Almost Famous (2000) | The Cutting Room
What happens when a film critic turns the most formative year of his own life into a movie? Cameron Crowe found out, and won an Oscar for the screenplay in the process.
Luke, Westy and Matt hit the road for Almost Famous (2000), Crowe's semi-autobiographical love letter to 1970s rock journalism. They cover Crowe's direction and deeply personal writing, a cast led by Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson's Penny Lane, Billy Crudup and a scene-stealing Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs, and the real bands and backstage chaos that inspired it all. The Tiny Dancer singalong, the golden god, three…
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