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Starring: Fairuza Balk, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Noah Taylor, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, John Fedevich, Zooey Deschanel, Jimmy Fallon, Anna Paquin, Mark Kozelek, Patrick Fugit, Bijou Phillips
Director: Cameron Crowe
Run time: 122 mins
Certificate: 15
Collections: Downloads from Sony Pictures, Downloads to own
Genres: Drama
Released: 07/08/2006
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Brief synopsis of Almost Famous

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 Philip Seymour Hoffman cautions him not to befriend the musicians, Miller takes it a step further and befriends both the band and the Band-Aids the girls who hang around with the band because they love the music. Newcomer Fugit is the perfect William Miller: baby-faced, slightly gawky, and an awestruck observer. Kate Hudson sparkles as Penny Lane, the leader of the Band-Aids, and Frances McDormand delivers a stellar performance as Elaine, Miller's protective and mildly paranoid mother. In the tradition of SAY ANYTHING and JERRY MAGUIRE, Crowe's coming-of-age tale is intelligent, well written, and infused with humor in unlikely places.

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Rated - 5 starsExperience It. Enjoy It. Just Don't Fall For It.

Jessica Stokes from Barry South Wales [Highly rated reviewer] , 15/11/2006

Almost Famous is a film, written and directed by Cameron Crowe. It tells the story of a teenage journalist for Rolling Stone magazine covering the fictional rock band Stillwater, and his efforts to get his first cover story published. The film is semi-autobiographical, as Crowe himself was a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.

Although this film is not from my era of music i loved it from beginning to end, the storyline, is funny, touching, emotional in places, the cast is superb including a brilliant breakout performance by Kate Hudson, as the infamous 'band-aid' Penny Lane for which she received a well deserved Oscar nomination for the role.

Other performances that stand out are Patrick Fugit in his first movie role! Billy Crudup and Jason Lee as the Stillwater band members, Francis Macdormand also plays William's brilliant overprotective mother.

Another reason to watch the film is the soundtrack, a mixture of rock and other genres including Simon and Garfunkel and Elton john, if you were brought up in the 70's you will love it. The soundtrack truly makes the film what it is, the soundtrack also won a Grammy award in 2001!

I have owned this film since it was released and I watch it at least once a year and enjoy it more and more each time.

Hire this film you won’t be disappointed!!!!!

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