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By Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.16.2008
My daughter saw "Bottle Shock" in San Francisco recently and thought it was great.
She knows her wine-loving parents will, too. From what I read on IMDB, it did well at several indie film festivals. Are you familiar with it and do you know whether/when it will play in Tucson?
Carol Erie
Set in the 1970s and starring Bill Pullman, "Bottle Shock," is about a plucky California vineyard that beat the French in an international competition. It opened Aug. 29 at El Con and played for two or three weeks.
I didn't much like the movie because it was so insular with its wine aficionado sensibilities.
Eliza Dushku, however, gives a fine performance as a spunky bartender. You should be able to check it out on DVD in January, when it's expected to be released.
E-mail film critic Phil Villarreal with your questions at pvillarreal@azstarnet.com.