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Overview
Review
Cast
Production Credits
Awards
Almost Famous
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Year
Run Time
2000
122 min.
Work Rating
Attributes
High Artistic Quality
High Production Values
Sleeper
Countries
MPAA Rating
USA
R
Category
Color Type
Feature
Color
Director
Cameron Crowe
Genres
Comedy Drama
Types
Coming-of-Age
Road Movie
Musical Drama
Flags
Adult Situations
Adult Language
Drug Content
Keywords
advice
writing
band [music group]
concert
journalist
magazine
young
Themes
Musician's Life
Child Prodigies
Mothers and Sons
Writer's Life
Unrequited Love
Innocence Lost
Tones
Affectionate
Bittersweet
Warm
Humorous
Understated
Nostalgic
Easygoing
Moods
Mood Enhancers
Premiere
2000 09 08 (Toronto Film Festival)
Set In
Hyatt House, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, CA,
Los Angeles, CA,
New York City, NY,
Rolling Stone magazine office, San Fransisco, CA,
San Diego, CA
Sound by
Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS
MPAA Reasons
for language, drug content and brief nudity
Produced by
Vinyl Films
Release
2000 09 15 (USA - Limited)
2000 09 29 (USA)
Released by
DreamWorks
AMG Work ID
V 212038
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
N
Best Editing
Joe Hutshing
,
Saar Klein
2000
W
Best Original Screenplay
Cameron Crowe
2000
N
Best Supporting Actress
Frances McDormand
,
Kate Hudson
2000
American Film Institute
W
AFI's Top 10 Films of the Year
2000
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
N
Best Actress
Kate Hudson
2000
N
Best Music
Nancy Wilson
2000
W
Best Original Screenplay
Cameron Crowe
2000
N
Best Picture
2000
W
Best Sound
2000
N
Best Supporting Actress
Frances McDormand
2000
Broadcast Film Critics Association
W
Best Original Screenplay
Cameron Crowe
2000
W
Best Supporting Actress
Frances McDormand
2000
W
Breakthrough Performer
Kate Hudson
2000
Chicago Film Critics Association
W
Best Picture
2000
W
Best Screenplay
Cameron Crowe
2000
W
Best Supporting Actress
Frances McDormand
2000
W
Most Promising Actor
Patrick Fugit
2000
Directors Guild of America
N
Best Director
Cameron Crowe
2000
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
N
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Frances McDormand
,
Kate Hudson
2000
W
Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
2000
N
Best Screenplay
Cameron Crowe
2000
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
W
Best Supporting Actress
Frances McDormand
2000
Screen Actors Guild
N
Best Ensemble Acting
2000
N
Best Supporting Actress
Kate Hudson
,
Frances McDormand
2000
Writers Guild of America
N
Best Original Screenplay
Cameron Crowe
2000