Almost Famous

 

 Patrick Fugit,
Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand,
Kate Hudson, Jason Lee
DreamWorks; Directed by Cameron Crowe
Rated R; 122 minutes; 2000		  
William Miller (Patrick Fugit), an aspiring fifteen-year-old journalist, hits the road with the Stillwater band to document the band's rise in popularity in an article for Rolling Stone magazine. Billy falls in love with the music and the lifestyle, is taken by the free-spirited beauty Penny Lane (Kate Hudson), and learns a few things about himself along the way in this fictional rendition of director Cameron Crowe's experience as a teen journalist in the '70s.

 

 "Funny, poignant, bittersweet and irresistible. A film that will delight you and involve your heart."
--Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES

"Terrifically authentic and heartfelt."
--Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
  

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