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Cast
Billy Crudup (Russell Hammond)Patrick Fugit (William Miller)Kate Hudson (Penny Lane)Frances McDormand (Elaine Miller)Jason Lee (Jeff Bebe)Zooey Deschanel (Anita Miller)Michael Angarano (Young William)Anna Paquin (Polexia Aphrodisia)Fairuza Balk (Sapphire)Noah Taylor (Dick Roswell)John Fedevich (Ed Vallencourt)Mark Kozelek (Larry Fellows)Philip Seymour Hoffman (Lester Bangs)Liz Stauber (Leslie)Jimmy Fallon (Dennis Hope)Olivia Rosewood (Beth from Denver)Bijou Phillips (Estrella Starr)Alice Marie Crowe (Mrs. Deegan)
Director
Cameron Crowe
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Synopsis
A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
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