TV Guide: Cameron Crowe

Listing: Jerry Maguire

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Listing: Almost Famous

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Video: John Cusack: Breakout Roles

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:45:09 -0500

Regardless of how many successful films John Cusack performs in, he will always be remembered for holding a boombox over his head in an unconventional Cameron Crowe love story.

Video: Rock Honors 2008: Rainn Wilson Commands Cameron Crowe

VH1 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:55:45 -0500

The 'Almost Famous' director gets the treatment from Rainn Wilson.

Video: Rock Honors 2008: Cameron Crowe "My First Time"

VH1 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:54:46 -0500

Find out about the 'Almost Famous' director's first Who concert.

Video: Fast Times at Ridgemont High - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:56:29 -0500

Sean Penn became a star in Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982), the first movie written by Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire).

Video: Almost Famous

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:43:42 -0500

Writer and director Cameron Crowe's experiences as a teenage rock journalist -- he was a regular contributor to {~Rolling Stone} while still in high school -- inspired this coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old boy hitting the road with an up-and-coming rock band in the early 1970s. Elaine Miller (Frances McDormand) is a bright, loving, but strict single parent whose distrust of rock music and fears about drug use have helped to drive a wedge between herself and her two children, Anita (Zooey Deschanel) and William (Patrick Fugit). Anita rebels by dropping out of school and becoming a stewardess, but William makes something of his love of rock & roll by writing album reviews for a local underground newspaper. William's work attracts the attention of Lester Bangs (Philip Seymour Hoffman), editor of renegade rock magazine {~Creem}, who takes William under his wing and gives him his first professional writing assignment -- covering a Black Sabbath concert. While William is unable to score an interview with the

Video: Elizabethtown

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:12:19 -0500

A young man in need of a fresh start gets one under highly unexpected circumstances in this emotionally resonant comedy drama from writer and director Cameron Crowe. Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is considered the big success story in his family, having moved away from the small Kentucky town where he was born to California, where he works as a designer for Mercury, the nation's biggest athletic shoe company. But success has begun to elude Drew -- his most recent design was a resounding flop that has cost him his job, and his girlfriend, Ellen (Jessica Biel), has given him his walking papers. Drew is contemplating suicide when he gets word that his father has died, and that he's needed back home in Elizabethtown, KY, to help organize the funeral. With his mother, Hollie (Susan Sarandon), deep in denial about her husband's passing, Drew comes home to discover no one knows about his recent poor fortune, and he's greeted like a conquering hero. As Drew reconnects with his family and helps his sister, Heather (Judy

Video: Vanilla Sky

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:22:29 -0500

A remake of the Spanish film Open Your Eyes (1997), this thriller from director Cameron Crowe bears one of several discarded titles for his previous, Oscar-winning film Almost Famous (2000). Tom Cruise stars as David Ames, a womanizing playboy who finds romantic redemption when he falls in love with his best friend's girlfriend Sofia (Penelope Cruz, reprising her role from the original film). Before that relationship can begin, however, David is coaxed into a car driven by an ex-lover, Julie (Cameron Diaz), who turns out to be suicidal. Driving her car off a bridge, Julie kills herself and horribly disfigures David. Reconstructive surgery and the loving support of Sofia seem to reverse David's luck, but eerie incidents are soon making him question the reality of his existence and his control over his life, even while he is suspected of complicity in Julie's death. Vanilla Sky (2001) bears the expected Crowe trademark of an obsession with recent pop culture and particularly rock music, a more important element

Video: Jerry Maguire

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:41:09 -0500

Combining drama, comedy, and romance, Jerry Maguire was a critical and commercial success built on an original script by writer/director Cameron Crowe and an Oscar-nominated performance by Tom Cruise. Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is an agent with a major sports management firm. He's enthusiastic, successful, a great negotiator and people like him. But it begins to dawn on Jerry that there's something wrong with what he's doing, and not long after a troubling encounter with the son of an injured athlete he represents, Jerry has a serious crisis of conscience. In the midst of a sleepless night, Jerry writes a memo calling on himself and his colleagues to think more about the long-term welfare of the clients they represent and less about immediate profits. While everyone around him applauds the sentiment, Jerry's superiors think his ideas are bad for business; Jerry is fired, and, rather than standing in solidarity with him, his friends in the firm scramble like sharks to claim Jerry's clients. At the end of his l

Video: Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:28:06 -0500

Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's {-Fast Times at Ridgemont High} is often considered one of the finest films of a disreputable genre (the teen sex comedy), and kick-started the careers of many future stars. The center of this ensemble film is Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton. She is a young, innocent high-school student who, as the film opens, is asking for advice from her friend, the sexually outspoken Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates). Stacy takes a liking to nebbish Mark Ratner (Brian Backer), but he is too afraid to make a move even after Stacy all but throws herself at him. She eventually hooks up with Mark's more confident best friend, Mike Damone (Robert Romanus). When not concerning itself with these four characters, the film spends time with stoned surfer dude Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) and his ongoing feud with history teacher Mr. Hand (Ray Walston). The film includes brief appearances by such future stars as Nicolas Cage, Eric Stoltz, and Forest Whitaker. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Gui

Video: Singles

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:06:29 -0500

Set amidst the burgeoning Seattle alternative music scene of the early '90s, Singles follows a group of twentysomethings as they try to find love and try to come to terms with their passage into adulthood. Arranged as an episodic comedy, the film follows a group of friends who live in the same apartment building and hang out at the same coffee shop. The central couple is Steve Dunne (Campbell Scott) and Linda Powell (Kyra Sedgwick), a pair who meet at an Alice In Chains concert and eventually fall in love. Singles follows the tumultuous relationship between Steve and Linda and their friendship with Janet Livermore (Bridget Fonda), who is trying to win the affection of grunge-rocker Cliff Poncier (Matt Dillon). The film also has a number of cameos, including actors Eric Stoltz, Tom Skerritt, Peter Horton, director Tim Burton and the film's author/director, Cameron Crowe. From the musical side of the fence, Singles features appearances by Sub Pop executive Bruce Pavitt, musicians Chris Cornell (Soundgarden), Pa

Video: "The Sounds Of Life"

Yahoo Movies — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:54:00 -0500

Director Cameron Crowe discusses the importance of the music in 'Elizabethtown.'

Video: "Welcome To Elizabethtown"

Yahoo Movies — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:53:59 -0500

Actors Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, and Jessica Biel and Director Cameron Crowe discuss the reconnection of lost relationships.

Video: 'Elizabethtown' - Orlando Bloom & Cameron Crowe: Unscripted - Full

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Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is down on his luck: His father has just died, and he's headed back to his small Kentucky hometown for the funeral. But just when he's starting to feel like the world is treating him the way a baby treats a diaper, Drew finds redemption and a buoyed verve for life in his interactions with his colorful extended family and in his unexpected romance with Claire (Kirsten Dunst), a quirky and persistent airline stewardess.

Video: 'Elizabethtown' - Orlando Bloom & Cameron Crowe: Unscripted - Part 4

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Video: 'Elizabethtown' - Orlando Bloom & Cameron Crowe: Unscripted - Part 3

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Video: 'Elizabethtown' - Orlando Bloom & Cameron Crowe: Unscripted - Part 2

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Video: 'Elizabethtown' - Orlando Bloom & Cameron Crowe: Unscripted - Part 1

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Photo: Cameron Crowe and Orlando Bloom - 2005 Venice Film Festival

courtesy Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

Cameron Crowe, Orlando Bloom, 2005 Venice Film Festival