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Crabwise is a 2004 comedy/drama film, co-written and directed by Alexander Payne. These are according to a novel of the equivalent title by Rex Pickett (ISBN 0312324669).

Plot summary
Paul Giamatti plays an unpublished writer, eighth-grade English teacher, and oenophile named Miles, who requires his soon-to-become-married actor friend (played by Thomas Haden Church) on the week-long road trip through Santa Ynez wine country. Miles wants to ingest wine & play golf game, however Jack has more plans. He wants to "cut loose" prior to his wedding & have a go at it using more women. Presently fallowing their arrival it cross paths using deuce women (played by Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh).

Tagline: In seek of wine. Within lookup of women. Around research of themselves.

Awards and nominations
Crabwise won a as a result awards: Best Picture, IFP Gotham Awards Top Ten Film of 2004, Right Supporting Actor, & Better Adapted Screenplay, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Better Motion Picture - Musical or even Comedy & Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards Right Male Lead, Right Supporting Male, Right Supporting Female, Better Screenplay, Right Director, & Best Feature, IFP Independent Spirit Awards (won in all categories it was nominated for) Best Film, 2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2004 Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor 2004 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble, Paul Giamatti, Sandra Oh, Thomas Haden Church, and Virginia Madsen.

It was nominated for the ensuing awards: Better Performance by an Actor even around the Musical comedy or Comedy, Better Performance by an Actor withwithin the Supporting Role, Better Performance by an Actress in the Supporting Role, Better Original Score, & Better Director, Golden World Awards Oscar for Best Picture, Church as Best Supporting Actor, Madsen as Best Supporting Actress

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