Almost Famous

Released Date
September 13, 2000
Distributor
DreamWorks Distribution
Genre
Comedy
Rating
R
Budget
$60,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$32,534,850 + $14,851,437 = $47,386,287
44
Kate Hudson

as Penny Lane

53
Jason Lee

as Jeff Bebe

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

as Lester Bangs

41
Anna Paquin

as Polexia Aphrodisia

66
Frances McDormand

as Elaine Miller

49
Fairuza Balk

as Sapphire

54
Noah Taylor

as Dick Roswell

55
Billy Crudup

as Russell Hammond

41
Patrick Fugit

as William Miller

About Almost Famous

A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.

About

Cameron Crowe film about a teen journalist who goes on tour with a rock n' roll band called Stillwater. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, with Crowe winning the award for Best Original Screenplay. 

Trivia

The movie is based on Crowe's own experiences traveling with bands such as Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The film's soundtrack features songs from both artists as well as songs by Simon & GarfunkelThe Who and Elton John