Sneak Preview Screening: "Sideways " with Special NAPA Valley Wine Tasting
Summary:
SIDEWAYS Japan, 2009. 123 minutes.
Directed by Cellin Gluck
Produced by Chihiro Kameyama
Starring Kyoka Suzuki, Rinko Kikuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Katsuhisa Namase
Film courtesy of 20th Century Fox Japan.
Language:In Japanese, with English subtitles
Description:CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF SIDEWAYS WITH A SPECIAL NAPA VALLEY WINE TASTING AND SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING
Join us for this extraordinary event to mark the upcoming release of SIDEWAYS-the Japanese “reimagining” of the Oscar-winning American film-with the film's director, producer and star.
Start the glamorous Sneak Preview evening off with meeting and sipping the wine stars of this delightful film! Join a Napa Wine Tasting with matching Napa-Style Appetizers. From 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on October 1st experience a wine and food marriage made in California heaven. Nibble appetizers designed and executed by two star chefs. The FCCJ's own Executive Chef Paul Dodd, previously of Gordon Ramsay, Tokyo & London, along with Chef Ema Koeda, the Chef Advisor for the U.S. Agricultural Trade Office, working in cooperation with the American Trade Office. Chef Koeda, who specializes in California cuisine, trained at America's premier culinary college,The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, Napa Valley California..
The wine tasting with California-inspired appetizers is provided at a cost of 1,575 yen (including tax).
*Wine samples are for wine event guests only. Wine tasting reservations cancelled less than 24 hours in
advance will be charged in full.
Featured Sideways' wine celebs are:
NEWTON VINEYARDS - Donating Importer- Moet Hennessy Diageo
Unfiltered Chardonnay
The Puzzle -Cabernet Sauvignon Blend
DARIOUSH -Donating Importer- DEPT Planning
2007 Signature Chardonnay Napa Valley
2006 Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
BERINGER -Donating Importer- Sapporo
Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Valley
KIRKLAND RANCH - Donating Importer- Tomei’s
2005 Chardonnay Napa Valley
2006 Cuvee Reserve Red Wine, Napa Valley
FRANK FAMILY VINEYARDS- Blanc de Blanc NV Sparkling Wine, Napa Valley --
Donating Importer--Tomei’s
FROG’S LEAP WINERY - Donating Importer-- La Languedocienne
2008 Frog's Leap Sauvignon Blanc
2006 Frog's Leap Merlot
2005 Frog's Leap Rutherford
LYNMAR WINERY- Donating Importer- Village Cellars
2004 Lynmar Winery Pinot Noir Vin Gris
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009. 20th floor
6:00 - 7:00 Napa Wine Star tasting with Napa-style appetizers
7:05 - 9:10 Sneak preview screening of Sideways
9:15 - 10:00 Q&A with Cellin Gluck (director), Chihiro Kameyama
(producer), Fumiyo Kohinata (star)
SIDEWAYS Japan, 2009. 123 minutes.
In Japanese, with English subtitles
Q&A in Japanese and English, with English interpretation
Directed by Cellin Gluck
Produced by Chihiro Kameyama
Starring Kyoka Suzuki, Rinko Kikuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Katsuhisa Namase
Film courtesy of 20th Century Fox Japan.
The New York Times called this film "an intriguing cross-cultural experiment,"and the FCCJ is honored to provide this sneak preview so that our members can be among the first in Japan to see just how intriguing it is.
Filmed entirely on location in California with an all-American crew, Sideways is the Japanese "reimagining" of the 2005 Academy Award-winning film of the same title. It is directed by Cellin Gluck, an American born and raised in Japan, and features a soundtrack composed and supervised
by Hawaiian-born ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro, featuring such 1980's hits as Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time."
A coming-of-age movie for those past the point of no return, Sideways is the heartwarming tale of two old friends, on a journey to rediscover their friendship.
Michio (Fumiyo Kohinata) is a struggling scriptwriter. His best friend, Daisuke (Katsuhisa Namase), is about to get married and has planned one last fling as a bachelor. Together, they venture out on a weeklong road trip through Napa Valley, where they serendipitously meet up with Mayuko
(Kyoka Suzuki), whom Michio had tutored-and fallen in love with-20 years earlier as an exchange student. Also along for the ride is Mayuko's free-spirited friend Mina (Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi), who runs a local eatery.
Sideways was coproduced by Fuji TV, purveyor of Bayside Shakedown 2, Japan's highest grossing live action film ever, and 20th Century Fox, producer of the all-time box office champion Titanic.
Please reserve by noon on the day of the event at the reception desk (3211-3161) or online at http://www.fccj.or.jp. Those without reservations will be turned away once available seats are filled.
You may attend the film without joining us for the wine event. Doors will open at 6:50 for the film. Please reserve at the reception desk as above. All movie screenings are private, noncommercial events restricted to FCCJ members and their guests.
Karen Severns, Edwin Karmiol, Movie Committee
Sandra Mori, Entertainment Committee