Sour grapes delves into the murky world of fine wine fraud, dealing in particular with rudy kurniawan, and was screened for the first time at the hot docs. The seinfeld comparisons are immediate and inevitable, mainly because this film is so reminiscent of davids previous show in both its characters and style. Sour grapes comic strip published in multiple newspapers in rhode island, massachusetts, texas and california. Sour grapes opens may 27 th at the bloor cinema in toronto all four screenings of the movie were completely sold out at hot docs and it is a two week run fyi kim gertler is a torontobased journalist and documentary filmmaker keen about food, wine and culture. The fox and the grapes is one of the aesops fables, numbered 15 in the perry index. It approaches the stunningly expansive scam as a reallife comic mystery fit for hercule poirot. One of the films best qualities is the deftness with which it handles the subject matter. Sour grapes is a comedy about things that arent funny. It was released on april 17, 1998, by columbia pictures.
Sour grapes is a 1998 american comedy film written and directed by larry david and starring steven weber, craig bierko, viola harris, karen sillas, robyn peterman and matt keeslar. And the angel of the lord led me into the belly of the holy mother a chamber black as pitch but i. The big difference is that david cronenberg, who made crash, knew that people were not turned on by auto accidents. Sour grapes is a 1998 american black comedy film written and directed by larry david and starring steven weber, craig bierko, viola harris, karen sillas, robyn peterman and matt keeslar. Watch sour grapes movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. A film charting the rise and deceit of imprisoned wine fraudster rudy kurniawan and starring many of the key characters in the story has debuted at a festival in north america. The rarified world of wine is never dumbed down, nor is it pilloried for its excesses. Sour grapes movie about the rudy kurniawan saga fredswan. The narration is concise and subsequent retellings have often been equally so. Trailer for the film sour grapes by jerry rothwell and reuben atlas. Filmmakers jerry rothwell and reuben atlas debuted the documentary at film festivals in october 2016 and on netflix the following month. In sour grapes, the filmmakers cover the entire span of the affair. They dont even seem particularly annoyed, remarkable grudge free for a film for a film called sour grapes. Documentary about the fine and rare wine auction market centering around a counterfeiter who befriended the rich and powerful and sold millions of dollars of fraudulent wine through the top auction houses.
He expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. And the explanations arent so basic or trite as to annoy. Its a tepid comedy about cousinsrichie craig bierko and evan steven weberwho enter into a feud after one borrows two quarters from the other while on a vacation in atlantic city, and then wins a. Richie loses all he has at slot machines and asks evan for two more coins for a last attempt. The sweet and sour grapes trope as used in popular culture. Mar 15, 2020 the sour is a big part of the appeal in the piedmont variety barbera, for example, both in a cheerfully rustic example, such as the coop irresistible barbera dasti 2016. Sour grapes poetry collection, a book of poems by william carlos williams. Oct 14, 2016 as recounted in sour grapes, a documentary debuting at film festivals this month and on netflix in november, many more suspicious details emerged in 2012, after f. A short film by jonathan ridgeway and zachary watson. So, when i was in the process of tracking down the dvd sets of larrys. A girl is driven to jealousy when she suspects her girlfriend of cheating on her. A new feature documentary telling the story behind what could be the worlds largest haul of counterfeit wine. May 23, 2002 organisers of sour grapes have struck a threeyear agreement to stage the emerging film festival throughout fox studios, the home of australiaa s burgeoning film industry.
Faca parte do filmow e avalie este filme voce tambem. Sour grapes definition of sour grapes by the free dictionary. Staring craig bierko, steven weber, matt keeslar and robyn peterman. If you describe someones attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they say something is. It reminded me of crash, an erotic thriller about things no one finds erotic. Sour grapes is the expression we use when someone puts something down in a negative way or makes it out to be unimportant solely because it is. I love the prior works of larry david who was the real driving force behind the first years of the legendary seinfeld tv series. Us actor and comedian who wrote and directed 1998 film sour.
This yeara s festival is to open with six days of public screenings and allied film workshops and will culminate in a gala finals evening in the fox studios show ring on. The 2016 documentary sour grapes directed by jerry rothwell and reuben atlas retells the events in the wine counterfeiting story of rudy kurniawan. This feature length film unfolds rudys story though the eyes of his friends, his fellow wine enthusiasts and his french adversary. Rent sour grapes 1998 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Studies in the subversion of rationality, a 1983 book by jon elster sour grapes, a song by puscifer from v is for vagina. Definition of sour grapes in the idioms dictionary.
The film states that as many as 10,000 counterfeit bottles created by kurniawan may still be in private collections. Apr 14, 2017 sour grapes is the expression we use when someone puts something down in a negative way or makes it out to be unimportant solely because it is unattainable to them. The story concerns a fox that tries to eat grapes from a vine but cannot reach them. Sour grapes 2016 tvma 1h 25m criticallyacclaimed documentaries a dizzying chronicle of excess and deception dissects a fascinating case of finewine fraud and. Larry david, who wrote and directed sour grapes, apparently thinks people are amused by cancer, accidental castration, racial stereotypes. Sour grapes definition and meaning collins english dictionary.
Whether you find it that way depends on your taste for such sour grapes or in this case sour humor that some might find tasty, while others will find completely tasteless. Jul 10, 2017 they dont even seem particularly annoyed, remarkable grudge free for a film for a film called sour grapes. Rudy kurniawan film sour grapes gets first airing decanter. Rudy kurniawan was, it was rumoured, a wine savant, had an expert memory for taste, a generous host, offering rare wines from his huge cellar, who in 2006 made 35 million dollars in two wine. Sour grapes 2016 tvma 1h 25m criticallyacclaimed documentaries a dizzying chronicle of excess and deception dissects a fascinating case of finewine fraud and the con man who cheated investors out of millions. Sour grapes investigates an embarrassing scandal that rocked the world of highend wine collectors and left as many as 40,000 fake bottles circulating in their milieu. With laurent ponsot, jay mcinerney, jefery levy, maureen downey. Sour grapes has enough depth to be interesting to people in the wine industry or for people who are interested in collecting and drinking fine and rare wines. With steven weber, craig bierko, jack burns, viola harris. Rent sour grapes 1998 starring steven weber and craig bierko on dvd and bluray. Nov 29, 2016 the various clips are woven together well and the film has good pace. Cousins richie and evan are nearly broke after heavy gambling, when richie asks evan for two final coins. It draws on a colorful cast of characters from new york socialites to.
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