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Release Date
• USA: Sep 13, 2000
• UK: 26 Jan 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 4, 2001
• R2: 10 Sep 2001
Budget $60,000,000
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for language, drug content and brief nudity.
Running Time
2 hours, 2 minutes
Country USA
Studio Vinyl Films
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Other Titles
• Almost Famous
• Something Real (2000)
• Stillwater (2000)
• The Uncool (2000)
• Untitled Cameron Crowe Project (1999)
• Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut (2000)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Coming Of Age, Teenage, True Story, On The Road, Love, Drugs, School / Campus
Tagline: Experience it. Enjoy it. Just don't fall for it.
Plot: Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming-of-age of 15-year-old music fanatic William (Patrick Fugit). Having managed to land an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater, fronted by lead guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup), and with the help of gorgeous 'band aid' Penny Lane (Oscar nominee Kate Hudson), William finds himself drawn into the band’s inner circle, despite the objections of his over-protective mother (Frances McDormand). As he becomes less an observer and more a participant in the band’s dynamics, William learns a life-changing lesson about the importance of family: the ones we inherit and the ones we create...Writer-director Cameron Crowe brings the 1970s music scene to life with his semiautobiographical story of a teen journalist who goes on the road with a rock band. Uncool 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is living every teenager's dream. He's touring with Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock band featuring lead singer Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee) and charismatic lead guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and writing about it for Rolling Stone magazine, whose editors are unaware of his young age. Though Miller's mentor, legendary rock critic Lester Bangs--portrayed with humor and heart by
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| Written by |
Cameron Crowe
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Wild Life, Jerry Maguire |
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 | Kate Hudson
The Skeleton Key, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Dr T and the Women |
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 | Jason Lee
The Incredibles, Dogma, Vanilla Sky |
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