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Synopsis:
Writer-director Cameron Crowe brings the 1970s
music scene to life with his semiautobiographical story of
a teen journalist who goes on the road with a rock band.
Uncool 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is
living every teenager's dream. He's touring with
Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock band featuring lead
singer Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee) and charismatic lead
guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and writing about
it for Rolling Stone magazine, whose editors are unaware
of his young age. Though Miller's mentor, legendary rock
critic Lester Bangs--portrayed with humor and heart by
Philip Seymour Hoffman--cautions him not to befriend the
musicians, Miller takes it a step further and befriends
both the band and the Band-Aids--the girls who hang around
with the band because they love the music. Newcomer Fugit
is the perfect William Miller: baby-faced, slightly gawky,
and an awestruck observer. Kate Hudson sparkles as Penny
Lane, the leader of the Band-Aids, and Frances McDormand
delivers a stellar performance as Elaine, Miller's
protective and mildly paranoid mother. In the tradition of
SAY ANYTHING and JERRY MAGUIRE, Crowe's coming-of-age tale
is intelligent, well written, and infused with humor in
unlikely places.
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