AGoodYear[美好的一年]

Theofficialtie-intothemoviedirectedbyRidleyScott,starringRussellCroweandAlbertFinney—aTwentiethCenturyFoxrelease.Love,laughter,wine,andthegloriouslandscapeofProvenceaboundinthismoviefromdirectorRidleyScott,whoconceivedtheideaforthisstorywithhisProven?alneighborPeterMayle.Maylethenwentontowritethenovelonwhichthemovieisbased.Thefilm'sstars,RussellCroweandAlbertFinney,anditstalentedinternationalcastandcrewarebeautifullyportrayedinthesepages,whichalsoincludeanexclusiveQ&AwithScottandMayle,passagesfromtheMarcKleinscreenplay,asynopsisofthestory,andfascinatingbehind-the-scenenotesaboutthefilmmaking,winemaking,andProvence.Includesover130beautifulproductionphotosandillustrations.AGoodYeartellsthestoryofMaxSkinner(Crowe),aLondon-basedinvestmentexpertwhoinheritsasmallwineestateintheLuberonfromhisbonvivantuncle,andmusttakeabreakfromdailywarfareintheCitytosettlethings.Maxwantstosellandrun,butonceinProvence,hisplansfallapart.ThebenevolentspiritofhislateUncleHenry(Finney),alovelyandfeistyrestaurantowner(MarionCotillard),amysteriousyoungAmerican(AbbieCornish),apassionatewinegrower(DidierBourbon),andthemagicalregionitselfallconspiretokeepMaxatChateauLaSiroque,whereheultimatelydiscoversthemanhemighthavebeen.