80The members of Stillwater have a special name for their tour bus. What is it?
Answer: Doris
The band is reluctant to leave Doris behind in lieu of the private jet offered up by the record company...but eventually, they do exactly that. They later regret that decision!
82Who was originally cast to play Russell Hammond?
Answer: Brad Pitt
Pitt, for whom writer and director Cameron Crowe had written the part of the 'guitarist with mystique', worked with Crowe for months before finally admitting, according to Crowe, 'I just don't get it enough to do it.'
89Late in the film, William witnesses Russell okaying the bartering of the Band Aids (Penny Lane and company) to another band for fifty dollars and a case of Heineken. Which band winds up with the Band Aids?
Answer: Humble Pie
Humble Pie featured Peter Frampton, who acted as 'technical consultant' on this film, and even played guitar on some of the Stillwater songs.
92When Stillwater's private jet suffers mechanical failure and seems to be crashing, Russell Hammond begins singing a song. What song is it?
Answer: 'Peggy Sue,' by Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died when their small plane crashed on February 3, 1959 -- a date immortalized by Don McLean's 'American Pie' as 'the day the music died.'
93Finish this quote from Lester Bangs, the last time in the film that he speaks to William: 'The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with somebody else when you're ________.'
Answer: uncool
Bangs, in the movie, describes both William and himself as being extremely 'uncool.'
95William, in the last moments of the film, *finally* gets his private interview with Russell Hammond. The first question he asks is, 'What do you love about music?' Finish Russell's response: 'To begin with... _________.'
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