Sideways

…the enormously successful road film Sideways (2004), directed by Alexander Payne, in which Giamatti played a failed novelist and recently divorced high-school English teacher who travels with his friend to the wine-making regions of California for a celebratory trip before the latter’s wedding. In 2006 Giamatti received his first Academy…

…the Tuscan Sun (2003), and Sideways (2004) helped her reach a wider audience.