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Almost Famous

Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. It tells the story of a teenage journalist (Fugit) writing for Rolling Stone magazine in the early 1970s, touring with the fictitious rock band Stillwater, and writing h…

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Box office
$47.4 million
Budget
$60 million
Cinematography
John Toll
Country
United States
Directed by
Cameron Crowe
Distributed by
DreamWorks Distribution LLC (United States and Canada) · Columbia Pictures (through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International; International)

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Plot

Cast

Production

Soundtrack

Reception

Home media

Stage musical adaptation

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Almost Famous

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Edges146
Triples81
Avg. degree1.99
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Almost Famous

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related to Home media · 16
Almost Famous → Blu-ray, Bootleg, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, DVD, In December, In February, July, March, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Skydance, The, Ultra HD Blu-ray, Untitled, VHS, Viacom
related to Critical response · 13
Almost Famous → Audiences, CinemaScore, Film, In, It's, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes, Richard Corliss, Roger Ebert, Scott, The, The New York Times, Time
related to External links · 11
Almost Famous → AFI Catalog, Box Office MojoAlmost Famous, Famous, Feature FilmsAlmost Famous, IMDbAlmost Famous, LetterboxdAlmost Famous, MetacriticAlmost Famous, Official, Rotten TomatoesAlmost Famous, TCM Movie Database, YouTube
Starring · 9
Almost Famous → Anna Paquin, Billy Crudup, Fairuza Balk, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Kate Hudson, Noah Taylor, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman
related to Soundtrack · 9
Almost Famous → Best Compilation Soundtrack Album, DreamWorks Records, Grammy Award, It, Motion Picture, Other Visual Media, September, Television, The Almost Famous
related to Box office · 5
Almost Famous → It, North America, September, The, Toronto International Film Festival
Distributed by · 2
Almost Famous → Columbia Pictures (through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International; International), DreamWorks Distribution LLC (United States and Canada)
Production companies · 2
Almost Famous → DreamWorks Pictures, Vinyl Films
Release dates · 2
Almost Famous → September 15, 2000 (2000-09-15) (United States), September 8, 2000 (2000-09-08) (TIFF)
Box office · 1
Almost Famous → $47.4 million

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Almost FamousBox office$47.4 million1.00infobox
Almost FamousBudget$60 million1.00infobox
Almost FamousCinematographyJohn Toll1.00infobox
Almost FamousCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Almost FamousDirected byCameron Crowe1.00infobox
Almost FamousDistributed byDreamWorks Distribution LLC (United States and Canada)1.00infobox
Almost FamousDistributed byColumbia Pictures (through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International; International)1.00infobox
Almost FamousEdited byJoe Hutshing Saar Klein1.00infobox
Almost FamousLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Almost FamousMusic byNancy Wilson1.00infobox
Almost FamousProduced byCameron Crowe Ian Bryce1.00infobox
Almost FamousProduction companiesDreamWorks Pictures1.00infobox
Almost FamousProduction companiesVinyl Films1.00infobox
Almost FamousRelease datesSeptember 8, 2000 (2000-09-08) (TIFF)1.00infobox
Almost FamousRelease datesSeptember 15, 2000 (2000-09-15) (United States)1.00infobox
Almost FamousRunning time122 minutes1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringBilly Crudup1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringFrances McDormand1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringKate Hudson1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringJason Lee1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringPatrick Fugit1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringAnna Paquin1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringFairuza Balk1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringNoah Taylor1.00infobox
Almost FamousStarringPhilip Seymour Hoffman1.00infobox
Almost FamousWritten byCameron Crowe1.00infobox
Almost Famousis a2000 American comedy drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe0.90text

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