Almost Famous - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) From:Billy Crudup , Frances McDormand , Kate Hudson , Jason Lee , Patrick Fugit , Cameron Crowe , Dreamworks Video ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783260730
Format: Anamorphic
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DTS Surround Sound
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 0783260733
Label: Dreamworks Video
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Number Of Items: 3
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 740 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 40 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 550 hundredths-inches
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-12-04
Running Time: 285 minutes
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2000-09-13
Product Description:
Almost Famous is the movie Cameron Crowe has been waiting a lifetime to tell. The fictionalization of Crowe's days as a teenage reporter for Creem and Rolling Stone has all the well-written characters and wonderful "movie moments" that we expect from Crowe (Jerry Maguire), but the film has an intangible something extra--an insider's touch that will turn the film into the ode to '70s rock & roll for years to come. We are introduced to Crowe's alter ego, William Miller (Patrick Fugit), at home, where his progressive mom (Frances McDormand, just superb) has outlawed rock music and sister Anita (Zooey Deschanel) has slipped him LPs that will "set his mind free." Following the wisdom of Creem's disheveled editor, Lester Bangs (Philip Seymour Hoffman in an instant-classic performance), Miller gets on the inside with the up-and-coming band Stillwater (a fictionalized mixture of the Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, and others). A simple visit with the band turns into a three-week, life-altering odyssey into the heyday of American rock. Of the characters he meets on the road, the two most important are groupie extraordinaire Penny Lane (Kate Hudson in a star-making performance) and Stillwater's enigmatic lead guitarist (Billy Crudup), who keeps stringing Miller along for an interview. From the handwritten credits (done by Crowe) to the bittersweet finale, Crowe's comedic valentine is an indelible, heartbreaking romance of music, women, and the privilege of youth. --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews:
 love this dvd, 2008-10-30
I just recently bought this DVD after years of seeing it on the shelf and never having picked it up. I am sorry I didn't after watching it. The extra scenes make the movie even better after having seen it a few times over the last few years. The cd containing 6 Stillwater tracks is also a bonus. If you love this movie, this edition is worth picking up.
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