Almost Famous (2000)

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R for language, drug content and brief nudity

Ian Bryce & Cameron Crowe - Producers

Marty P. Ewing (as Martin P. Ewing), Scott M. Martin & Steven P. Saeta - Associate Producers

Lisa Stewart - Co-Producer

Jerry Ziesmer - Associate Producer

(WGA)

Cameron Crowe

Nancy Wilson

John Toll (Director of Photography)

Joe Hutshing & Saar Klein

Vinyl Films

United States

English

1047 Maple St, Santa Monica, California, USA

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Balboa Park - 1549 El Prado, San Diego, California, USA

Continental Hyatt Hotel - 8401 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Penny and William's encounter with eccentric Led Zeppelin fan)

Gramercy Park Hotel, New York City, New York, USA

Los Angeles, California, USA

New York City, New York, USA

San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA (opening concert venue exterior where William first meets Penny)

San Diego, California, USA

Santa Monica, California, USA (Miller home exterior)

Tucson, Arizona, USA

University of San Diego High School, San Diego, California, USA

Academy Awards

2001 Won Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Cameron Crowe

2001 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role Frances McDormand

2001 Nominated Oscar Best Film Editing Joe Hutshing & Saar Klein

American Cinema Editors, USA

2001 Won Eddie Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical Joe Hutshing & Saar Klein

American Comedy Awards, USA

2001 Nominated American Comedy Award Funniest Motion Picture Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated American Comedy Award Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Frances McDormand

Art Directors Guild

2001 Nominated Excellence in Production Design Award Feature Film - Contemporary Films Clay A. Griffith, Clayton Hartley, Virginia L. Randolph & Eric Rosenberg (assistant art directors)

Australian Film Institute

2001 Nominated Best Foreign Film Award Ian Bryce Cameron Crowe

BAFTA Awards

2001 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay – Original Cameron Crowe

2001 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Sound Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey & Michael D. Wilhoit

2001 Nominated Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music Nancy Wilson

2001 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film Cameron Crowe & Ian Bryce

2001 Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Frances McDormand

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

2001 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Female – Newcomer Kate Hudson

2001 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance Frances McDormand

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor – Drama/Romance Billy Crudup

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Male – Newcomer Patrick Fugit

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama/Romance Philip Seymour Hoffman

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama/RomanceJason Lee

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance Fairuza Balk

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2000 Won BSFC Award Best Director Cameron Crowe

2000 Won BSFC Award Best Picture

2000 Won BSFC Award Best Screenplay Cameron Crowe. Tied with Steve Kloves for Wonder Boys (2000)

2000 Won BSFC Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand. Also for Wonder Boys (2000)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Won Critics Choice Award Best Screenplay, Original Cameron Crowe

2001 Won Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand. Also for Wonder Boys (2000)

2001 Won Critics Choice Award Breakthrough Artist Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Picture

Cairo International Film Festival

2001 Won Best Screenplay Cameron Crowe

2001 Nominated Golden Pyramid Cameron Crowe

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Won CFCA Award Best Picture

2001 Won CFCA Award Best Screenplay Cameron Crowe

2001 Won CFCA Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand

2001 Won CFCA Award Most Promising Actor Patrick Fugit

2001 Nominated CFCA Award Best Director Cameron Crowe

2001 Nominated CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman

2001 Nominated CFCA Award Best Supporting Actress Kate Hudson

Costume Designers Guild Awards

2001 Nominated CDG Award Excellence in Costume Design for Film – Period/Fantasy Betsy Heimann

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Won DFWFCA Award Best Supporting Actress Kate Hudson

Directors Guild of America, USA

2001 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Cameron Crowe

Empire Awards, UK

2002 Nominated Empire Award Best Director Cameron Crowe

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2001 Won FFCC Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand. Also for Wonder Boys (2000)

2001 Won FFCC Award Newcomer of the Year Kate Hudson

Golden Globe Awards

2001 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

2001 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Frances McDormand

2001 Nominated Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Cameron Crowe

Golden Trailer Awards

2001 Won Golden Trailer Best Music (Mojo)

2001 Nominated Golden Trailer Best Art and Commerce (Mojo)

2001 Nominated Golden TrailerBest of Show (Mojo)

Grammy Awards

2001 Won Grammy Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media Cameron Crowe & Danny Bramson (producers)

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards

2001 Nominated Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Best Period Hair Styling – Feature unknown

2001 Nominated Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Best Period Makeup – Feature Lois Burwell, unknown

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2001 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) Cameron Crowe

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2001 Won KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actress Kate Hudson

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2000 Won Sierra Award Best Supporting Actress Kate Hudson

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Costume Design Betsy Heimann

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Director Cameron Crowe

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Editing Joe Hutshing & Saar Klein

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Male Newcomer Patrick Fugit

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Picture

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Score Nancy Wilson

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Screenplay, Original Cameron Crowe

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Song "Stillwater" for: the song "Fever Dog"

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand. Also for Wonder Boys (2000)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2001 Nominated ALFS Award Actor of the Year Philip Seymour Hoffman. Also for Flawless (1999)

2001 Nominated ALFS Award Screenwriter of the Year Cameron Crowe

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2000 Won LAFCA Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand. Also for Wonder Boys (2000)


MTV Movie Awards

2001 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Dressed Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Line from a Movie Billy Crudup for: "I am a Golden God!!!"

2001 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Music Moment The "Tiny Dancer" bus scene

2001 Nominated MTV Movie Award Breakthrough Male Performance Patrick Fugit

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

2001 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Music - Musical Feature (Foreign & Domestic) Carlton Kaller (music editor/scoring editor)

2001 Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR, Domestic Feature Film Michael D. Wilhoit (supervising sound editor); Laura R. Harris (supervising dialogue editor); Kelly Oxford (supervising adr editor); Laura Graham (adr editor); Kimaree Long (dialogue editor)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2001 2nd place NSFC Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand. Also for Wonder Boys (2000)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2000 2nd place NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2002 Nominated OFCS Award Best Overall DVD for: "Almost Famous Untitled: The Bootleg Cut"

2001 Won OFCS Award Best Ensemble Cast Performance Fairuza Balk, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Anna Paquin & Noah Taylor. Tied with State and Main (2000)

2001 Won OFCS Award Best Film

2001 Won OFCS Award Best Screenplay Cameron Crowe

2001 Won OFCS Award Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Tied with Benicio Del Toro for Traffic (2000)

2001 Won OFCS Award Best Supporting Actress Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematic Debut/Breakthrough Patrick Fugit

2001 Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematic Debut/Breakthrough Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated OFCS Award Best Director Cameron Crowe

2001 Nominated OFCS Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand

PGA Awards

2001 Nominated Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award unknown

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2001 Won PFCS Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kate Hudson

2001 Won PFCS Award Best Picture

2001 Won PFCS Award Best Screenplay – Original Cameron Crowe

2001 Nominated PFCS Award Best Actor in a Leading Role Patrick Fugit

2001 Nominated PFCS Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Frances McDormand

2001 Nominated PFCS Award Best Costume Design Eiko Ishioka

2001 Nominated PFCS Award Best Director Cameron Crowe

2001 Nominated PFCS Award Best Newcomer Patrick Fugit

2001 Nominated PFCS Award Best Newcomer Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated PFCS Award Best Original Score Nancy Wilson

2001 Nominated PFCS Award Best Original Song for: the song "Love Comes and Goes"

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2000 Won SDFCS Award Best Director Cameron Crowe

2000 Won SDFCS Award Best Picture

2000 Won SDFCS Award Best Screenplay, Original Cameron Crowe

2000 Won SDFCS Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand

Satellite Awards

2001 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Director Cameron Crowe

2001 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

2001 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical Philip Seymour Hoffman

2001 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical Frances McDormand

2001 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Screenplay, Original Cameron Crowe

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2001 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Frances McDormand

2001 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture Fairuza Balk, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Anna Paquin & Noah Taylor

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Won SEFCA Award Best Picture

2001 Won SEFCA Award Best Screenplay, Original Cameron Crowe

2001 Won SEFCA Award Best Supporting Actress Frances McDormand

Teen Choice Awards

2001 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Actress Kate Hudson

2001 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Breakout Performance Patrick Fugit

2001 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Drama/Action Adventure

Writers Guild of America, USA

2001 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Cameron Crowe

Young Artist Awards

2001 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor Patrick Fugit

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Kate Hudson

Zooey Deschanel

Anna Paquin

Billy Crudup

Frances McDormand

Jason Lee

Patrick Fugit

Michael Angarano

Fairuza Balk

Noah Taylor

John Fedevich

Mark Kozelek

Philip Seymour

Liz Stauber

Jimmy Fallon

Almost Famous is a 2000 comedy-drama coming-of-age film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. It tells the fictional story of a teenage rock journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine while covering the fictitious rock band Stillwater and his efforts to get his first cover story published. The film is semi-autobiographical, as Crowe himself was a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.

Peter Frampton taught Billy Crudup how to play the guitar in preparation for the concert scenes.

The film's production took 92 days.

Featuring over 50 songs, the film's music budget was $3.5 million.

During the opening credits, the hand that's writing on the notepad belongs to Cameron Crowe.

Patrick Fugit grew three inches while filming and consequently, co-star Billy Crudup had to wear platforms to balance it out.

Patrick Fugit's voice broke during filming.

Penny Lane dancing in the empty, debris-strewn Cleveland auditorium is Cameron Crowe's favourite scene in the movie.

Russell Hammond: I'm never as good as when you're there.

Penny Lane: I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriously, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.

Penny Lane: We are not Groupies. Groupies sleep with rock stars because they want to be near someone famous. We are here because of the music, we inspire the music. We are Band Aids.

William Miller: I love you. And I'm about to boldly go where... many men have gone before.

Lester Bangs: Don't let those swill merchants rewrite you.

Oh, what a lovely film. I was almost hugging myself while I watched it. Reviewed by: Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times.

If you haven't already sold your soul to rock & roll, Almost Famous should seal the deal. Reviewed by: Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.

What Mr. Crowe has done is nonetheless remarkable. He has made a movie about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that you would be happy to take your mother to see. Reviewed by: Dana Stevens of The New York Times.

Sharply observed, bittersweet and suffused with the kind of detail that only someone who lived through the era could summon up, Crowe's script is funny, heartfelt and very cool. Reviewed by: Stephen Miller of TV Guide.

Parents need to know that a teen girl attempts suicide. Some moderate expletives, but fairly tame given the setting. These rock musicians on the road in the 1970s engage in all the bad behavior you might expect -- drinking, casual sex, drugs -- but the behavior is never glorified and is shown to be self-destructive. The lead character loses his virginity to a trio of bored girls. Brief partial nudity. A few arguments lead to mild brawls among friends. Reviewed by: Common Sense Media.

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