Friday, August 7, 2009

16. Almost Famous

Director: Cameron Crowe
Year: 2000
Actors: Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: Set in the summer of 1973, an eager rock-journalist named William gets commissioned by Rolling Stone Magazine to write a piece on Stillwater. He travels with the band and the groupies in an unforgettable experience that captures the peak of Rock and Roll...
Music: An all-star classic rock soundtrack... Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynryd, Elton John, and many more...
Why:
  • Amazing soundtrack... goes nicely with the story on the screen; examples (Simon & Garfunkel's "America", Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air", Elton John's "Tiny Dancer")
  • Artistic filming by Cameron Crowe
  • Great acting by Hudson, McDormand, and Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Great historical setting of the 1970s Rock and Roll scene
Key Moment: When Zooey Deschanel plays an album of Simon & Garfunkel to explain to her overprotective mother, played by Francis McDormand, why she must move to California...

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