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62 DGA QUARTERLY PHOTOS: (TOP) EVERETT; (BOTTOM) PHOTOFEST; (OPPOSITE) EVERETT SIDEWAYS (2004) > Alexander Payne This rueful comedy about a failed writer played by Paul Giamatti who worships Pinot Noir and reviles Merlot boosted sales of the former and put Santa Barbara's wine country on the map. In one immortal scene, Giamatti rhapsodizes about the delicate, temperamental nature of Pinot as if he's talking about a long, lost lover. "There's a lot of wine talk in the book and not in the movie. I needed to make sure the wine related to the characters." — A L E X A N D E R P AY N E