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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Crowe, Cameron
| Cameron Crowe wrote the screenplay for a 1982 film, based on a novel that he had previously written. What was the name of the film? | The Films of Cameron Crowe
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High. "Say Anything" was Cameron's directorial debut. He co-wrote the screenplay for "The Wild Life" in 1984, and "In Your Eyes" was the Peter Gabriel song featured in "Say Anything".
Amy Heckerling. Nancy Wilson is greatly involved in Cameron's work, often writing the score to his movies.
| "Singles" was Cameron Crowe's look at the Seattle grunge scene of the early 1990's. In the film, Matt Dillon was a member of a band. What is the name of the band? | The Films of Cameron Crowe
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Citizen Dick. The band was also made up of various members of real life Seattle band, Pearl Jam.
| John Mahoney has appeared in several films, as the lead's father. He did exactly this in "Say Anything", Cameron Crowe's 1989 film. What was his character's name? | The Films of Cameron Crowe
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James Court. He played Mr. Fitzpatrick in "She's the One" with Edward Burns. "Martin Crane" is his character from long-running TV series "Frasier". He played Leo Solomon in "The American President"
| Cuba Gooding Jr. won an Oscar for his role in "Jerry Maguire". What was the name of the character he played? | The Films of Cameron Crowe
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Rod Tidwell . "Jerry Maguire" also starred Renee Zellwegger. Her career soared to new heights following her role as Dorothy Boyd.
| Jerry, played by Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire" was fired from the agency by his rival, a character called Bob Sugar. Who was the actor who played Bob? | The Films of Cameron Crowe
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Jay Mohr . A man who uses the phrase "It's not 'show friends', it's 'show business'" What a charmer!
| Onto my favourite Cameron Crowe film, "Almost Famous". What does Elaine, played by Frances McDormand, tell her students, when she realises that her son will not be coming home for some time? | The Films of Cameron Crowe
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"Rock stars have kidnapped my son". It's a great scene, look out for the girl taking notes!
4. It won the award for Best Original Screenplay. It also received a nomination for Best Editing. Kate Hudson and Frances McDormand were nominated for their Supporting roles.
Stillwater . The actors playing the band members had to learn how to play their instruments to ensure a realistic portayal of the concert scenes. They even had band practice several times a week.
| "Vanilla Sky", Cameron Crowe's 2001 film starring Tom Cruise was a remake of a Spanish film, but which one? | The Films of Cameron Crowe
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Abre Los Ojos. "Abre Los Ojos", meaning "Open Your Eyes" in Spanish, was originally made in 1997. Penelope Cruz starred as Sofia in both films.
Kurt Russell. Kurt Russell met Cameron Crowe on the set of "Almost Famous" when he visited his step-daughter, Kate Hudson.
Steven Spielberg . The shooting of "Vanilla Sky" coincided with the pre-production of Spielberg's "Minority Report". You can also see Cameron Crowe in a cameo appearance in "Minority Report" as a passenger on a train.
| In "Say Anything" Lili Taylor plays the best friend of John Cusack's character, Lloyd Dobler. What was the name of the 2000 film in which she played an ex-girlfriend of John Cusack? | The Films of Cameron Crowe
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High Fidelity. Lili Taylor also went on to appear with Ione Skye from "Say Anything" in the 1995 film, "Four Rooms". They both appeared in the segment directed by Allison Anders.
His mother. His mum, Alice Crowe has appeared in quite a few of his films. She often plays a teacher.
| In the early 80s, Cameron wrote a book that was adapted as a movie. Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Judge Reinhold starred in this movie. What was the name of the film? | The One and Only Cameron Crowe
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Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Cameron adapted his novel to the screen for this Amy Heckerling directed film. Anthony Edwards, Nicolas Cage and Eric Stoltz all made small appearances in this movie before they were famous.
Singles. This movie is full of cameos from the pioneers of the "Seattle sound" that took over the music industry in the early '90s. Most of Pearl Jam had substantial roles as members of the band Citizen Dick, and Soundgarden even performed for the film. Mother Love Bone graffiti is displayed in another shot, constantly showing Cameron's love affair with both music and Seattle.
| What famous 70s era guitar player coached the boys of Stillwater in Cameron's mostly autobiographical film "Almost Famous"? | The One and Only Cameron Crowe
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Peter Frampton. This, in my opinion, is Cameron's best film to date. The story was plucked from Cameron's experiences as a teenaged writer for Rolling Stone in the 70s. Billy Crudup and the rest of the actors which made up the band Stillwater actually learned to play for this movie.
| Jason Lee and Tom Cruise both starred in a Cameron Crowe film for the second time in this mind-bending flick, can you name it? | The One and Only Cameron Crowe
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Vanilla Sky. This film was a remake of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 film "Abre los Ojos". Amenabar's first english language film was the highly successful Nicole Kidman vehicle "The Others". "Vanilla Sky" tells the story of a man who has it all, however his life falls apart after a near fatal car accident leaves him disfigured. Soon after the accident, he begins to see things and remember things that cannot be real, and eh slowly begins to lose his mind.
| There are many sing along scenes in Cameron Crowe movies. Can you tell me the name of the character who sang along with the song "Ricky, Don't Lose That Number" in one of his movies? | The One and Only Cameron Crowe
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James Court. James Court, played by the excellent John Mahoney, sang this song while heading to the nursing home to tell his daughter Diane she had just won a fellowship to study in England in the film "Say Anything...".
Minority Report. Cameron was a bus passenger who recognizes Tom Cruise's character John Anderton when he began his run from the law. Cameron also appeared in "Singles" as a reporter in a club, and his hand appears briefly in "Say Anything..." as the hand that changes the cassette tape in the party at Valiere's scene.
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