Billy Crudup (guitarist), Frances McDormand (AA nom), Patrick Fugit (William), Kate Hudson (AA nom), Jason Lee (My Name is Earl), Zooey Deschanel (sister), Anna Paquin, Philip Seymour Hoffman
ph. John Toll
Has a lightness of touch that makes 2 1/2 hour running time not seem long or padded; consistently funny.
As semi-autobiography (Cameron worked for Rolling Stone and in 1975 went on tour with The Allman Brothers for three weeks, aged 18) it catches the places and times brilliantly. Kate steals the film (when William tells her she was sold for 50 bucks and a case of beer she asks "What kind of beer?") as Penny Lane.
Why we didn't own a copy already... And I must write to Cameron!
Frances also good, running gag about pot...
The romantic plot is The Apartment, complete with suicide attempt (so sweet when he tells her - unconscious - he loves her).
When Penny asks William to Morocco and he says "yes, ask me again" he's out of character, asking for the line again, but Cameron liked it and kept it in.
The albums William's sister leaves for him are Cameron's.
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