Sideways
Date: 2004
Director: Alexander Payne
Production Company: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Michael London, Sideways
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
Location(s): Southern California, USA.
Region(s): N. America
Storyline:
A two-man drinking force on a stag week tours Californian vineyards. SJ
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- Capture 1
- 15 Apr 2014
Giamatti's apartment at "The Sea Crest, San Diego," 120 Magnolia Avenue, Goleta, Santa Barbara.
Advertising itself as the "Sideways house." Google/SJ
- Capture 2
- 15 Apr 2014
A heplful title: on Sunset Boulevard over the San Diego freeway 405, passing the Hotel Angeleno formerly the Holiday Inn, 170 North Church Lane, Brentwood, LA. Also seen in Heat.
Almost bang on. Google/SJ
- Capture 3
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A stop on the way to oenophiles' bliss in the Santa Ynez wine region.
- Capture 4
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Aerial shot
- Capture 5
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Giamatti and Haden Church arrive at "Oxnard", probably Santa Maria.
- Capture 6
- 15 Apr 2014
Another helpful title. The Danish village in California saw a notable rise of visitors thanks to Sideways' impact of FIT.
485 Alisal Road heading north. Google/SJ
- Capture 7
- 15 Apr 2014
Another helpful title.
Major tree growth. East Highway 246 east of Avenue of Flags. Google/SJ
- Capture 8
- 15 Apr 2014
The famous "Pea Soup Andersen's" to the left. All you can eat pea soup.
Travelling east on East Highway 246, just before the approach to the 101 highway. Google/SJ
- Capture 9
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The drinking duo check into the Days Inn Windmill Buellton, 114 E Hwy 246, Buellton, CA ?
- Capture 10
- 15 Apr 2014
Walking down to the Hitching Post II. East Highway 246, Buellton.
Now. Google/SJ
- Capture 11
- 15 Apr 2014
Approaching The Hitching Post II.
406 East Highway 246. Reverse shot from above. They're coming from the wrong direction as the Days Inn is further west not east. Google/SJ
- Capture 12
- 15 Apr 2014
Now where are we? Ah yes, it's a bit of a jump from one place to another in Sideways wine-land but this is the Petersen Village Inn, 1576 Mission Dr, Solvang, Ca.
Taken from Mission Drive, Google/SJ
- Capture 13
- 15 Apr 2014
An interior at the Kalyra Winery, 343 North Refugio Road, Santa Ynez
Echoed by RJ
- Capture 14
- 15 Apr 2014
And another: meeting Sandra Oh.
RJ milking this one at Kalyra Winery, 343 North Refugio Road, Santa Ynez.
- Capture 15
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Stocking up.
- Capture 16
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River Course at the Alisal Guest Ranch, 150 Alisal Road, Solvang.
- Capture 17
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A lonely vineyard road: could be the Santa Rosa Road, between Lompoc and Buellton.
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Think we're back at the 003/004 area.
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Giamatti takes a call and discovers his novel has been turned down.
- Capture 20
- 15 Apr 2014
Fess Parker's Winery 6200 Foxen Canyon Road Los Olivos, CA
Captured by RJ.
- Capture 21
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Still at Fess Parker's: called Frass Canyon in the film. Frass is fly faeces, some esoterica from Tony Reeves for which and in whom we are always grateful.
- Capture 22
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Gaviota State Park, 10 Refugio Beach Rd. Goleta, CA
- Capture 23
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As above. Reverse pov.
- Capture 24
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Haden Church receives a motorcycle helmet in his face from a disappointed Oh.
- Capture 25
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The damage is half-repaired. Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital, 2050 Viborg Rd, Solvang, CA
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The pair pulling into a motel.
- Capture 27
- 15 Apr 2014
The turn off for the Day's Inn at the freeway entrance to 101.
Google/SJ
- Capture 28
- 15 Apr 2014
Heading north onto Jonata Park Road, next to the 101 and Central Avenue, Buellton, CA.
Google/SJ
- Capture 29
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Oooops. Soon after the above but I can't see it on Google maps.
- Capture 30
- 15 Apr 2014
The western face of the Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church, 900 W. Lincoln Avenue on the corner of N. Montebello Boulevard, Montebello in eastern Los Angeles.
Best to be done from a Google shot on West Lincoln Avenue. We need an Angeleno or Sideways fan or indeed both to replace this with a better shot from the correct angle. Google/SJ
- Capture 31
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Reverse pov of 001.
- Capture 32
- 15 Apr 2014
Some nice clues here and good for businesses too.
And this Sideways nod adorns the Kalyra Winery, 343 North Refugio Road, Santa Ynez, so we'll give them free publicity here for their FIT appreciation. Snapped by RJ