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Actors: Albiera Antinori, Lodovico Antinori, Michael Broadbent, Battista Columbu, Lina Columbu
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

33 reviews
Sales Rank: 10682

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 135
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: DTF53455D
UPC: 821575534550
EAN: 0821575534550
ASIN: B0009OL8E4

Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: July 12, 2005
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED

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How did they ever let those filmmakers in? February 10, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

What a heavenly film about the wine world. Documentarions travelled to France, Italy and California interviewing some of the greatest winemakers and, in other cases, some of the most powerful wine merchants in the world, including the consultants andRobert Parker,s still the most important wine critic. If you think the wine world is absent the kind of treachery or price manipulation that you associate with Exxon, you are much mistaken. This film is beautiful and fascinating to watch. Extraordinary people like Piero Antinori are everything you imagined but to see him and hear him is to gain a sense of Italy, of Tuscany, of a world far removed from ours-- just marvelous.

1 out of 5 stars

wine guy looks at mondovino January 11, 2007
4 out of 22 found this review helpful

Stupid, pointless and useless. Hand held camera about made me seasick. Learned nothing except that Parker had lost a lot of weight, apparently.

1 out of 5 stars

Frustration January 9, 2007
1 out of 13 found this review helpful

The disc sent is restricted to Area 1 and my machine is unable to play it. What do you suggest?

5 out of 5 stars

Wealth of insight into the current wine biz September 5, 2006
9 out of 12 found this review helpful

I am not sure why there are so many negative reviews, especially from people who claim they are wine collectors or wine lovers. I am a wine lover and I happen to work in the wine industry. Yes, the camera work is a bit shakey but I happen to think that the camreaman zooming in on a dog or other object now and then can be a little more interesting than a 2 minute shot of someone talking. Yes, the director is obviously biased against the Mondavis, Gallos and KJs of the world. Yes, he does ask some pointless, antagonistic questions and does take some cheap shots. However, listening to the Mondavis, Mothilie, deVillaine, Rolland, Braodbent or Parker talk is hugely insightful. There is so much insight from both camps...any real lover of wine will take quite a bit away from this movie. The filmmaker does a good job of showing that there are many people in the wine industry who are much more attracted to the glitz and glamour of the biz than they are attracted to the wine (a great example is the ex-CEO & wife who create a Tuscan villa in Napa, as well as the [...] who leads tours at Mondavi). All in all, this is a highly informative movie that will educate and enlighten anyone who is interested in the wine biz. I watched all the outtakes and still would have liked the movie to be longer...there must have been so many good interviews left on the cutting room floor.

3 out of 5 stars

You don't have to drink August 22, 2006
1 out of 9 found this review helpful

I really admire the effort put into the gathering of information for this film. The scope is amazing.

I was surprised by all of the people who agreed to participate. I sometimes felt slightly betrayed for them.
Most seemed to speak candidly and the editing, context and even camera angles were fairly unfavorable to many of them.
I wonder now, how they feel about their portrayals.

If you can ignore the obvious conclusions you are supposed to reach, this is a good watch. I believe, that just like wine, you don't have to drink, it's a choice.

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