BUSINESS
June 7, 2004 | By Jerry Hirsch, Times Staff Writer
In the script for "The Terminal," the character played by Tom Hanks woos a flight attendant during a romantic dinner with Champagne on the menu. Director Steven Spielberg decided that was too pretentious. Happily for prop master David Harlocker, Napa Valley winery Clos du Val had hand-delivered several bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon to the set in Palmdale in anticipation of such an opportunity. "We offered up a bottle," said Harlocker, "and Steven said that would work fine."