Almost Famous: Revisiting Cameron Crowe's Masterpiece

People nowadays seem to have forgotten just how good Cameron Crowe was at his peak. For the writer-director, Almost Famous, which told the story of a teenage rock journalist on tour with a mid-level rock band in the seventies, was his masterpiece. For many of us, it remains one of the greatest modern films, and a masterpiece that, almost twenty-five years later, remains a cultural toustone for many of us. It made Kate Hudson a household name, despite underperforming at the box office, and remains a beloved film for many. On this episode of revisited, we take a look at Crowe’s seminal film and examine how it holds up all these years later.
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[@trinaq]

The Tiny Dancer sing along is so memorable, this film is a love letter to 60's/70's rock. I also love seeing Zooey Deschanel in a small role as William's cool older sister, before her career really took off.

[@dane3038]

This movie is infinitely rewatchable and stuffed with quotable lines. It should be a cult or semi-mainstream classic like The Breakfast Club

[@t4ngy]

To me, this movie is a true love letter to rock n roll. It shows how bad it can get, with the drugs, the heartbreaks, the life on the road with the same people for so long, but also, it shows the true love the artists felt for the music, how they mesmerized people with their songs, how inspiring it was to just be in that environment. I watch this movie at least once a year and it makes me feel so eager to live life to the fullest and just really enjoy the ride.

[@trinaq]

The best Cameron Crowe film, in my opinion, next to "Say Anything." I love how it's his most autobiographical feature, with William being a stand in for his younger self.

[@petergriffin355]

Man, the theatrical cut is so underwhelming. It loses so much of the comedic beats and just world building.

[@t4ngy]

I also think it's so amazing that they really had the best casting EVER. I can't even imagine Brad Pitt as Russell, I don't think he would've been able to give that mystique that Billy Crudup gave to the character. A lot of the actors went on to have great careers and become really famous, which shows how well they picked every one of them. This is an iconic movie that is very overlooked.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

WTF happened to Cameron Crowe?

[@leadsin99er]

This movie was "Incendiary".

[@monio.9444]

I wish Cameron made more movies that depict experiences like this from back then, because he's in an unique position of having lived this and gotten to see it through his adolescent eyes, and bonus, has the talent of telling the story in such a way that transports the viewer into that atmosphere and and the same time connects the viewer to similar experiences from his own life. Like for example that night when William meets the band, we've all had that one incredible night in our teenage years where we felt like we took a peek behind the curtain and discovered a whole new incredible secret world. And the way it was filmed, even the scene when his mom waits for him in the silent parking lot on a late summer night, while he says goodbye to his crush and dreaming dreams about going to Morocco, feels so so real.

[@mike91mdk45]

"Rockstars have kidnapped my son."

[@anotherpeasant]

My dad tried pulling off an Almost Famous in 1969. He was, to put it mildly, a hellion who pushed the envelope and has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar a time or two by Ontario's finest.

[@FredDrumNGratte]

This movie drags me into a quite dark nostalgic place. Although it's nice and poetic, I fell bitter and awkwardly unsafe. That's how powerful it is to me 😅

[@ryanmckenzie7149]

It's one of the movies I can just watch over and over.

[@ashleyarsenault2130]

I love this movie... asking me what my favorite movie is can be such a loaded question... I remember preparing for a blockbuster rental interview 18 years ago and trying to have a ready answer for what my favorite movie was... incase they asked, they asked me what my favorite movie was and I said Almost Famous 😊

[@Matt-bg5wg]

definitely one of the best movies of all time

[@innovatorschannel1919]

I discovered this movie in 2020 and I was 18. And I loved it and still love it

[@jerrypeacock2234]

Criminally underrated movie

[@danyelldoesnot]

There are a few films as a parent I cannot wait to share with my kids when they are old enough (and when I say show I mean watch them as they watch the movie for the first time). And this is without a doubt one of them ❤

[@Simmer4Decades]

I love how so many of the clips you use are from the director’s cut. The best version by far.

[@travelingfool9096]

I went and saw this in the theater and could never understand why it flopped.. This movie is awesome ( and the "untitled" directors cut is even better), This is one of my top 10 movie.