Almost Famous

Almost Famous

By Cameron Crowe

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2000-09-13
  • Advisory Rating: R
  • Runtime: 2h 3min
  • Director: Cameron Crowe
  • Production Company: DreamWorks Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 14.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
7.5/10
7.5
From 2,567 Ratings

Description

A coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old boy hitting the road with an up-and-coming rock band in the early 1970s. Elaine Miller is a bright, loving, but strict single parent whose distrust of rock music and fears about drug use have helped to drive a wedge between herself and her two children, Anita, and William. William makes something of his love of rock & roll by writing album reviews for a local underground newspaper. William's work attracts the attention of Lester Bangs, editor of renegade rock magazine Creem, who takes William under his wing and gives him his first professional writing assignment - covering a Black Sabbath concert. While William is unable to score an interview with the headliners, the opening act, Stillwater, are more than happy to chat with a reporter, even if he's still too young to drive, and William's piece on the group in Creem gains him a new admirer in Ben Fong-Torres, an editor at Rolling Stone. Torres offers William an assignment for a 3,000-word cover story on Stillwater, and over the objections of his mother, and after some stern advice from Bangs, Williams joins Stillwater on tour, where he becomes friendly with guitarist Russell Hammond and singer Jeff Bebe. William also becomes enamored of Penny Lane, a groupie traveling with the band who is no older than William, but is deeply involved with Russell.

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  • It’s all HAPPENING! ✨

    5
    By starrrnova
    Iconic movie! A classic for sure... we need another similar one.
  • C’mon, Get the Bootleg Cut Already!

    1
    By JohnathanGlass
    The Bootleg Cut is the only way to watch this film properly. Until it’s on iTunes, don’t waste your time and money.
  • well this movie was almost a musical

    5
    By Nicholas becerra
    Almost Famous is a fun but entertaining road trip to the heart of the 1970s. Happy momments lie around and makes every people wonder happenies is the true feeling of a rock N' Roll!!!
  • No false notes

    5
    By Frenchy in LA
    not one.
  • Almost Famous

    4
    By rwk1249
    I would have given this a five star review if Apple uploaded the Directors Cut. The theatrical release is good but the directors cut is 30 minutes longer and those 30 minutes make the movie great.
  • Need the Director's Cut

    5
    By Getgigs180
    Movie is amazing and an all-time favorite, but get the Director's Cut. The extra pieces are needed. iTunes would do well to offer all the extras too. If you have not seen this movie, it is worth the money even if it's the theatricval release.
  • Bootleg Cut?

    4
    By Bungleboy17
    Almost Famous is one of my top 5 movies of all time. So why 4 stars only? Because iTunes doesn’t offer The Bootleg Cut, which is the version of Almost Famous that I hold in such high regard. Please remedy this, iTunes!
  • Kate's best 👌

    4
    By Gamer holdem
    I bought this on the sale a $4.99 movie. Loved it. Don't know how I missed seeing it when it came out, but glad I bought it for my library 📚. I know I'll watch it again at a later date. When you travel or have to wait for ppl - it's great to have good flicks loaded to watch. And unlike utube and Netflix- I never have issues with my iTunes ty guys and gals😊✌️
  • Great movie

    5
    By BenW6
    A great film with superb performances by Hudson and McDormand.
  • Bring "Untitled" director's cut to iTunes please!!

    4
    By klgardn
    This is hands down my favorite movie, but the theatrical cut that is here on iTunes, is inferior to the "Untitled" directors cut. I prefer my movies in digital download format, so I very much hope iTunes will bring the directors cut to iTunes asap! Thank you

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