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Almost Famous
Directed by Cameron Crowe
In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and heartbreaking realities behind rock stardom. From TMDB
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Almost Famous is a 2000 drama music film, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand and Kate Hudson.
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60 of 229 · most liked firstCameron Crowe’s life is the stuff of a Hollywood movie. As a teenager, he wrote for Rolling Stone about the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers and David Bowie, inspiring his 2000 film, “Almost Famous.” Crowe tells stories from his 50-year career on “The Interview.” nyti.ms/4gqWlHp
neutral · AI labelView post →Ya that's a funny corollary like, ALMOST FAMOUS wrote some good ok-to-good songs for a band that's supposed to be at best ok-to-good in the movie bsky.app/profile/matt...
neutral · AI labelView post →When I worked at Hollywood Video during film school, we could choose one movie as an “employee pick”. This was mine. Not just because it’s one of the best movies of all time, but because Cameron Crowe’s film touches your soul and changes your life. Happy 25th, ALMOST FAMOUS.
positive · AI labelView post →Also should give @punkey.bsky.social credit here too: he insisted I needed to watch Almost Famous and kept on me to do so, and was 100% correct both on how good the movie was and how important it is to watch RE: journalism
positive · AI labelView post →when people ask u what the best sex trafficking movie is the answer is obviously Almost Famous
negative · AI labelView post →On this day 25 years ago, Cameron Crowe won the Best Original Screenplay for Almost Famous. Today, he reads your Letterboxd reviews for the film 👀 Watch the full video: boxd.it/fF4
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost Famous (2000) dir. Cameron Crowe 🎬 #NowWatching #FirstWatch #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The film ‘Almost Famous’ concludes in the year 1974. So a remake made today, taking place the same number of years in the past, would conclude in the year 2000, the very same year in which ‘Almost Famous’ was released. 🤯
neutral · AI labelView post →“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.” - Lester Bangs in Almost Famous. Love that flick. Perfect chill the fuck out move night movie.
positive · AI labelView post →This movie is pure perfection!!! How has it been 25 years already? Ahhhh I’m crying watching this, the beauty of the friendships and heartbreak and the MUSIC!! Damnit the music!! #almostfamous
positive · AI labelView post →having a brain is great, I'll tell it: "we need to remember all the important tasks we have to do" and it'll say "great, remember that 2000s movie with the kid from Almost Famous, Shea Whigham and Shannyn Sossamon in an afterlife for people who kill themselves? Tom Waits is in it too?"
neutral · AI labelView post →#CarlsChallenge #MusicChallenge #MusicSky July 20 Song from a movie soundtrack that you love. Elton John ~ Tiny Dancer from Almost Famous [No idea how many times I have watched this movie.😉] youtu.be/_qW9wqUI4Lg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally! She is OUT! When i saw that short Afghan jacket on the Businesses and Hobbies Trailer i just Knew that i need a larger version of her and she is properly named after the iconic Penny Lane from the movie Almost Famous (2000) www.patreon.com/posts/125025...
neutral · AI labelView post →Mystique x Almost Famous by Federico Mele. #comics #art #film
neutral · AI labelView post →These might be my 5 favorite fictional bands from a movie: Spinal Tap - “This is Spinal Tap” The Blues Brothers - “The Blue Brothers” Stillwater - “Almost Famous” Crucial Taunt - “Wayne’s World” Wyld Stallyns - “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Almost Famous for the first time in years (introduced my wife to it). I'll never ever stop loving that movie. And, despite all evidence to the contrary, i'll probably never ever stop thinking the right song can change the world.
positive · AI labelView post →Celebrating the 25th anniversary this week of “Almost Famous,” the best (lighthearted) journalism film of our time, a Cameron Crowe masterpiece. “It’s a think piece about a mid-level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom.”
positive · AI labelView post →July 13, 1957: Cameron Crowe, journalist (Rolling Stone), film director (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire), and screenwriter (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), is born in Palm Springs, California.
neutral · AI labelView post →what actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life? (These are the first 4 that came to mind from SPEED, ALMOST FAMOUS, FULL METAL JACKET, & THREE COLORS: RED.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's movie is Almost Famous 🤘
neutral · AI labelView post →I often think of films like “Almost Famous” & “High Fidelity” and wonder why we STILL don’t have a legitimate Hip Hop culture or Rap equivalent yet. I actually posed these questions to the masses over a decade ago in two essays: medium.com/film-movies-... & medium.com/cinenation-s...
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost Famous is 25 years old. That's mind boggling. Do all these woven strands of disparate musical and acting performances create the tapestry of the greatest coming of age film ever? Possibly? Either way, Swill Merchants would be a great band name. #letterboxdfriday #filmsky boxd.it/bkbshz
positive · AI labelView post →Anyway, it's an under-remembered and under-appreciated little last gasp of the 90s indie movie boom— and maybe Philip Seymour Hoffman's last role as an interesting up-and-comer, right before Almost Famous. Check out the overpowered cast:
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 26 - Late Night Music Month Elton John - Tiny Dancer - Jimmy Kimmel Live 10/8/13 TD is from the 1971 album Madman Across the Water. TD initially peaked at #41 on the US BB Hot 100. The song’s legacy completely changed in '00 after it featured in Cameron Crowe’s film, Almost Famous. GN BS! 💙
neutral · AI labelView post →#DavidsMonthOfMusic ♪ #MusicChallenge #MusicSky November 20 Connections: Link to song from the day before. [Beach Boys song that was in the movie Almost Famous.] Heart ~ Alone [Almost Famous writer/director Cameron Crowe was married to Nancy Wilson.] youtu.be/1Cw1ng75KP0?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Almost Famous while on the treadmill. I completely forgot that one of my all-time favorite songs is the first one that appears in the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Top 5 style muses from film that no one asked for 🎥 1. Ivy - Poison Ivy (1992) 2. Nancy - The Craft (1996) 3. Penny Lane - Almost Famous (2000) 4. Mina - Dracula (1992) 5. Mia - Pulp Fiction (1994)
neutral · AI labelView post →American Movie, Being John Malkovich, Synechdoche New York, Boogie Nights (kinda) and the Lester Bangs scenes from Almost Famous
neutral · AI labelView post →My question for the home audience is why have their been multiple films using Soul/R&B—mainly Motown/Stax/Philly International as the OST of White folks lives but in 2026 we STILL don’t have the Rap equivalent of a “High Fidelity” or an “Almost Famous” yet? No film soundtracks with Golden Era jams?
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 30 - Your All-Time Favourite Movie Depending when you ask me, I'll flip flop between these two choices. The Princess Bride (Story) or Almost Famous (Soundtrack) 🎶 Bonus, song from Almost Famous 🎶 Stillwater - Love Comes And Goes youtu.be/m0iFBuu6Nw4?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NobemberMovieChallenge #FilmSky Day 26: Photographer in a movie Almost Famous - 2000
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday | #LastFourWatched #Filmsky | boxd.it/2SnHf Niki (2024) ★★★★ The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (2010) ★★★½ Almost Famous (2000) [rw] ★★★★ The Phoenician Scheme (2025) ★★★½ After two complete duds (imo), I'm relieved Wes can still make a film I don't hate myself for watching. ㅤ
positive · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #LetsGetAcquainted Day 12 - From Fav Movie Almost Famous Stillwater - Fever Dog youtu.be/cEGKNGq-Gsg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!? It’s Rock and or Roll day and that can only mean Almost Famous (2000) I love this movie, it’s perfect. That’s all! @fthismovie.bsky.social #Junesploitation
positive · AI labelView post →I watched Almost Famous for the first time last night and I spent the last third of the movie so anxious about dude’s deadlines lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Philip Seymour Hoffman passed 11 years ago today, one of my favorite actors to ever do it. Here's the thing about ALMOST FAMOUS - to those of us who worked around Hollywood people, there's some great truths to that movie. And you can only know if you lived it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzY2...
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 6 - Movie you've seen more than any other? I'm not sure, but its definitely one of these. Almost Famous The Princess Bride The Shawshank Redemption
neutral · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 1. Movie Outro/Credits Tangerine: Led Zeppelin (Almost Famous)
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 80’s - Ghostbusters 90’s - Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey 00’s - Almost Famous 10’s - Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood 20’s - Sinners
neutral · AI labelView post →Best movie soundtrack? Almost Famous (2000)
neutral · AI labelView post →You’ve inherited a movie theater, what’s your first double feature? THAT THING YOU DO! (1996) and ALMOST FAMOUS (2000)
neutral · AI labelView post →Often, I’m trying to duck how targeted I feel by the movie Almost Famous.
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost Famous (2000) Director Cameron Crowe said that the Tiny Dancer scene on the Coach and the scene with Penny Dancing alone were the heart of the Movie. #FilmSky #MovieSky
neutral · AI labelView post →without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? This was my gut reaction, but I checked a list of releases just to be sure. I'm sure. BEST movie when I was 20 might yield a different answer (cough)ALMOST FAMOUS(cough), but the prompt is "Favorite."
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost Famous is technically a Christmas film and I found that out accidentally last night. You’re welcome.
neutral · AI labelView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge Day 25 - fictional rock band in a movie Stillwater - Almost Famous #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched a supercut of all Hoffman's scenes in ALMOST FAMOUS a while back and it's like five or six minutes and he's the heart and soul of a movie, full of well-known actors, about a super popular topic, that would have *totally failed* without him in this one role.
positive · AI labelView post →ALMOST FAMOUS premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on this day in 2000. Directed by Cameron Crowe and starring Billy Crudup and Patrick Fugit.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Almost Famous with my kids. If you watch that film and don’t: - want to start a band - fall in love with Frances McDormand Is your heart made of stone?
positive · AI labelView post →Remember Almost Famous, that popular film about how important it is for Rolling Stone writers to be in the office?
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost Famous is on. This is the perfect movie for a dreary Memorial Day Sunday. Blessed beyond measure.
positive · AI labelView post →#MarchMovieChallenge #FilmSky 5: Someone at a concert in a movie Almost Famous - 2000
neutral · AI labelView post →Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous. He made the movie for me.
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost Famous would have been so better if the kid was just working in an office for most of the movie.
negative · AI labelView post →A remake of "Almost Famous" made today would be a coming-of-age movie about a teenager's mis-adventures following Soundgarden
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Pamela des Barres - the woman who was loosely portrayed by Kate Hudson in the film “Almost Famous”
neutral · AI labelView post →2000 High Fidelity: Gen X American Psycho: X Scary Movie: millenial X-men: millenial Almost Famous: X The Virgin Suicides: millenial O Brother Where Art Thou: millenial Unbreakable: X Snatch: millenial Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: millenial Miss Congeniality: millenial
neutral · AI labelView post →#AprilMovieChallenge #Moviesky 4/11 - movie featuring an entertainment critic Almost Famous (2000) Director: Cameron Crowe
neutral · AI labelView post →#MarchMovieChallenge Day 10 - a favorite pop song used in a movie Tiny Dancer - Almost Famous #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →#MarchMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 3/5: Someone at a concert in a movie Almost Famous (2000) youtu.be/yL0i8T0beaQ?...
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