Almost Famous is a semi-autobiographical film, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, and released in 2000. The film is a fictionalized account of Crowe as a teen-aged journalist for Rolling Stone, particularly inspired by his experiences accompanying the Allman Brothers on the road, which led to his first cover story for the magazine.
The film stars:
- Billy Crudup and Jason Lee, as lead members of the fictitious band Stillwater, an amalgamation of several bands that Crowe wrote about
- Frances McDormand and Zooey Deschanel, as the mother and sister of the protagonist and Crowe's alter ego, played by Patrick Fugit
- Kate Hudson, Fairuza Balk, Anna Paquin, and Bijou Phillips, as groupies known as the "Band Aids"
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, as journalism mentor Lester Bangs
