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Bootleg Cut Blu-ray Easter Eggs!

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Did you pick up your Almost Famous – Untitled – The Bootleg Cut Blu-ray yet from Best Buy? If you so, you might be wondering if the very cool easter eggs from the DVD have been carried over? The answer is a resounding yes! Here’s the details:

  • #1 – From the “Special Features” menu,  highlight the microphone that marks Crowe’s audio introduction to “Love Comes and Goes,” and press left to uncover a blue vinyl record icon. Press enter to access the 5-minute “Leslie” scene that doesn’t appear in either cut of the film. Crowe reveals in his 1-minute intro for the scene that it was an homage to Truffaut’s Stolen Kisses.
  • #2 – From the “Special Features” menu, highlight “Stairway” and press right to uncover a yellow vinyl record icon. Press enter to access the very first take of the first shot of Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Lester Bangs, preceded by a 1-½ minute introduction in which Crowe explains why this particular take is so special, yet so haunting,
  • #3 – From the “Special Features” menu, highlight “Script” and press right to uncover a red vinyl record icon. Press enter for 9 minutes of multiple takes of a scene between Penny Lane and William on the tour bus, with a 1-minute intro in which Crowe explains how much of a perfectionist he can be during filming.
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Feb 4, 2011

Crowe Looks Back and Ahead..

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NY Post film critic Lou Lumenick catches up briefly with Cameron via email to celebrate the Blu-ray release of Almost Famous – The Bootleg Cut. Cameron also touches on Elizabethtown, Pearl Jam Twenty and We Bought a Zoo. Here’s the choicest quotes:

On Almost Famous, The Bootleg Cut & Support from Fans and DreamWorks

“It’s the one movie I’ve done that I hear about the most,” Crowe tells The Post. “Wherever I am, it seems, somebody comes up and says something about ‘Almost Famous.’ ” “Often it’s a button-down business type who looks like somebody’s accountant uncle, and they take you aside and say wistfully, ‘I followed Deep Purple to 25 cities in the early ’70s. ‘Almost Famous’ is my life,” says Crowe, 53. “And we have a moment talking about music, and vinyl. It’s the reason I made the movie.”

“We had the commercial capital, thanks to DreamWorks, to make the movie with all the love and time to get it pretty right,” Crowe recalls. “Big props to the cast, too, who really felt the movie as we were making it. Kate Hudson dancing on that arena floor will always be one of the favorite things I was very lucky enough to be behind the camera and watch happen. Movies tend to communicate the spirit of the people who made it, maybe that’s why it lasted.”

Crowe calls the 162-minute “Untitled” version, which adds 40 minutes and was previously available on DVD, “the full movie. The theatrical cut of ‘Almost Famous’ was honed through public screenings. On the big screen, I think the cross-country tour was a little exhausting for some people (just like life) . . . but for home viewing, ‘Untitled’ is made for you to put it on pause, grab a beer, and then back on the road to visit the next city. “Also there are some sub-plots in the longer version that I do miss in the theatrical version — for example Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee) has a secret coke problem and other little side-stories that I will always love. Either version is there for whatever mood you’re in, or how long you want to tour with Stillwater.”

On Elizabethtown

“Elizabethtown,” Crowe says, “was a big, open-hearted movie that worked for some people, maybe not for others. But for me it will always be about the final road trip, and the music of My Morning Jacket and Tom Petty and Ryan Adams. Also it was a chance to film in Kentucky and pay a little tribute to my Dad, who grew up there.”

On Pearl Jam Twenty

Crowe calls it “our equal-part tribute to Bob Dylan’s ‘Don’t Look Back’ and The Who’s ‘The Kids Are Alright.’ When I first moved to Seattle in the mid-’80s, that now-hallowed music scene was starting to come together and I was fortunate to have a front-row seat to the formation and the early shows of Pearl Jam. We gave them jobs on ‘Singles’ to keep the band afloat.”  “They became good friends of mine, and about 10 years ago we started talking about a project that would use all the archival stuff the band had never shown to the public. The time finally came to tell that story. Jeff Ament, the bassist and creative architect of the band in many ways, said to me, ‘I’m expecting to learn things about our little band that I never knew. I hope it’s a little bit like group therapy.’ ”

On We Bought a Zoo

Crowe e-mails that it’s “probably closest to ‘Almost Famous’ or ‘Jerry Maguire’ in the mix of comedy and drama. It’s a fun movie with a smokin’ cast, and I think everybody is bringing something new to it. We’re almost two weeks in, and every day has been a blast. It’s also a little bit of a tribute to the great Bill Forsyth comedy, ‘Local Hero.’ I’m really excited . . . tomorrow Peter Riegert, the star of that movie, is playing a juicy part with Matt Damon. Should be good.”

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Feb 1, 2011

Almost Famous: Bootleg Cut Blu Out This Sunday!

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Don’t forget that the Best Buy exclusive (at least for now) of Almost Famous – The Bootleg Cut arrives on Blu-ray this Sunday in beautiful High Definition and a sparkling DTS-HD 5.1 sound mix. On top of this wonderful news, it will be on sale for only $14.99! This is the longer, extended version, so hang on to your DVD so that you’ll have the theatrical version as well. Here’s a list of the extra features which is a nice combination of the extras from both of the previous DVD releases:

  • Cameron Crowe Audio Introduction
  • Audio Commentary with Cameron Crowe, Andy Fischer, Scott Martin, Ivan Carona,Mark Atkinson and Alice Crowe
  • The Making of Almost Famous (24:50) (Standard Definition)
  • Interview with Lester Bangs (1:55) (Standard Definition)
  • Cameron Crowe’s Top Albums of 1973 (3:52): (High Definition)
  • “Fever Dog” Music Video (4:42) (High Definition)
  • “Love Comes and Goes” Audio Demo (3:53)
  • Rolling Stone Articles (1080p)
    • “The Alman Brothers” — December 6, 1973
    • “Led Zeppelin” — March 13, 1975
    • Neil Young — August 14, 1975
    • Peter Frampton — February 10, 1977
    • Fleetwood Mac — March 24, 1977
    • Van Morrison — May 19, 1977
    • Joni Mitchell — July 26, 1979
  • B-Sides (5:21): (Standard Definition)
  • Cleveland Concert (15:45) (Standard Definition)
  • “Small Time Blues” (2:55) (Standard Definition)
  • “Stairway to Heaven” Deleted Scene (12:13): (Standard Definition)
  • Almost Famous Script (High Definition)
  • Theatrical Trailer (2:33) (High Definition)
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Jan 28, 2011

Dobler Army + Say Anything…Reflections

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Hopefully you got your 20th Anniversary edition of Say Anything… on Blu-ray or DVD. A bunch of stories hit the Internet to celebrate and I thought I would share them with you.

  • As you can see, an army of Lloyd Doblers took over New York to promote the release. There’s a nice recap over at Big Picture, Big Sound.
  • A look back at Say Anything… with Cameron was in a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly and is now in the Press Section. It’s definitely worth a read.
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Nov 3, 2009

Say Anything 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Release Set!

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Say Anything… will be re-released on DVD (along with its first Blu-ray release) on November 3rd. I’m happy that the … has returned to the title.

This 20th anniversary edition BD carries over all of the bonus materials of the previous DVD edition and adds four new features (a trivia track and three featurettes.) Two of the features (the trivia track and one featurette are Blu-ray exclusives).

Special features include:

  • Intro and commentary by Cameron Crowe, John Cusack and Ione Skye
  • Trivia track: To Know Say Anything… is to Love It! (BD-exclusive)
  • Featurettes:
    • An Iconic Film Revisited: Say Anything… 20 Years Later (BD exclusive)
    • A Conversation with Cameron Crowe(new!)
    • I Love Say Anything…!(new!)
    • Vintage featurette
  • Alternate scenes (with optional commentary by Cameron Crowe)
  • Deleted and extended scenes
  • Theatrical trailers
  • TV spots
  • Photo gallery
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Aug 15, 2009

More Blu-ray Goodness

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Another excellent Blu-ray is on the way(November 18th)…If you recall, the original DVD has liner notes from Cameron and this Hi-Def version will as well.

Paul McCartney: The Space Within US BLU-RAY EDITION

In 2005, rock legend Paul McCartney crossed America with his record-breaking, sold out US tour. Now, harnessing the power of more than 25 hi-definition cameras and the thunder of 5.1 digital surround sound, PAUL McCARTNEY: THE SPACE WITHIN US captures this epic experience on Blu-ray.Better than a front-row seat, this feature-length concert film takes viewers onto the stage and beyond, capturing Paul’s out of this world performance–which was beamed to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station who wake up to some “English Tea” with Paul and the band through a live feed from the tour.

 

Songlist: Magical Mystery Tour / Flaming Pie / Maybe I’m Amazed / Eleanor Rigby / Let Me Roll It / Drive My Car / Got To Get You Into My Life / Till There Was You / I Will / Fine Line / Good Day Sunshine / Fixing a Hole / Hey Jude / Too Many People / Penny Lane / English Tea / I’ve Got a Feeling / Follow Me / Jenny Wren / Helter Skelter / Yesterday / Get Back

Extras Include: Sound Check Songs “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Friends to Go,” and “How Kind of You”; More About US–Extensive Interviews with Paul McCartney, the Band, and the US Tour Crew; US Tour Pre-Show Film; On The Road With US; Liner Notes Introduction by Cameron Crowe; Song Selections

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Oct 10, 2008

Risky Business Returns

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Don’t miss the recently released 25th anniversary of Risky Business on standard DVD and Blu-ray. It’s never looked better with a gorgeous new remastered version of the film. Amongst the extras:

  • Commentary track with director Paul Brickman, producer Jon Avnet and star Tom Cruise.
  • A retrospective 25 minute documentary with thoughts from cast and crew (Paul Brickman, Jon Avnet, Tom Cruise, Rebecca DeMornay, Bronson Pinchot, Joe Pantoliano and Curtis Armstrong). You’ll also hear from Cameron Crowe and Amy Heckerling (director of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless).
  • An alternate ending
  • Theatrical Trailer
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Sep 27, 2008

Jerry Blu Reviews

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If you live in the U.S. or Canada, you can pick up your copy of Jerry Maguire on Blu-ray today! Here’s some reviews of the new high def release:

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Sep 9, 2008

  • Almost Famous- Paramount+, AMC+
  • David Crosby: Remember My Name- Starz
  • Elizabethtown- FUBO
  • Say Anything...- Disney+, Hulu, AMC+
  • Vanilla Sky- Paramount+,Showtime
  • We Bought A Zoo- Disney+, Roku