Almost Famous Untitled Bootleg Edition DVD

Supplements:
  • Commentary by Cameron Crowe & his mom, Alice Crowe
  • Production notes
  • Theatrical trailer(s)
  • 2 DVDs and 1 CD of 6 Stillwater Songs
  • Two versions of the film: Almost Famous Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Director's Edition with 36 minutes of never-before-scene footage & the original cut
  • A new behind-the-scenes featurette
  • Deleted scenes with commentary including Stillwater's Cleveland concert featuring 4 original songs
  • Cameron Crowe's Top 10 albums of 1973
  • Shooting script with Cameron Crowe's notes
  • Original Rolling Stone articles with commentary
  • Nancy Wilson's original music made exclusively for the DVD menus
  • Widescreen anamorphic format
  • 3 Easter Eggs


    Release information:
  • Label: Dreamworks 87818
  • Released: 4 December 2001
  • Region: 1 : USA (NTSC)
  • Certificate: Unrated
  • Running Time: 161 min
  • Package Type: Keep Case


    Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 : 1 (Color)

    Discographic Information:
  • Closed Captioning: CC
  • Master Format: Film
  • Sides: 1 (SS-RSDL)
  • Chapter Stops: 24
  • Audio Tracks: English & French (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Format: Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Dolby
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: Universal/MCA
  • DVD Release Date: December 4, 2001
  • Number of discs: 3


    • Easter Eggs (i.e. hidden stuff) access instructions:

    Disc 1
  • From the 'Special Features' menu highlight the microphone that marks Crowe's audio introduction to Love Comes and Goes, and press the up arrow on your remote control to highlight the Polaroid photo at the top-right of the screen. Press enter to access a 5-minute 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.

  • From the 'Audio' menu, highlight the audio commentary and press right to highlight the hole in the center of the record that serves as background for the screen. Press enter to access the very first take of the first shot of Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Lester Bangs, preceded by an introduction in which Crowe explains why this particular take is so special, yet so haunting.


    • Disc 2
  • In the Cast section, from the first page of Fairuza Balk's biography, press the up arrow on your remote control to highlight the Polaroid photograph and press enter to watch nine minutes of multiple takes of a scene between Penny Lane and William on the tour bus, with an introduction in which Crowe explains how much of a perfectionist he is during filming.


    • Almost Famous Untitled DVD

    Supplements:
  • Music video: "Fever Dog" by Stillwater
  • HBO behind-the-scenes featurette: "The Making of Almost Famous"
  • The Rolling Stone articles


    • Release information:
  • Label: Dreamworks 87818
  • Released: 13 March 2001
  • Region: 1 : USA (NTSC)
  • Certificate: R
  • Running Time: 123 min
  • Package Type: Keep Case


    • Picture Format:
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 : 1 (Color)


    • Discographic Information:
  • Closed Captioning: CC
  • Master Format: Film
  • Sides: 1 (SS-RSDL)
  • Chapter Stops: 24
  • Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles: English (captions), English