Almost famous / Dreamworks Pictures and Columbia Pictures present a Vinyl Films production of a Cameron Crowe film ; produced by Cameron Crowe, Ian Bryce ; written and directed by Cameron Crowe.
Edition:
Director's edition.
Publisher:
DreamWorks Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
2 videodiscs (285 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, Zooey Deschanel, Jimmy Fallon, Bijou Phillips, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Originally released as motion picture in 2000. Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by director Cameron Crowe; Intro by Cameron Crowe; Interview with Lester Bangs; Cameron Crowe's Top 10 albums of 1973; "Love comes and goes" (Nancy Wilson demo); Rolling Stone articles (with introductions from Cameron Crowe); B-sides (behind-the-scenes footage). Disc 2: Intro by Cameron Crowe; "Small time blues"; Cleveland concert (Stillwater concert featuring 6 original songs); Stairway (Stairway to Heaven sequence); Theatrical trailer; Filmmakers; Production notes; Script (with Crowe's notes); Cast (audition tapes and rock'n'roll rehearsal footage); Deleted scenes with director's commentary. Music CD contains 6 never-before-released Stillwater tracks.
Contents:
disc 1. Untitled : Almost famous the bootleg cut (162 min.) -- disc 2. Theatrical version (123 min.).
Summary:
It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music.
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