Follow the exploits of Rolling Stone journalist William Miller (Patrick Fugit) as he follows a hard partying rock band on their latest tour. Did I mention that William is still in high school?
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In the hands of some other filmmaker, this movie would have been yet another exploration of that old Nietzche quote about staring into the abyss. It would have been about the corruption of William Miller. About how he was never able to love again or trust people again or something else cynical. But that's just not who Cameron Crowe is. And lest we forget: this film is his life. He lived through the experiences dramatized here and came out the other side an affable, polite and easygoing guy. His life and his film are a testaments to that final line from Woody Allen's Manhattan: "Not everybody gets corrupted. You have to have a little faith in people."
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