What Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ Years Taught Him About Life | The Interview

Cameron Crowe’s life is, figuratively and literally, the stuff of a Hollywood movie. As a teenager, he wrote for Rolling Stone about the likes of Led Zeppelin and the Allman Brothers, which helped inspire his classic 2000 film, “Almost Famous.” As a director, he’s worked with Hollywood’s biggest stars, filming actors like Tom Cruise, John Cusack and Philip Seymour Hoffman in iconic roles that helped define their careers.

On “The Interview,” Crowe talks to host David Marchese about his 50-year career, revealing details about the boombox scene in “Say Anything,” what it was like interviewing David Bowie and his plans for a Joni Mitchell biopic.

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