Almost Famous

Almost Famous is a 2000 comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, telling the coming-of-age story of a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine while covering a fictitious rock band named Stillwater. The film is semi-autobiographical, as Crowe himself had been a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.
Despite failing to break even at the box office, the film received positive reviews and received four Oscar nominations, with Crowe winning one for best original screenplay. It also earned the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. Roger Ebert hailed it the best film of the year. It also won two Golden Globes, for Best Picture and for Kate Hudson as Best Supporting Actress.

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Directed by	Cameron Crowe
Produced by	Cameron Crowe Ian Bryce
Written by	Cameron Crowe
Starring	Patrick Fugit Billy Crudup Kate Hudson Frances McDormand Jason Lee Philip Seymour Hoffman Fairuza Balk Anna Paquin Noah Taylor Zooey Deschanel
Music by	Nancy Wilson
Cinematography	John Toll
Editing by	Joe Hutshing Saar Klein
Studio	Vinyl Films
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures (US) Columbia Pictures (Int'l)
Release date(s)	September 15, 2000 (Limited) September 22, 2000
Running time	122 minutes 164 minutes (Director's cut)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60 million[1]
Box office	$47,383,689[1]