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- Tiny Dancer The most famous scene in the film is certainly the "Tiny Dancer" sequence on the bus. After a feud breaks out between the band, they travel down the road in their tour bus in tense silence. But when Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" begins to play, they all start singing along together.
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Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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- "I am a golden god!" It’s probably the most iconic scene focusing on Billy Crudup’s character, Russell Hammond, lead singer for the band Stillwater and a stand-in for just any number of real-life rockers from which screenwriter Cameron Crowe drew inspiration.
- The "Tiny Dancer" sing-along. Arguably the film’s standout scene, this is the reason a generation of young movie-goers ended up learning all the lyrics to an Elton John song from 1971.
- The big goodbye. There’s no shortage of tender scenes between young journalist William (Patrick Fugit) and supreme Band Aid Penny Lane (Kate Hudson), but this airport scene might come the close to summing up their relationship – a real connection that’s not based on sex or music but just genuine affection between two people who want the best for the other.
- The strangest coming out scene in a mainstream movie. All the tears shed by Hudson’s character might lead you to forget that Almost Famous is a comedy too.
- 'Tiny Dancer' Elton John. From ‘Madman Across the Water’ (1971) Elton John's 'Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters' is also used beautifully in an important scene in 'Almost Famous,' but 'Tiny Dancer' forms the emotional centerpiece of the film.
- ‘Sparks’ The Who. From: ‘Tommy’ (1969) On his sister's advice, William looks under his bed (see No. 5 on our list of the Top 10 Classic Rock Moments in ‘Almost Famous’) and finds that Anita has left him her record collection.
- ‘Everybody Knows This is Nowhere’ Neil Young. From: ‘Everybody Knows This is Nowhere’ (1969) Russell walks out in Topeka following a backstage fight with lead singer Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee) over Russell’s arrogance and leadership role in Stillwater.
- ‘Paranoid’ Black Sabbath. From: ‘Paranoid’ (1970) Lester's assignment coincides with Black Sabbath's concert at the San Diego Sports Arena. The title track to Sabbath’s second album plays as he and his mother drive through the parking lot, surrounded by fans.
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Almost Famous: Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee. 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.
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- 2000-09-22
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- The original ending of Almost Famous involved Neil Young. In 2015, Cameron Crowe told Vanity Fair that he intended for Almost Famous to end on Elaine Miller (Frances McDormand) playing the family Neil Young’s “On the Way Home.”
- Kate Hudson researched groupies and rock star wives for her role as Penny Lane in Almost Famous. In a 2000 interview with The Morning Call, Kate Hudson said she prepared for the role of Penny Lane by listening to a lot of classic rock music, reading former groupie Pamela Des Barres’ book I’m With the Band, and interviewing the wives of rock stars.
- Cameron Crowe's mom liked Almost Famous—except for the fact that Frances McDormand's character walked around barefoot. Frances McDormand’s character, Elaine Miller, was based on Crowe’s own mother, Alice, who appeared in most of his movies (including Almost Famous).
- Cameron Crowe and Nancy Wilson wrote a lot of the songs for Almost Famous on their honeymoon. Crowe told Film Comment that while honeymooning in 1986 with his then-wife, Nancy Wilson of the band Heart, they holed up in a cabin in Oregon and created a fake band and wrote songs, “knowing sort of one day we might do a movie where we could use the stuff,” he said.
Jul 31, 2020 · Cameron Crowe, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, and Patrick Fugit recall the making of the most memorable scene in 'Almost Famous' movie.
Jul 23, 2020 · Loosely based on Crowe’s teenage years as a music journalist covering the Allman Brothers Band and Led Zeppelin, “Almost Famous” is the story of the 15-year-old aspiring scribe William Miller...
