Summary
It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music.Contents
Special fieatures: Anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1)Stillwater's "Fever dog" music video
HBO behind-the-scenes featurette "The making of Almost famous"
The Rolling Stone articles
Cast and crew bios
Theatrical trailers
Production notes
Language: English DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby surround 2.0 surround
Captioned in English
Subtitled in English.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Music journalists
-- United States
-- Drama.
Rock groups -- United States -- Drama. Groupies -- United States -- Drama. Journalists -- Drama. Rock music -- 1971-1980 -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Rock films. Road films. Comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Universal City, CA :DreamWorks Home Entertainment,2001 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Making of almost famous. |
| Contributors |
Crowe, Cameron,
1957- film director, film producer, screenwriter. Bryce, Ian, film producer. Hutshing, Joe, film editor. Klein, Saar, film editor. Crudup, Billy, 1968- actor. McDormand, Frances, actor. Hudson, Kate, 1979- actor. Lee, Jason, 1970- actor. Fugit, Patrick, 1982- actor. Paquin, Anna, actor. Balk, Fairuza, actor. Taylor, Noah, actor. Deschanel, Zooey, 1980- actor. Fallon, Jimmy, actor. Phillips, Bijou, 1980- actor. Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014, actor. Wilson, Nancy, 1954- composer. DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), presenter. Columbia Pictures, presenter. Vinyl Films (Firm), production company. DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, Zooey Deschanel, Jimmy Fallon, Bijou Phillips, Philip Seymour Hoffman. |
| Other Contributors |
Score by Nancy Wilson ; costume designer, Betsy Heimann ; editors, Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein ; art directors, Clay A. Griffith, Clayton R. Hartley ; director of photography, John Toll ; co-producer, Lisa Stewart. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for language, drug content, brief nudity. |
| Language |
English In English with optional English subtitles; Closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Special features: "The making of Almost Famous" HBO behind-the-scenes featurette; Production notes; Cast and crew bios; Theatrical trailer; The Rolling Stone articles; Stillwater's "Fever dog" music video. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby 2.0 surround. |
| Awards |
Academy Award: 2001, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Cameron Crowe) Golden Globe: 2001, Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Kate Hudson) |
| Description |
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |