History Film / AlmostFamous

* LennonSpecs: Penny Lane wears these (and one of the advertising posters was a closeup of Kate Hudson wearing them.)

* TheQuietOne: Stillwater's drummer. [[ComingOutStory His only line]] happens to be utterly hilarious.

* RealPersonCameo: Cameron Crowe's mother is handing out diplomas at the graduation ceremony that William Miller misses.

BittersweetEnding: More on the sweet side. [[spoiler: Russell makes things right with William and Rolling Stone, finally grants William an interview, and the two part on good terms. William's Stillwater article is published, raising the band's profile, and officially establishing William as a rock journalist. William's mother and sister have reconciled. Penny embarks on her year in Morocco, signaling that she's ready to move on]]. On the bitter side, [[spoiler: Russell's relationship with Leslie is over, and its presumed that he's lost any chance of a relationship with Penny. It's also assumed the band may not last much longer due to the tensions between Russell and Jeff. In the director's cut, Jeff and Russell have a heart-to-heart at the end of the tour that is civil, but still lined with uncertainty]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Inverted. Cameron Crowe in real life becomes William Miller in the movie.

* [[ChristmasInJuly Christmas In September]]: William's mother does this so they can celebrate the holiday "without commercialism".
* BittersweetEnding: More on the sweet side. [[spoiler: Russell makes things right with William and Rolling Stone, finally grants William an interview, and the two part on good terms. William's Stillwater article is published, raising the band's profile, and officially establishing William as a rock journalist. William's mother and sister have reconciled. Penny embarks on her year in Morocco, signaling that she's ready to move on]]. On the bitter side, [[spoiler: Russell's relationship with Leslie is over, and its presumed that he's lost any chance of a relationship with Penny. It's also assumed the band may not last much longer due to the tensions between Russell and Jeff. In the director's cut, Jeff and Russell have a heart-to-heart at the end of the tour that is civil, but still lined with uncertainty]].

* YourCheatingHeart: It’s gradually made clear that Russell is cheating on his wife, Leslie, with Penny while out on the road.
** During the airplane scene, [[spoiler: Jeff confesses that he slept with Leslie behind Russell’s back, and that he’s still in love with her. And right before that, three members of the band admit to their manager, Dick, that they all slept with his now ex-wife.]]

* BittersweetEnding: More on the sweet side. [[spoiler: Russell makes things right with William and Rolling Stones, finally grants William an interview, and the two part on good terms. William's Stillwater article is published, raising the band's profile, and officially establishing William as a rock journalist. William's mother and sister have reconciled. Penny embarks on her year in Morocco, signaling that she's ready to move on]]. On the bitter side, [[spoiler: Russell's relationship with Leslie is over, and its presumed that he's lost any chance of a relationship with Penny. It's also assumed the band may not last much longer due to the tensions between Russell and Jeff. In the director's cut, Jeff and Russell have a heart-to-heart at the end of the tour that is civil, but still lined with uncertainty]].

* BittersweetEnding: More on the sweet side. [[spoiler: Russell makes things right with William and Rolling Stones, finally grants William an interview, and the two part on good terms. William's Stillwater article is published, raising the band's profile, and officially establishing William as a rock journalist. William's mother and sister have reconciled. Penny embarks on her year in Morocco, signaling that she's ready to move on]]. One the bitter side, [[spoiler: Russell's relationship with Leslie is over, and its presumed that he's lost any chance of a relationship with Penny. It's also assumed the band may not last much longer due to the tensions between Russell and Jeff. In the director's cut, Jeff and Russell have a heart-to-heart at the end of the tour that is civil, but still lined with uncertainty]].

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: While dropping William off at a concert, his mother loudly calls out "Don't take drugs!" to him, to the mockery of the other concertgoers.

* {{Adorkable}}: William.

* DiegeticSwitch: The famous "Tiny Dancer" sing-a-long is a reversed example of this. When the song starts it's clearly soundtrack music: the opening bars start before Russell gets on the bus and continue as the bus leaves Topeka and reaches Kansas farmland. Then, when the drummer starts beating time with the song, it becomes clear that the song is playing on the bus as diegetic music.

* FishOutOfWater: At first, William, off on adventure with Stillwater.
* GilliganCut: Lester Bangs [[WalkAndTalk walks and talks]] with William for a while, then says goodbye, shrugs, and says "I can't just stand around talking to my many fans." Cut to Lester and William eating in a diner, having clearly talked for hours.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn:

* TitleDrop: Sign on the front of the Stillwater tour bus.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: When William tells Stillwater they're going to be on the cover of ''Magazine/RollingStone'', Jeff starts geeking out, and then leads the band and their friends into an impromptu version of [[Creator/ShelSilverstein The Cover of the Rolling Stone]]".

%%* AlmightyMom

* TheIshmael: The movie is told from the viewpoint of William, but the core of the story is the discoveries he has about the band and their [[strike:Groupies]] Band Aids. The real character journeys are Russel and Penny as they deal with their place in the band and rising stardom.

** And in the same hotel, he is told to "Blow me!" by comedian Leonard Barr (the real Leonard Barr played Shady Tree in Diamonds are Forever.)