Almost Famous (2000) (Extended Version - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut)
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Alomost Famous Rocks!
It is one of the best movies I have seen. It has great acting and a great plot.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoCameron Crowe
I think that was probably the best movie i have ever seen. I think that Cameron Crowe is the best screenwriter/ directer. Everything from the script right down to the music he chooses is perfect. I think this movie is incredible, and it brings a sense of fun and good friends to me whenever i watch it!
Was this review helpful? Yes - Noi give it 6 stars
i thought it was a great movie it had comedy and drama and kate hudson is awesome just like her mom goldie hawn i think you should go out right now and pick it up!
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoGreat Movie
This is truely a great movie. The director does an excellent job of taking tha audience on tour with the band and also on an adventure of a 16 year old boy who shapes into a more mature and experianced man by the end. This movie is a unique story told in a very interesting way... this would have to be my pick for best picture in 2000... WOW!
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoBest
Cameron Crowe is a genius! The "Untitled" verson is better than the theatrical version & then if you put the commentary on it is even more enlightening & entertaining!!!!
Crowe proves that the hppie generation isn't a bunch of total losers.Was this review helpful? Yes - NoDefinitely Famous
This one is going down in the history books as a classic rock n' roll movie. One of the best things about this movie is the way Kate Hudson portrays Miss. Penny Lane in her more fragile moments...they are precious! Patrick Fugit does a marvelous job too in his portrayal of william miller(and Billy Crudup is not bad eye-candy either i might add). The story line is fun and well-created. The soundtrack also kicks. I have bought both it and the movie. watch it:)
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoAlmost Famous-Almost Perfect
I never thought i would enjoy a movie like this one, but it turned out to be my favorite. I loved how the movie showed the real life of a rock star and the things that go on "backstage". I would say this is the best movie of 2000.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoAlmost famous
I didn't know if I would enjoy this film, i am over 50 and went through these times.
It was not quite as the film but close enough for me to chuckle.
The cast did a great job, good story and just about the right length.
Thoroughly enjoyable. a keeper in my DVD collection.Was this review helpful? Yes - NoBest American film in thirty years
A movie with a soul. It is honest, sensitive, raw, and wonderfully entertaining drama. I didn't see this film in the theater. I rented it, then bought it. This movie transcends your typical teenage rock movie by documenting the loss of innocence - both of the main character, William Miller (brilliantly under played by newcomer Patrick Fugit) and the music industry as a whole. Miller discovers the world of rock from listening to his older sister's albums and through circumstances ends up on an assignment for Creem magazine to write an article on Black Sabbath. When he tries to gain entrance backstage to do the story, he ends up meeting band aid (NOT groupie) Penny Lane (played by Kate Hudson) and his life changes. Instead of meeting Black Sabbath, he falls in with one of their opening acts, a fictitious band called Stillwater, and Miller's early career as a writer takes off. Penny Lane befriends the young Miller and is his guide into the world of rock and roll.
The achievement of this film is it manages to show the drugs and sex, the emptiness, and shallowness of the music industry without making the viewer lose fascination or obsession with its stars and glamour. The people are human, talented, affected, and driven. That's where the film so gloriously succeeds. As Miller follows Stillwater on their Almost Famous Tour on assignment for Rolling Stone magazine, we see him fall in love and get used, and he just keeps coming out of the trenches to face more because in the end - every one is in it for the music and living for the moment. Some of the most magical moments in the film are between Patrick Fugit and Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit and Billy Crudup, and Patrick Fugit and Frances McDormand. I find it hard to imagine all the attention heaped on McDormand and Hudson to the exclusion of Fugit. While the ensemble cast in this film is one of the best ever assembled (Altman eat your heart out), Fugit and director Crowe are the glue that hold this movie together and make it what promises to be one of the most enduring films ever made. Not to mention Academy Award winner Anna Pacquin and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Oscar-worthy roles. And Jason Lee proved in this film that he should never go back to skateboarding. Ever.
Guitarist Peter Frampton was a technical consultant on this film, and Nancy Wilson (Mrs. Cameron Crowe) formerly of heart wrote the score for Almost Famous. Cameron Crowe said as he was accepting the Academy Award for best original screenplay for Almost Famous that the film was his love letter to the music industry. I just hope he sends a few more their way. Or ours. This movie proves he doesn't have to take a back seat to Harper Lee as long as he stays honest. The more we see of Crowe in his work and the less of Cruise the better. If dipping into his own experiences yields this kind of entertainment, I hope the well never runs dry. In Almost Famous, he bared his soul and created a cinema masterpiece that captures more about the human spirit than anything put on celluloid in two decades.
And a footnote on the Director's Bootleg cut. Spring for the extra $$$ and buy it. The longer "Untitled" version gives you more of Fugit and Philip Seymore Hoffman. While the extra footage does slow the pace of the film a bit, for those who don't have problems paying attention, what you get is a layer of character depth - and ambience that you didn't get in the theatrical version. Penny Lane's birthday scene, a longer speech from the unscrupulous manager, and more talks between William and Lester. Undulge yourself. Almost Famous isn't about instant gratification. This film is about savoring characters and stories set on a backdrop tapestry of rock posters, black lights, album covers, and back stages as rich as any work of art ever produced. This is American cinema with a passion and at its very best.Was this review helpful? Yes - Nowanna be a rockstar
if u like rock music and interested to know musicians life,u must watch it.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoQUESTION...
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE SONG PLAYING WHEN PENNY AND RUSSELL SHAKE HANDS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE MOVIE? IT'S A FEMALE SINGING. THANKS.
P.S. GREAT MOVIE.Was this review helpful? Yes - NoAwesome
I put off watching this movie for some time, thinking that maybe all the hype was undeserved. How foolish of me. This movie is tremendous. Having grown up in the 70's, it hit so close to home, but beyond everything nostalgic, the storyline and characters are so well developed you can't help being completely drawn in. The movie is so strong, it easily transcends the 70's setting, and reveals itself as one of such human emotion anybody watching will identify. Go buy it, you'll want to see it again and again.
Was this review helpful? Yes - Noone of my all time to 50 movies
Very well made, excellent music..
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoGREAT!!!
This movie was excellent! Definately a must see!
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoYAY!!!
It was a wonderful movie!! The cast was excellent!! The acting was wonderful (you go Kate)!!!! It is a classic!
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoSo boring. Get to watch 'The Doors' instead.
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Was this review helpful? Yes - NoKick-Ass
Almost Famous is definately the best rock movie that I have ever seen. I wish I could have lived back in the 60's and 70's. Seeing this movie gave me the chance to somewhat experience it. I love this movie to pieces. It's the BEST movie there is.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoGreat Movie!!!!
Without a doubt this is one of the best movies I've seen in some time! Kate Hudson was absolutely wonderful (why she didn't get best supporting actress at the Oscars is beyond me). Don't even bother rentig this movie....Go out and buy it, you won't be sorry!
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoAlmost Famous
The first time I saw this film I knew by the
time they got to the "Tiny Dancer" bus scene,
I would see it again. One week later I rented
again: Better the second time around! I don't usually buy videos, but this one's a "keeper,"
I think I'll buy it cause I've gone through
that era and think I know what Crowe was trying to portray: ALMOST famous is BETTER
than "Famous" cause you are humbled and that
is ALWAYS a good thing, especially when it
comes to SOME entertainers who really think they ARE "golden gods"! Just a great flick
and one I will recommend to family and friends!Was this review helpful? Yes - NoAbsolutely Fabulous
I haven't seen an excellent movie like this in a LONG time. I loved that fact that each of the characters were human and that the emphasis wasn't on sex and drugs, just pure rock and roll. I thought it was touching and warm and will see it again, and again...
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoWonderful Film
Kate Hudson stole the movie. She should have been nominated for an Oscar. Patrick Fugit was very good also. Everyone should enjoy this fantastic film, which has incredible music. The soundtrack is excellent!
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