Film· 2000· Comedy

Almost Famous

by Cameron Crowe

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  • Cameron Crowe's years at Rolling Stone

Cameron Crowe based the film on his own teenage years touring with rock bands as a writer for Rolling Stone.

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Almost Famous

In 1973, a fifteen-year-old aspiring journalist talks Rolling Stone into sending him on tour with the rising rock band Stillwater, and falls for one of the group's devoted followers.

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