Set in 1973, the story revolves around William, an intelligent adolescent living with his overbearing mother, Elaine (Frances McDormand) and rebellious older sister, Anita (Zooey Deschanel). When William is eleven, his sister leaves home to become a stewardess, leaving behind some riveting rock and roll music for him. His mother is a college professor who is against the potentially corrupting lyrics of rock and roll. William respects his mother and is true to her emotions. However, it is his growing passion for music pushes him into the sweat

In the end the one thing that emerges with clarity is Crowe’s love of music. The film is an impassioned tribute to the invigorating effects music has on our lives. It’s about how it awakens us, educates us, entertains us, unites us, divides us and ultimately defines us. As music is something that has affected us all, there will be something in the film we can all identify with, but ultimately it’s a very personal film reflecting Cameron Crowe’s life.

This film is more than a film, it’s a documentary. It recreates a world of rock and roll back in the seventies. Stillwater may never have existed, but their spirit, their drive and their music are an illustration of what rock and roll was all about. Almost Famous is not just a film about music, it incorporates many valuable themes. There are warm-hearted messages about friendships and fame, fortune and romance, faithfulness and arrogance, and drugs. There is a scene in an airplane experiencing difficulties that results not in death or disaster, but in truth telling and feelings being revealed; this is arguably the most important scene in the film.

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Kate Hudson, Russell Hammond, Cameron Crowe’s, Deschanel William, Frances McDormand, Rolling Stone, , Patrick Fugit, Penny Lane, It’s William, rock roll, russell hammond, guitarist russell hammond, ‘almost famous’, frances mcdormand, kate hudson, lead guitarist, cameron crowe’s, guitarist russell, penny lane, lead guitarist russell,