Once again I ended up watching Almost Famous at a hostel. It’s a feel good experience that strangers can share.

Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and telling the fictional story of a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine while covering the rock band Stillwater, and his efforts to get his first cover story published. The film is semi-autobiographical, as Crowe himself was a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.

The film is based on Crowe’s experiences touring with rock bands The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. In a Rolling Stone article, he talks about how he lost his virginity, fell in love, and met his heroes, experiences that are shared by William, the main character in the film. …

Here’s one of the very best scenes.

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Kate Hudson is perfect. Her Mom, Goldie Hawn, played similar roles a generation earlier.

This scene has its own Facebook page. I Like.