Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ Musical Announces 2022 Broadway Bow
Crowe has been adapting his beloved film into a stage show since 2018.
Crowe has been adapting his beloved film into a stage show since 2018.
Brad Pitt spent four months developing his “Almost Famous” character with writer-director Cameron Crowe.
Fugit was just 16 when he was cast in a film that saw him sharing the screen with masters like Frances McDormand and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who provided (very different) craft pointers.
As Cameron Crowe’s Oscar winner gets the 4K treatment, its breakout star tells IndieWire which cut is “where it’s at” and what really happened to William and Penny Lane’s love story.
Criterion’s latest Blu-ray restorations do not disappoint.
In talking about possible sequels, Crowe said there also “may be more” to “Almost Famous.”
Pamela Des Barres says Penny Lane’s overdose in “Almost Famous” is “horribly misogynistic.”
Crowe was a journalist for Rolling Stone in the 1970s, but wrote this article that ultimately inspired the film in 1996.
Contemporary film critics have long pointed to Penny Lane as a glaring example of the manic pixie dream girl trope.
The writer-director of “Jerry Maguire” and “Almost Famous” sees a way out of the studio morass, and the aging rocker helped him get there.
At a Tribeca Film Festival reunion to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, filmmaker Cameron Crowe and star Cusack revealed how a classic Lloyd Dobler scene came to be.
In an interview at the IndieWire Sundance Studio, Crowe says that audiences will see proof of “lessons learned” in his next film.