A MOJO. IT'S A VERY HIGH-TECH MACHINE THAT TRANSMITS PAGES OVER THE TELEPHONE. IT ONLY TAKES 18 MINUTES A PAGE! Believe me, I'm not saying this to complain, but it seems like one of the Cinemax channels is now airing Almost Famous just about every night this month.
Do I adore this movie? Yes. (Who doesn't?) The things I didn't appreciate upon first viewing, though, was just how luminously Kate Hudson was shot and what a remarkable Manic Pixie Dream Girl she is; how much Cameron Crowe wanted to pen a valentine to his mother; and the awesomeness of Billy Crudup's facial reactions during the "Tiny Dancer" sequence.
Trivia: Natalie Portman and Kirsten Dunst auditioned for Penny Lane and failed; Sarah Polley was signed for the role first before deciding she just didn't want to do a big Hollywood film. Jack Black auditioned for Lester Bangs, as did Jon "not the speechwriter" Favreau. Brad Pitt was signed to play Russell Hammond before admitting to Crowe, after months of preparation, "I just don't get it enough to do it."
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