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Cameron Crowe, Pt. 2: Backstage Passes and Lost Youth, Lester Bang & Jeff Spicoli
Podcast Episode | 99 min | News
In the second installment of John's conversation with Cameron Crowe about his new memoir, "The Uncool," the Oscar-winning writer-director explores his relationship with legendary rock critic Lester Bangs (and casting Philip Seymour Hoffman...See moreIn the second installment of John's conversation with Cameron Crowe about his new memoir, "The Uncool," the Oscar-winning writer-director explores his relationship with legendary rock critic Lester Bangs (and casting Philip Seymour Hoffman to play him in "Almost Famous"); the previously unacknowledged teenage suicide of his elder sister and how it fed into the complex family dynamics that compelled him to spend much of his adolescence on the road with rock stars; the end of his career as a music journalist at age 21; how writing "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" helped Crowe reclaim his lost youth and opened the door to Hollywood; and how Tom Cruise convinced him not to cut the most famous line in "Jerry Maguire." See less
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