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Almost Famous
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7.5In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
Cast
- Billy Crudup as Russell Hammond
- Frances McDormand as Elaine Miller
- Kate Hudson as Penny Lane
- Jason Lee as Jeff Bebe
- Patrick Fugit as William Miller
- Zooey Deschanel as Anita Miller
Themes
- hotel room
- concert
- rock 'n' roll
- stewardess
- drug addiction
- san diego, california
- overdose
- groupie
- music journalist
- heavy metal
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
313,640 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
90/100
- Year
- 2000
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 54 wins & 103 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Cameron Crowe
- Written by
- Cameron Crowe
- Produced by
- Cameron Crowe, Ian Bryce
- Starring
- Billy Crudup Frances McDormand Kate Hudson Jason Lee Patrick Fugit Anna Paquin Fairuza Balk Noah Taylor Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Cinematography
- John Toll
- Edited by
- Joe Hutshing , Saar Klein
- Music by
- Nancy Wilson
- Production companies
- DreamWorks Pictures Columbia Pictures Vinyl Films
- Distributed by
- DreamWorks Distribution, LLC. (United States) Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (International)
- Release dates
- September 8, 2000 ( 2000-09-08 ) ( TIFF ) September 15, 2000 ( 2000-09-15 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 122 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $47.4 million
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 513076
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- title
- Almost Famous
- review score
- 7.9/10
- capital cost
- 60000000
- box office
- 47387566
- publication date
- 2001-05-03
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Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. It tells the story of a teenage journalist, played by Fugit, writing for Rolling Stone magazine in the early 1970s, touring with the fictitious rock band Stillwater, and writing his first cover story on the band. The film is semi-autobiographical, based on Crowe's experiences as a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.
The film performed poorly in theaters, grossing $47.4 million against a $60 million budget. It was widely acclaimed by critics and earned four Academy Award nominations, including a win for Best Original Screenplay. It also won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. Roger Ebert hailed it as the best film of the year and the ninth-best film of the 2000s. The film also won two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and another for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Hudson.