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1	* AwardSnub: Despite the acclaim it received (including a special citation as Creator/RogerEbert's favorite film of 2000), the movie failed to receive a Best Picture or Director nomination. Particularly notable as it still managed to win an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for its Screenplay over ''Film/ErinBrockovich'' and ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', which were both actual Best Picture nominees that year (and in the case of the latter, the eventual winner).
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: All of the music, but the scene where everyone on the bus sings along to "Tiny Dancer" is particularly riveting.
3	* HarsherInHindsight: Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman playing Lester Bangs. Both men died of drug overdoses.
4	* MemeticMutation: "I AM A GOLDEN GOD!"
5	* RetroactiveRecognition:
6	** Creator/MarcMaron as the guy who fights with Roswell and shouts for security to "lock the gate!"
7	** Creator/EricStonestreet plays the hotel desk clerk.
8	** Creator/RainnWilson plays ''Magazine/RollingStone'' editor/writer David Felton.
9	** Creator/PauleyPerrette plays Alice Wisdom, the DJ talking with Lester Bangs in his first scene.
10	** Creator/JimmyFallon plays band manager Dennis Hope.
11	** Creator/RayPorter plays Mick, a roadie.
12	** Creator/JayBaruchel plays Vic, the Music/LedZeppelin superfan.
13	** Creator/PatrickFugit would later gain notoriety for playing the character Owen in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII''.
14	* ValuesDissonance:
15	** While Penny is barely conscious from a drug overdose, William quips about how many men she's been with before [[DudeShesLikeInAComa kissing her]] in what's portrayed as a heartwarming moment in a ComingOfAgeStory. This would ''not'' go down well today.
16	** Similarly, three of the Band-Aids playfully forcing William to engage in sexual acts to "deflower" him of his virginity status is treated as a fun, positive experience for him. Seeing as though William makes it very clear that he's ''far'' below the age of consent during the events of the film, seeing three grown adults essentially commit statutory rape on him is more than a little uncomfortable to watch in the modern day.

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