Almost Famous (2000)

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Came from

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Led to

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Garden State: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Almost Famous ⇒ Garden State (the host's read). Almost Famous, more than Vanilla Sky, gave birth to the Garden State style.
    “Well, probably almost famous gave birth to garden state more than this did.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:18:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Adventureland: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Adventureland → Almost Famous. Bill asks Juliet if they'd quit if the show covered Adventureland without her; she says she'd quit only for Almost Famous.
    “I would be pretty upset, but I think quitting would only be for almost famous.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:22:08 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them)

Billy Crudup: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Billy Crudup → Almost Famous. Crudup had his moment as the charming lead of Almost Famous.
    “I mean, obviously, I think Kritup is charming and like almost famous.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:22:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Garden State: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Almost Famous → Garden State. Almost Famous, more than Vanilla Sky, gave birth to the Garden State style.
    “Well, probably almost famous gave birth to garden state more than this did.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:18:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jason Lee: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Jason Lee → Almost Famous. Jason Lee is great in Almost Famous and okay in this one.
    “I actually like Jason Lee in this, and I like him a lot and almost famous.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:59:10 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Vanilla Sky: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Almost Famous → Vanilla Sky. Almost Famous is the bridge: already more precious and less realistic than Jerry Maguire, before it tips over here.
    “it's a definite bridge because, yes, it is more precious than Jerry Maguire.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:18:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Zodiac: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Zodiac → Almost Famous. AI cut-your-own-runtime fantasy: trim Zodiac to 97 minutes; instead Bill watched the bootleg Almost Famous with 35 extra minutes.
    “we watch the bootleg cut the 2nd time, which has like 35 minutes of additional scenes.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:20:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

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career (2)

  1. career (career): Billy Crudup → Almost Famous. Crudup had his moment as the charming lead of Almost Famous.
    “I mean, obviously, I think Kritup is charming and like almost famous.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:22:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Jason Lee → Almost Famous. Jason Lee is great in Almost Famous and okay in this one.
    “I actually like Jason Lee in this, and I like him a lot and almost famous.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:59:10 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Almost Famous → Vanilla Sky. Almost Famous is the bridge: already more precious and less realistic than Jerry Maguire, before it tips over here.
    “it's a definite bridge because, yes, it is more precious than Jerry Maguire.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:18:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Almost Famous → Garden State. Almost Famous, more than Vanilla Sky, gave birth to the Garden State style.
    “Well, probably almost famous gave birth to garden state more than this did.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:18:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Zodiac → Almost Famous. AI cut-your-own-runtime fantasy: trim Zodiac to 97 minutes; instead Bill watched the bootleg Almost Famous with 35 extra minutes.
    “we watch the bootleg cut the 2nd time, which has like 35 minutes of additional scenes.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:20:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Adventureland → Almost Famous. Bill asks Juliet if they'd quit if the show covered Adventureland without her; she says she'd quit only for Almost Famous.
    “I would be pretty upset, but I think quitting would only be for almost famous.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:22:08 · Juliet Litman (0.85 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Almost Famous: Bill's family watched the bootleg cut and decided which 35 minutes of deleted scenes deserved to stay.
    “I would say there's probably 3 scenes that they could have added.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:21:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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