DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Movies We Love: Almost Famous

  • MoMo · 6 months ago
    another great movies we love. this is a personal favorite of mine as well.
  • Nathan · 6 months ago
    One of my top loved movies. Also I like the little bit of nipple you get from Kate Hudson.
  • MrDeath · 6 months ago
    This is the first Movies We Love I completely and utterly agree with. A brilliant film. This not winning Best Picture still kills me today.

    Hold me closer tiny dancer
    Count the headlights on the highway
    Lay me down in sheets of linen
    you had a busy day today
  • miriama · 6 months ago
    This is in my top ten movies. The "Tiny Dancer" scene, when he is given the albums...all of that. As a child of the 70's, I totally get it. Great movie.
  • Bethany P · 6 months ago
    Fantastic, fantastic article.

    1 piece of trivia that i'm sure everyone knows: Nancy Wilson is married to Cameron Crowe. (and that's Wilson of Wilson-Phillips fame, btw.) she handpicked the music for this film.

    and another thing...PEARL JAM!? Try Led Zeppelin. You know, the greatest band ever/how Cameron Crowe basically got his start and early accolades? and clearly who some of the characters (or at least moments with these characters) and obvs their looks are based on.

    /musicdweebrant
  • barracuda · 6 months ago
    Epic fail, Bethany.
    Nancy Wilson is in Heart, not Wilson-Phillips.
    Back to rock school 101 for you!
  • Josh_Radde · 6 months ago
    There's no doubt that there was some Zep influence, but the scene where he gets pulled into the huddle before the show was an experience he had with Pearl Jam. Allegedly he did hear Robert Plant say "I am a Golden God" before, though.
  • Josh_Radde · 6 months ago
    ALSO: I love that the guy that says "MR....Robert Plant....HE TOUCHED THIS PEN! HE TOUCHED THIS PEN" is a young Jay Baruchel ala "Undeclared" days.
  • D Train · 6 months ago
    Great movie, great article. One thing though, Jimmy Fallon distracted me in this one. But I wonder if it's because he's so recognizable now. Would it have distracted me when this came out? Crowe is a golden god, I'd take Vanilla Sky over Abres Los Ojos any day.