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When Russell and William are walking together to "find something real" the VW bus containing the "real Topeka people" drives by behind them 2 times over their left shoulder before pulling up to them a third time on the right side. See more...

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When Penny Lane asks William to go with her to "wherever", she asks him twice. The first time William didn't like the way he said it, so he asked her to ask him again while the cameras were still rolling. Cameron Crowe like it so much that he kept the entire sequence in the film. See more...

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Almost Famous (2000)

Directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Anna Paquin, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit (add more)

Genres: Drama, Music

Almost Famous mistakes

Mistake Continuity: Toward the end where the guitarist comes to talk to the kid at his house. He turns the chair around to sit in it backwards, but throws the shirt down onto the ground. When he sits down the shirt is back on the chair.

Mistake Continuity: When Russell and William are walking together to "find something real" the VW bus containing the "real Topeka people" drives by behind them 2 times over their left shoulder before pulling up to them a third time on the right side.

Mistake Factual error: The airplane that Penny Lane is on has small vertical stabilizers on the wingtips, which were not designed into commercial jets until the early 90's.

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Almost Famous trivia

Mistake When Penny Lane asks William to go with her to "wherever", she asks him twice. The first time William didn't like the way he said it, so he asked her to ask him again while the cameras were still rolling. Cameron Crowe like it so much that he kept the entire sequence in the film.

Mistake Stillwater was also the name of a real band that was active from 1973 to 1982. Ironically, they reunited and began touring again shortly before the film began production.

Mistake Peter Frampton makes a cameo as Reg, the road manager of Humble Pie. Frampton was that band's guitarist before he launched his solo career.

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