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Article: Frampton's career comes alive again
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 30, 2001
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Frampton's career comes alive again
`Almost Famous' launches some good new days
By JONATHAN TAKIFF
Philadelphia Daily News
Friday, March 30, 2001
"Almost Famous" scored only one statue Sunday night at the Academy
Awards, for screenwriter Cameron Crowe.
But Crowe's autobiographical, rock 'n' roll coming-of-age film has
been a smash with music fans. Last week, it made its home video debut
and scored more than $5 million in rentals. Not too shabby.
No one's more pleased about the flick's ongoing success than Peter
Frampton, the rock superstar of the 1970s who served as the film's
technical adviser, supplied songs to the soundtrack and even made a
couple of brief on-screen appearances playing ...