A young journalist goes on tour with a '70s rock band, and every note of his bittersweet coming of age rings true.

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In 1973, as rock 'n' roll begins its long slide into soulless corporate mediocrity, 15-year- old music fanatic William Miller (Patrick Fugit) stumbles into the opportunity to profile Stillwater, an archetypal up-and-coming band, for Rolling Stone magazine. Joining the group's magical mystery bus tour, the young hero gets a whiff of the sex-and-drugs lifestyle, witnesses the…

If you haven't already sold your soul to rock & roll, Almost Famous should seal the deal. It's pure pleasure. Just don't expect the dark side (Gimme Shelter, Sid and Nancy). Not since A Hard Day's Night has a movie caught the thrumming exuberance of going where the music takes you. Rock journalist-turned-filmmaker Cameron Crowe, 43, is drawing on his own rock boyhood. Crowe was only fifteen when he deepened his voice to sound older on the phone and hustled an assignment from Rolling Stone.…