A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
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- TriviaTo look like a real rock band, the four actors in Stillwater rehearsed for four hours a night, five nights a week, for six weeks.
- GoofsWilliam's mother incorrectly, when scolding Russell on the phone, attributes to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe the saying; "Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." This quote is actually by Dorothea Brande. Brande herself likely was paraphrasing a passage from a book by Basil King. ("Go at it boldly, and you'll find unexpected forces closing round you and coming to your aid".) King was a Canadian clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy.
- Quotes
Dennis Hope: If you think Mick Jagger will still be out there trying to be a rock star at age fifty, then you are sadly, sadly mistaken.
- Crazy creditsIn the music credits at the end of the film, all songs sung by Stillwater are credited to the characters who would have written them.
- Alternate versionsThe extended 'bootleg cut' version available on DVD features 39 minutes of additional footage, bringing the running time at 162 minutes. This version is actually titled 'Untitled' and has a title card as such in Cameron Crowe's handwriting.
- SoundtracksThe Chipmunk Song
Written by Ross Bagdasarian (as Ross Bagdasarian Sr.)
Performed by The Chipmunks
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
Featured review
Outstanding
William has an overprotective mother, and his sister has already been driven away by her refusal to accept her children's ambitions and interests. William finds solace in his sister's music collection and begins to dream of a life as a rock journalist. At 15 William manages to land a assignment with Rolling Stone Magazine to interview an up and coming band called Stillwater, and he quickly finds himself immersed in the life his mother so desperately wanted to protect him from.
And so the story begins, as William tours with the band, we are taken on a journey of mistrust, discovery, deceit and disappointment; interlaced with the hard truths about the bands lifestyle of drugs, alcohol, sex and music.
Almost Famous pulls no punches, and is a deep insight into the dream that became an ambition, that became a harsh reality.
Packed with top class performances all round and great music score Almost Famous delivers, and delivers with attitude and realism that is rarely captured on film.
A must see for Fans of the genre, but there's certainly enough here for everyone.
9/10
And so the story begins, as William tours with the band, we are taken on a journey of mistrust, discovery, deceit and disappointment; interlaced with the hard truths about the bands lifestyle of drugs, alcohol, sex and music.
Almost Famous pulls no punches, and is a deep insight into the dream that became an ambition, that became a harsh reality.
Packed with top class performances all round and great music score Almost Famous delivers, and delivers with attitude and realism that is rarely captured on film.
A must see for Fans of the genre, but there's certainly enough here for everyone.
9/10
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- Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut
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- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,534,850
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,314,646
- Sep 17, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $47,387,566
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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