Review Almost Famous
The drama film Almost Famous is written and released by director Cameron Crowe in the year 2000. The film is set in the age of rock and roll in San Diego (1973). The film is partly autobiographical, because director Crowe had been writing articles for Rolling Stone magazine when he was a teenager.. Almost Famous has won several awards in 2001, including a Grammy award for best soundtrack, a BAFTA and an Oscar for best original screenplay. Winning these awards gives a good impression of the high quality of this film.
The story tells about a fifteen year old boy called William Mille, from San Diego. He dreams of becoming a rock journalist for Rolling Stone magazine. His passion for Rock and Roll music was given to him by his older sister who left a collection of LPs when she left the family home. Although William, the main character, has a lot of experience, he stays the person who he is. William lives with his mother and he graduated high-school. Through Rolling Stone Magazine William gets the opportunity to write about a new band called Stillwater. His mother agrees letting William join Rolling Stones Magazine on tour with the band. On the tour with the band, William creates friendships with groupies of the band Stillwater.
The movie gives a good view of the essence of the 1973 rock scene and all the characters are well-acted and engaging. All of them are introduced to the viewer, which is a structure created in the movie. William, played by Patrick Fugit, plays his role well as a naive boy in the seventies.
In the film, which has a duration of 122 minutes what is quite long for a movie they show a lot of humor, entertainment and of course the rock music. But the film also shows those things which are ve...
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Ebert, Roger. Rev. of Almost Famous, dir. Cameron Crowe. Rogerebert.com. Chicago Sun-Times, 15 Sept. 2000. Web. 29 March 2011.
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