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Pennie Ann Trumbull (born July 3, 1954), also known as Pennie Lane, is an American socialite, philanthropist, businesswoman, and entrepreneur. During the 1970s, she formed The Flying Garter Girls, a group that traveled around the country as groupies for famous rock bands.
The Real Penny Lane: Pamela De Barres on ‘Almost Famous’. Pamela Des Barres (right), one of three women who is rumored to have inspired Cameron Crowe’s character, has been trying to redeem the...
Apr 5, 2022 · When I first saw Cameron Crowe’s 2000 movie Almost Famous at sixteen, wide-eyed and hungry for cinematic coming-of-age, I recognized Penny Lane. Played by Kate Hudson with bouncing golden ringlets and a draping fur coat, Almost Famous ’s central female character is iconic.
- "I Am A Golden God!"
- The "Tiny Dancer" Sing-Along
- The Big Goodbye
- The Strangest Coming Out Scene in A Mainstream Movie
- And Introducing Zooey Deschanel!
It’s probably the most iconic scene focusing on Billy Crudup’s character, Russell Hammond, lead singer for the band Stillwater and a stand-in for just any number of real-life rockers from which screenwriter Cameron Crowe drew inspiration. For what it’s worth, Crudup says he will never tireof fans coming up to him and delivering this famous line.
Arguably the film’s standout scene, this is the reason a generation of young movie-goers ended up learning all the lyrics to an Elton Johnsong from 1971.
There’s no shortage of tender scenes between young journalist William (Patrick Fugit) and supreme Band Aid Penny Lane (Kate Hudson), but this airport scene might come the close to summing up their relationship – a real connection that’s not based on sex or music but just genuine affection between two people who want the best for the other.
All the tears shed by Hudson’s character might lead you to forget that Almost Famousis a comedy too. In one of the funniest scenes, it looks like the band’s plane may crash, and confessions come out left and right. Easily the best of them is Stillwater member Ed (John Fedevich) announcing “I’m gay!” Moments later, the turbulence ceases, and every o...
While Deschanel technically made her film debut in 1999 in Mumford, most movie-goers first met her in Almost Famous, in which she plays a mod stewardess and the older sister to Fugit’s character. Fifteen years later, she’s still the cool girl, and she’s still rocking looks straight out of a mid-’70s period piece – and we wouldn’t want her any other...
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Almost Famous (2000) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Almost Famous: Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee. A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
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Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
