Alan Rickman; Jean-Michel Richaud; Dennis Farina; Bill Pullman; Kirk Baily; Freddy Rodríguez; Philippe Bergeron; Rachael Taylor; Louis Giambalvo;

Box Office
USD 4,016,669

Release Date
2008-01-18 (Sundance Film Festival)
2008-06-11 (Maui Film Festival)
2008-06-14 (Seattle International Film Festival)
2008-08-08 (limited)

Genres
Comedy; Drama;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content and a scene of drug use.

Running Time
1 hr. 50 min.

Director
Randall Miller

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