*ALMOST FAMOUS* was SUPER fun and surprisingly HILARIOUS!! (Movie Reaction/Commentary)

[@ReelTimeYT]

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[@MotherAlsaud]

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[@cottagepie1]

So funny watching you figuring out the cast, great reaction

[@theedon2974]

Please react to high school musical the musical the series

[@elliebell2317]

The ages of the Band-Aids were not exaggerated. In fact, there were several famous groupies that were even younger. Lori Mattox was 14 when she began a two-year relationship with Jimmy Paige from Led Zeppelin and 17 when she started dating Mick Jagger. Sable Starr was 13 when she had sex with Iggy Pop and 14 the first time she slept with David Bowie. Bebe Buell (Liv Tyler's mom) was 15 when she became a groupie. Most of them went on to "date" several other rockstars as well. It was very common for adult rockstars to be sleeping with very young girls. Both Steven Tyler and Ted Nugent even had legal guardianship of their underage girlfriends. (I am using terms like "sleeping with" and "dating" because that's how these women described it, but let's be real, the term we should be using is statutory rape.)

[@chikwadokanu9365]

...and it still happens.

[@jnagarya519]

@@chikwadokanu9365 Always has. In Hollowood it was "The Director's Couch".

[@chikwadokanu9365]

18:05 Yeah, he's from My Name is Earl, and it is awesome that you remembered it. 22:05 He's basically a reformed low-level criminal on that show trying to make up for everything bad he's ever done and the entire series ends on a cliffhanger.

[@lia53233]

He doesn't become a lawyer. He becomes a movie director and he directs the movie called almost famous. This is based on the directors time as a teenage Rock journalist. There's a commentary with his mom. In it, he admits that the deflowering scene actually happened.

[@msmrsro]

I can’t hear “Tiny Dancer” without thinking of the bus scene.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Same. So good

[@Bekka_Noyb]

such an all time classic scene! ♥

[@strawbrry_keely]

There are few things that still make me like Jimmy Fallon, and this movie is one of them

[@elliebell2317]

This is one of my favorite films. Here are a few interesting facts about it: It's the semi-autobiographical story of Cameron Crowe, the director and writer, who became Rolling Stone's youngest ever journalist in 1973 at age fifteen. He was often assigned to interview the "difficult bands" that didn't trust the magazine because they found his youth and earnestness endearing. Crowe once toured with The Allman Brothers, and just like Russell, Greg Allman first denied his story to Rolling Stone's fact-checkers before coming clean and admitting it was all true. The inspiration for Penny Lane was Pennie Lane Trumbull, who formed a group with her friends that followed bands on tour called The Flying Garter Girls, the inspiration for The Band-Aids. The scene where Russell jumps off a roof into a pool was based on Duane Allman doing the same from the third floor of a hotel while on tour. According to Crowe, the "I am a golden god!" line was a quote from Robert Plant. Lester Bangs and Ben Fong-Torres were real people. The movie flopped at the box office, not even earning back its budget, but it was a critical success, winning the Oscar for Best Screenplay, Golden Globes for Best Picture - musical or comedy and Best Supporting Actress (Kate Hudson), and a Grammy for the soundtrack. Russell Hammond was originally meant to be played by Brad Pitt, but during rehearsals, he and Crowe agreed he was not a good fit for the role.

[@leeruss88]

Definitely a comfort movie for me. Funny, heartwarming and nostalgic. Absolute banger soundtrack too.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

This is essentially the autobiography of the person who wrote & directed it, Cameron Crowe. He's a hugely successful film director now but started as a music journalist at like 15 yrs old. It went almost exactly as shown in the movie. Became a big writer at Rolling Stone magazine. He said everything that happens to William in the movie happened to him in some form in his early years as a music journalist. "I"m a golden god' is attributed to Robert Plant, singer for Led Zeppelin. Crowe went on tour with the Allman Bros and this tour w/the fictional band is based somewhat on that. One of the best movies ever.

[@neonoires]

Almost Famous is my comfort movie. When I was a kid, I moved from the city to a quiet suburban neighborhood that gave me the creeps. I had so much anxiety at night and I used to turn this movie and Dazed and Confused on to calm down. The bus scene always gets me.

[@jeffwestjr.4160]

Jason Lee screaming, “No, it’s okay. I’m easy to forget. Just leave me behind… I’M ONLY THE FUCKING LEAD SINGER!” has lived in my head rent-free since this movie came out and will continue to live there rent-free until the day I die.

[@Sara01977]

Anna Paquin was in X-Men and also played Sookie on True Blood. She was one of the Band-Aids.

[@AREA-jp8vb]

lol not them not knowing what hair mousse is 😂

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

That blew me away🤣

[@tammajamma]

That was actually shaving cream in that scene. That’s what dudes used in their hair in the 70’s. Hair mousse wasn’t a thing for another decade.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Such a great cast because the writer/director is extremely famous. "Fastimes at Ridgemont High' is based on an article he wrote when he went undercover at a high school student in the 70s. He took all that stuff and then he was hired to write the movie, too. He wrote & directed 'Jerry McGuire' w/Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger and Cuba Gooding Jr., wrote and directed 'Singles', an iconic Grunge era movie set in Seattle with members of Pearl Jam & Soundgarden in the cast, along with Matt Dillon and a bunch of people you'd recognize. Also 'Say Anything' with John Cusack and Ione Skye and a bunch of other great people. And 'Vanilla Sky' with Tom Cruise and a bunch of other stars. He was also married to a rock star, Nancy Wilson from the rock band Heart that she and her sister founded. She created a lot of the original music for Almost Famous, like the songs Stillwater did, along with some other actual rock stars from the era, including Peter Frampton who played one of the managers.

[@DouglasMcCulley]

jeff's girlfriend- Oscar winner (when she was about 10)- 'The Piano', Anna Paquin- later in True Blood.

[@irenemichelleanne]

and Rouge for you X-men fans out there.

[@cristy6607]

That Tiny Dancer scene is EVERYTHING! Also, you need to IMDB all of the people in it, there are so many big names. Jason Lee has been in a lot (The Kevin Smith movies like Mallrats and Chasing Amy as well as My Name is Earl like Rob mentioned), Anna Paquin from True Blood is in it and the girl from The Craft like you said Bryce. Also Aussie Noah Taylor who plays Sabini in Peaky Blinders amongst other things. Frances McDormand was amazing in this, probably the best haha. And the list goes on lol. Great reaction, thank you!

[@harrydoupe9315]

My favourite part is Jeff Bebe yelling to the Gods "Is it that hard to make us look cool?" while wearing a Jeff Bebe Band t-shirt with his face on it.

[@penoyer79]

this movie has a special place for me. not only because im a musician, but this was the first movie i watched with my girlfriend (who is now my wife) 23 years ago on our 2nd date ever.

[@snarkysquirrel]

i LOVE this movie. and the cast is stacked. the writing is great. because the person who made this movie is the kid. its based on his actual experience when he was a teenager. i get the mom being protective. not the way she was at home, but with the tour. i wouldn't let my 15 year old go on tour with a band surrounded by drugs and sex and all sorts of craziness. but I get that she didn't want to drive him away like his sister. this movie is fun but also serious and shows some of the darker aspects of how things were back then. if you didn't look up all the cast after the movie you should. all of the groupies were from things, pretty much everyone in the movie was someone recognizable for other things. also yes jason lee was in my name is earl, but if you've never seen the Kevin smith movies you really have to see them. he's in most of those. and if you liked the main kid I recommend the movie Saved! it is a fun satire that he is in.

[@msmrsro]

Lead singer of Stillwater is Jason Lee, former pro skateboarder. You might know him from My Name is Earl, and a lot of Kevin Smith movies.

[@S-jq1yk]

He’s an awesome photographer now

[@BrittPopka]

Yeah, Bryce may have seen him in mallrats. He was hilarious in that 😂

[@whoroborous]

​@BrittPopka he's great as Azrael in Dogma, too

[@BrittPopka]

@@whoroborous I’ll have to check that out!

[@oliviamiley7543]

“How do you know it’s kicked in?” “I AM A GOLDEN GOD!”

[@mariannejtv2730]

This is the ultimate comfort movie I always return to! The actor who played young William (Michael Angarano) made me think of another movie of the same era, Lords of Dogtown. It's about skateboarding and Heath Ledger's in it, another one that I watched often back in the day!

[@patriece2215]

When I rewatch the movie I always pick up something different. I think penny realized at the end that the band only viewed her as a groupie but in her mind she was different bc she only slept with Russel and she thought the relationship was deeper than how Russel actually viewed it. Fairuza Balk talked about the “groupies” at the end bc they don’t actually love the band, just their status but these band members aren’t seeing any difference between the two groups at all.

[@ralphbarf773]

When you rewatch take notice of the conflict in this film, it is about fantasy self-perception and the image of people who can't see who they are, this is represented as being cool vs reality or being authentic. William, his mother, and his mentor are authentic and live in the real world, William is the enemy as he could expose flaws making characters uncool which would ruin their perceived image. Along the way and in the end, the other characters get dragged into reality. This is a masterpiece, If you take notice almost every scene sets up the conflict of reality, being authentic vs image, being cool.

[@mysam4504]

FYI - the music of Stillwater was composed by non-other than Nancy Wilson of Heart! I think she did the film score as well, but I'm not certain of that one.

[@hypertwink]

The Band Aids are stacked: Kate Hudson, Fairiza Balk from The. Craft, Anna Paquin from X-men. I love this movie ❤

[@shainewhite2781]

This is loosely based on Cameron Crowe's life as a writer for Rolling Stone Magazine.

[@DouglasMcCulley]

this is director Cameron Crowe's life story... he was married to Heart's Nancy Wilson- she and cast member Peter Frampton trained the guys to be Rock Stars.

[@thomasbaker2067]

The plane scene is my favorite part in the whole movie.

[@paulcurlin2789]

I lean toward the bus scene, but love both.

[@jrgrimm6091]

😂😂 I know that whole scene by heart

[@whoroborous]

hard agree

[@njeane10]

This is one of my favorite movies... It is totally the 70's...I was a band aid back in the day hahaha... never slept with any of the bands I hung out with just loved to party... I have the album such a great sound track... Cameron Crowe (director and his story)he used to be married to Nancy Wilson of Heart... they used to live up the road from me in Seattle... Now I have to go and watch this again....

[@edikuci3425]

Fun fact, Fairuza Balk was also in The Craft.

[@Sara01977]

And American History X

[@cinefiend4059]

Oh this is the first time I've seen someone react to this. Almost Famous is one of my all-time favorite films with an incredible cast, amazing performances (I mean the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman gives one of this best performances, a killer soundtrack, and an Oscar-winning screenplay.

[@whoroborous]

Okay speaking of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, I just re-atched Synecdoche, NY last night and I JUST NEED TO TELL SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS Edit: these fellas should do magnolia sometime, or boogie nights.he's awesome in those tooooo🙃

[@apatternedhorizon]

Patrick Fugit is an underrated actor. "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."

[@Kitkatkatattack]

My favorite movie of all time, love that you guys watched this

[@mariabaillet]

...thought y'all would recognize Jason Lee from Alvin and The Chipmunks 😭, guess its just me...

[@Sara01977]

Also, Jason Lee is from Chasing Amy, Mallrats and Vanilla Sky.

[@msmrsro]

I was fortunate enough to see this in the theater. It’s a favorite in our household. Seen it many times.

[@msmrsro]

Jay Baruchel is the name you were thinking of. You should watch Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.

[@shrekbaby33]

definitely one of the movies of all time 😭

[@tammajamma]

I love Jay Baruchel, but not in that movie 😜. It’s a great movie though. They definitely need to do that one ASAP.

[@oliviamiley7543]

One of my favorite movies ever

[@Bekka_Noyb]

When was in Hawaii. Was on a medium sized propeller plane during a storm Coulda swore I seen lightning outside near the wing! Plane was shaking! Thought we were all gonna die! Never been scared on a plane since 😳

[@tammajamma]

Cameron Crowe is my favorite filmmaker. This film meant a lot to me. When he won the Oscar, I bawled my eyes out! He didn’t even shed a tear. 😂

[@christinahilt2978]

You realize $700-$1000 was a car in 70’s money. That’s huge money for a first article.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

It’s frustrating when younger reactors don’t have any concept of life before them..

[@rc3357]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 No they just forget... lmao...

[@tammajamma]

I was a journalist in 1999 when this film was released. I wrote for a local magazine. I made $125 an article. 😂 I remember thinking that $1000 was crazy huge. Honestly, I think it still is! I’d still be doing it if I could make that much. I wonder how much Rolling Stone pays now? 🤔

[@11ibi]

Never watched this one before and I love Philip Seymour Hoffman as a actor so I’m surprised I missed this one just brilliant also I loved the soundtrack for this grest reaction guys

[@lindataggart9076]

Cameron Crowe the writer and director of Almost Famous .. Story was based on his experience writing for Rolling Stone Magazine when he was young like William.

[@Banyo__]

No joke, the 70s and 80s were the era of the not legal age groupie. Everyone knew about it but looked the other way. Add to that lots of drugs, alcohol, and denial and you got the perfect recipe for what really happened. Today these guys would be in jail and or cancelled big time.

[@kona883]

Someone mentioned Cameron Crowe what they didn’t mention oh he was in high school when he traveled with the Allman Brothers band and did have an article published in rolling stone about them! He went on to direct movies including this one and Jerry McGuire and other good movies!

[@ebraden09]

My dad and is really into music and grew up around this time period. He also kind of looked like the main character as a preteen. We used to watch this all the time together. Happy to see it being reacted to!

[@weregoingtobefriends]

One of my favs! I first saw this movie a little later in life but it was definitely impactful. I'll never forget my friend and i playing Almost Famous after a night of partying, falling asleep and having fever dreams of the song Fever Dog because it was playing over and over again on the DVD menu 😂

[@irenemichelleanne]

LOL Their reaction when the "groupies " are bored so they decide to take William's virginity is priceless.

[@priscillamcrmy]

the tiny dancer bus moment is my favorite movie scene of all time

[@kyleerussell7280]

You guys should react to the series daisy jones & the six

[@vacantalleyways]

Yesss!!!! I second this!

[@carriemichelle322]

I third this! It's basically about Fleetwood Mac. I loved it! Probably because I love Riley Keough. Daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough. Huge fan of Elvis. Lol

[@emarjamaa2276]

Would love it if they did this series!!

[@jillmayer9501]

I watched this one day on HBO when I was like 12 (2004ish) - it was one of the first films I came across on my own and sat and watched. I knew nothing about it. But for the last 20 years I've longed for it to be the 70s and I don't think I ever won't lol

[@brookebarnhart1472]

One of my favorite movies! So happy to see you guys finally watching it!

[@Ericalizar]

Yay this is one of my fav movies! So underrated

[@lisataveras8031]

you guys are killing it this week!!!

[@nitsugazemag]

Loosely based on writer/director, Cameron Crowe’s life as a young rock critic. So far, this is Kate Hudson’s one and only Oscar nomination (supporting role). Not sure if you realized that Ana Paquin was in the movie who played as Rogue in the live action X-Men movies of which both came out the same year, later would play in True Blood series on HBO. This did win Cameron Crowe an Oscar for original screenplay. Always loved this film of how immersive it feels like you’re taken alongside William (played by Patrick Fugit, Gone Girl, Babylon, First Man, Saved!) in his feature film debut. I guess I also have a soft spot of the roadtrip movie. This was probably his magnum opus. He’s stumbled afterward to today. I hope he’s got another slew of good ones to bounce back. One of his most famous films he’s written/directed are Jerry Maguire (1996) and Say Anything (1989).

[@lovestarr3121]

you guys have to watch Dazed and Confused now!!!!lol

[@vacantalleyways]

My favorite movie of all time! It's such a love letter to music!

[@EShelby2127]

This is loosely based on Cameron Crowe's life as a writer for Rolling Stone Magazine. He ended up marrying a ROCK STAR, Nancy Wilson, of Heart! A ROCKING BABE, NOT a Band Aid! Mom was Frances McDormand (Fargo), who is married to Joel Coen, of The Coen Brothers...

[@sashabowerbank5445]

Love that you guys did this film! Hope zuff is ok, it's been a while so he must be really sick. This is one of my all time top ten movies. A few others on that list i dont think youll have seen you could react to are The hurricane, Memoirs of a geisha, Pleasantville, Pay it forward and K-Pax. All fairly old films but really good watches, hope you check em out with us ❤

[@kevinmatthew1050]

One of my all time favorite movies! Kate Hudson is perfection in this movie! Also Billy Crudup is such an underrated actor. He was in another movie about music called Rudderless and its soo good.

[@laurakali6522]

I hope you guys have watched Freaks and Geeks. If not, it won’t take long to binge as it was only one season.

[@glyngasson8450]

Reg, the roadie for Humble Pie is Peter Frampton, who was the lead guitarist for Humble Pie. He wrote 2 of the Stillwater songs.

[@lindseycargile1865]

Kate and Patrick are only 3.5 years apart. Kate was 20/21 when this was made/came out and Patrick (William) was 16/17

[@michellemelton9751]

Jason Lee not Ryan Reynolds’s . Dogma, mall rats, my name is earl. Etc .

[@jthomann71]

The Tiny Dancer scene is iconic Hollywood movie history.

[@centralgirl10]

I don't think these guys knew this was not set in 2000 lol. I think it was the 60's or 70's but back then you could get next to the plane like that, also that's how you would pump a stomach, and mouse was in a can like that too back in the day.

[@chikwadokanu9365]

31:15. No, it's his mom that wants him to become a lawyer. But he actually ends up becoming a movie producer/director. He actually ends up making a movie a lot like this one.

[@lilymirelez6642]

Omg I was so excited when I heard y'all was gonna watch this. One of my all time favorite movies ❤

[@zachscott5420]

Also Jason Lee the lead singer invited the 360 flip and a few other skateboard tricks

[@J-B-P]

This is my favourite movie of all time!! So excited to see you guys watch for the first time!

[@naomm8832]

never not obsessed with this movie and its soundtrack and everything about it

[@nuimaleko7]

Saw it in the theater and have loved it ever since.

[@chart6454]

For the record significantl portions of this story happened to the writer, Cameron Crowe.

[@sag686]

One of my favorite movies ever!!. So happy you guys reacted to it. ❤

[@_zachmcall]

jason lee from my name is earl also founded blind skateboards

[@Bekka_Noyb]

One of my all time fave films! dbl ♥

[@zachscott5420]

Favorite movie ever. It’s perfect. Reason I went to film school and worked in the tv industry for 10 years.

[@sophiecomas1305]

LOVE this movie! Definitely in my top 10

[@LimeRickey71]

So glad to see you enjoy this amazing movie. I think it's in my top 5 of all time.

[@thatgirlinokc3975]

Having seen this before and loved it, I knew you both would too! ❤

[@DouglasMcCulley]

mom- 4 time Oscar winner Frances McDormand

[@MrAjpurdue]

When they didn't recognize her I died inside lol

[@_zachmcall]

didn’t recognize frances, anna paquin, billy crudup, cam from modern family, jason lee. cast is truly loaded

[@TheMajestyD]

one of my fav. films growing up

[@jnagarya519]

Lester Bangs was actually a rock critic -- one of the most interesting. There are documentaries about/interview with him on youtube.

[@gosslyn]

the fun part about the movie is it's based off of Cameron Crowe's (the filmmaker) experience of touring with the Allman Brothers Band as a teen writing for Rolling Stone

[@cinavs21]

Yes! One of my all time favorite movies! I also watched Tommy as a kid, a lot, and loved it. Pretty sure I had no idea what was actually happening.

[@TK-oq9yf]

That so is the guy from sky high! Holy crap

[@DouglasMcCulley]

Favorite scene- the airplane confessions/crash.

[@DouglasMcCulley]

Production Company/studio also did "Gladiator'- they put all there Oscar money into Gladiator... Hudson swept every award- supporting actress, until the Oscars- losing to Marcia Gay Harden- huge shock!

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

Great movie 🍿 I loved your reaction.its got an amazing soundtrack

[@BlackGirlMarvel]

My acting teacher is in this film. Shes one of the people in the backseat of the car.

[@msmrsro]

The one groupie is Fairuza Balk. Probably best known for the movie “the Craft”.

[@kevinmatthew1050]

American History X as well

[@dianerolleri5121]

Everything you guys think couldn't have happened in this movie absolutely did in the 70's! The legal age was 18 not 21 so we all grew up and did grown up things much earlier than kids today. Not that underage drinking drugging and sex was condoned by adults but it definitely happened lol. Hello from sunny Florida 🌞🌴

[@shuddle32]

Can’t wait to watch this reaction, this is my all time favorite movie

[@thegirlwholovesmusic]

This is based on the real life story of the director Cameron Crowe’s experience with rock bands as a teenager.

[@laurakali6522]

Qualudes killed very quickly. They have been banned here in the states since 1983 or so. Back in the day, even concert venues had special people and rooms to handle people who were overdosing. They’d sober them up and let us go back to the concert.

[@paulcurlin2789]

Ahhhh, another fine banger. Good job young chaps ♥ Fairuza Balk, mmmm mmmmmm talented!

[@ravensshadow2179]

"This can't be really " is just a great reaction.

[@deo44x]

i get a chuckle whenever someone says "he looks like so-and-so, in his face" ohhh his face looks similar i thought you recognized his moose knuckle or sumn

[@ledesmasn]

My top 5 favorite movies of all time: • Forrest Gump • Almost Famous • Big Fish • A League of Their Own • Romeo and Juliet (The Leo version)

[@jrgrimm6091]

Ooh, A League of Their Own is amazing

[@jnagarya519]

The "mom" was Frances McDormand ("Fargo," other Coen brothers).

[@lydianewton6372]

It’s literally the best movie ever