Starring Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee and Frances McDormand

Cameron Crowe views his life and experiences of his mid teen years as a rock critic for Rolling Stone Magazine, whom he shows through the eyes of his alter-ego, William Miller (who is played by Patrick Fugit), in the critically acclaimed film, "Almost Famous." William follows around a "mid level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom." which is known as "Stillwater." This movie follows "Stillwater" showing everything William writes about and Sees, and shows the life of 70's Rock n, Roll in its last drive before being killed by disco.

The Setting for the movie was in San Diego in the early 1970's. Williams's sister Anita (Zooey Deschantel) is shown as a "rebel" who believes in everything her mother is against. She causes conflict and problems at home but decides to leave home when she turned 18 to become a stewardess. Williams mother Elaine, whom is a conservative woman, also a very liberal woman, whom "decided to celebrate Christmas on a day in September when she knew it wouldn't be commercialized." Elaine is a very goo

William, now fifteen is fully in love with the music of Rock and writes articles and submits them to "Creem Magazine" and a few underground papers. He meets up with legendary rock critic and editor of "Creem Magazine," Lester Bangs. Lester teaches William the ropes of being a rock journalist and tells him certain rules to follow and the troubles to be aware of. Lester offers William a job to write an article on Black Sabbath. So the he goes to the concert where he meets the band "Stillwater" which features lead guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and lead singer Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee). First the push him away as they explain that they only play for the fans and they don't play for the critics and that the critics don't even listen to their records. But William knew about the band and gave a stunning speech that captivated the up and coming rock band. So the invited him along with them in to the concert. This is where he meets up with Ms. Penny Lane (Kate Hudson), a "groupie" which she calls a band-aid because she and her friends don't sleep with the rock stars. They are there because of the music, and they follow the music. William seems to crush hard on Penny Lane and builds up a small jealousy for Russell Hammond.

A few days after building trust with the "Stillwater" crew William receives a call from Rolling Stone Magazine, they want him to write for them. So he pretends he's a bit older then he really

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)