Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Almost Famous (2000)

R1 America - Dreamworks Home Entertainment Extras: "The Making of Almost Famous" HBO Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (24:50) Production Notes (14 pages) Cast (10 pages) Filmmakers (12 pages) 7 The Rolling Stone Articles by Cameron Crowe Stillwater "Fever Dog" Music Video (4:43) Theatrical Trailer (2:29) Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R1 America - Dreamworks Home Entertainment Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Director's Edition Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut Audio Commentary by Director Cameron Crowe and Guests Audio Intro by Cameron Crowe (0:25) "Love Comes and Goes" demo by Nancy Wilson with behind the scenes footage (3:53) - Audio Intro by Cameron Crow (0:48) Interview with Lester Bangs (1:56) - Audio Intro by Cameron Crow (0:28) Cameron Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles - Audio Intro by Cameron Crow (0:20) - The Allman Brothers - December 6, 1973 - Led Zeppelin - March 23, 1975 - Neil Young - August 14, 1975 - Peter Frampton - February 10, 1977 - Fleetwood Mac - March 24, 1977 - Van Morrison - May 19, 1977 - Joni Mitchell - July 26, 1979 Cameron Crowe's Top Albums of 1973 (3:17) - Audio Intro by Cameron Crowe (0:08) "B-Sides" featurette (5:21) - Audio Intro by Cameron Crowe (0:31) DISC TWO * The Film - Theatrical Cut Audio Intro by Cameron Crowe (0:25) "Small Time Blues" deleted scene (2:55) "Cleveland Concert" full Stillwater concert (15:48) - Audio Intro by Cameron Crowe (0:38) "Stairway Sequence" deleted scene (12:13) - Audio Intro by Cameron Crowe (1:53) Filmmakers Biographies Production Notes Cast Biographies Complete Script Theatrical Trailer (2:28) DISC THREE "Stillwater" (CD) 1. "Fever Dog" (3:09) 2. "Love Thing" (4:13) 3. "Chance Upon You" (3:48) 4. "Love Comes and Goes" (3:48) 5. "Hour of Need" (4:36) 6. "You Had to Be There" (3:53) Subtitles: English HoH, French, Spanish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Theatrical Cut: English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround French Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Digipak Notes: Packaged in a 2-Disc Digi-Pack, with the bonus CD inside a separate slipsleeve and a leaflet with production notes. Easter eggs: 1. On Disc Two, head to the Cast heading in the Special Features menu and click on Fairuza Balk's bio. Press up to highlight the polaroid and hear some Crowe commentary (1:04) before viewing a nine-minute scene featuring Kate Hudson and Patrick Fugit exchanging lines ad nauseum. (9:03) 2. On Disc One, under the Audio menu, press right while on the #1 track (commentary) to highlight the center of the record. This will give you a short comment by the director (1:35) and show you a take between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Patrick Fugit that was interrupted by...well, nothing. (0:46) 3. On Disc One, press up while on the microphone next to "Love Comes and Goes" (under the Special Features menu) to highlight a polaroid. Hit OK to hear a quick commentary (1:07) and view a scene of Kate Hudson saying the name of Russell Hammond's legit love interest over and over and over again. (5:00) Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 France - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Collector's Edition Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Theatrical Cut Deleted Scenes - "Stairway..." (12:14) - "Cleveland Concert" (15:49) - "Small Time Blues" (2:56) Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Cast & Crew Biographies Theatrical Trailer (1:59) DISC TWO * The Film - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Cameron Crowe's Director's Cut (with Over 36 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage) Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe Lester Bangs Interview on BBC (2:02) B-Sides Featurette Including: Cast Auditions, Stillwater's First Show (Rehearsal Footage), Cast Rehearsal Tapes & "Love Comes and Goes" demo by Nancy Wilson with behind the scenes footage (9:11) Cameron Crowe's Top 10 Albums of 1973 Subtitles: Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: Arabic, English, French Theatrical Cut: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, French Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Theatrical Cut: English Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Germany - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Extras: Deleted Scenes - "Stairway..." (12:14) - "Cleveland Concert" (15:49) - "Small Time Blues" (2:56) Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Cast & Crew Biographies Theatrical Trailer (1:59) Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Germany - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Untitled: The Extended Cut Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Theatrical Cut Deleted Scenes - "Stairway..." (12:14) - "Cleveland Concert" (15:49) - "Small Time Blues" (2:56) Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Cast & Crew Biographies Theatrical Trailer (1:59) DISC TWO * The Film - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Cameron Crowe's Director's Cut (with Over 36 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage) Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe Lester Bangs Interview on BBC (2:02) B-Sides Featurette Including: Cast Auditions, Stillwater's First Show (Rehearsal Footage), Cast Rehearsal Tapes & "Love Comes and Goes" demo by Nancy Wilson with behind the scenes footage (9:11) Cameron Crowe's Top 10 Albums of 1973 Subtitles: Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Turkish Theatrical Cut: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: English Dolby Digital 5.1 German DTS 5.1 German Dolby Digital 5.1 Theatrical Cut: English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Japan - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Extras: Deleted Scenes - "... to Heaven" (12:13) - "Cleveland Concert" (15:48) - "Small Time Blues" (2:55) Cast Biographies & Filmographies (text) Production Notes (text) Staff Biographies & Filmographies (text) Theatrical Trailer (2:03) Subtitles: English, Japanese Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Easter eggs: Go to the Special Features menu, highlight either deleted scenes or cast biographies and press up, then enter to view a nine-minute scene featuring Kate Hudson and Patrick Fugit exchanging lines ad nauseum. (9:03) Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Japan - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Deluxe Double Feature Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Theatrical Cut Deleted Scenes - "... to Heaven" (12:13) - "Cleveland Concert" (15:48) - "Small Time Blues" (2:55) Cast Biographies & Filmographies (text) Production Notes (text) Staff Biographies & Filmographies (text) Theatrical Trailer (2:03) DISC TWO * The Film - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Cameron Crowe's Director's Cut (with Over 36 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage) Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe B-Sides Featurette Including: Cast Auditions, Stillwater's First Show (Rehearsal Footage), Cast Rehearsal Tapes & "Love Comes and Goes" demo by Nancy Wilson with behind the scenes footage (9:11) Interview with Lester Bangs (2:02) Cameron Crowe's Top 10 Albums of 1973 (text) "The Making of Almost Famous" HBO Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (24:50) Subtitles: English, Japanese Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Theatrical Cut: English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Easter eggs: On Disc One, go to the Special Features menu, highlight either deleted scenes or cast biographies and press up, then enter to view a nine-minute scene featuring Kate Hudson and Patrick Fugit exchanging lines ad nauseum. (9:03) Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Scandinavia - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Untitled: The Bootleg Cut Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Theatrical Cut Deleted Scenes - "Stairway..." (12:14) - "Cleveland Concert" (15:49) - "Small Time Blues" (2:56) Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Cast & Crew Biographies Theatrical Trailer (1:59) DISC TWO * The Film - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Cameron Crowe's Director's Cut (with Over 36 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage) Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe Lester Bangs Interview on BBC (2:02) B-Sides Featurette Including: Cast Auditions, Stillwater's First Show (Rehearsal Footage), Cast Rehearsal Tapes & "Love Comes and Goes" demo by Nancy Wilson with behind the scenes footage (9:11) Cameron Crowe's Top 10 Albums of 1973 Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Theatrical Cut: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Notes: Disc 1 is encoded R2/R5. Disc 2 is encoded R2/R4/R5. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Spain - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Untitled: The Bootleg Cut Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Theatrical Cut Deleted Scenes - "Stairway..." (12:14) - "Cleveland Concert" (15:49) - "Small Time Blues" (2:56) Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Cast & Crew Biographies Theatrical Trailer (1:59) DISC TWO * The Film - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Cameron Crowe's Director's Cut (with Over 36 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage) Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe Lester Bangs Interview on BBC (2:02) B-Sides Featurette Including: Cast Auditions, Stillwater's First Show (Rehearsal Footage), Cast Rehearsal Tapes & "Love Comes and Goes" demo by Nancy Wilson with behind the scenes footage (9:11) Cameron Crowe's Top 10 Albums of 1973 Subtitles: Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: English, Portuguese, Spanish Theatrical Cut: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Theatrical Cut: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish DTS 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Notes: Includes a 4 page pamphlet. DISC TWO is coded regions 2/4. Easter eggs: On Disc One, go to the Special Features menu, highlight either deleted scenes or cast biographies and press up, then enter to view a nine-minute scene featuring Kate Hudson and Patrick Fugit exchanging lines ad nauseum. (9:04) Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 United Kingdom - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Extras: Stillwater's "Fever Dog" Music Video (4:43) "The Making of Almost Famous" HBO Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (24:51) Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Cast & Crew Biographies Theatrical Trailer (1:58) Bonus Trailers for A Knight's Tale, Erin Brockovich, Charlie's Angels Subtitles: English, Portuguese, Spanish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Notes: Coded regions 2/4. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 United Kingdom - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Untitled: The Bootleg Cut Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Theatrical Cut Deleted Scenes - "Stairway..." (12:14) - "Cleveland Concert" (15:49) - "Small Time Blues" (2:56) Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Cast & Crew Biographies Theatrical Trailer (1:59) DISC TWO * The Film - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Cameron Crowe's Director's Cut (with Over 36 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage) Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe Lester Bangs Interview on BBC (2:02) B-Sides Featurette Including: Cast Auditions, Stillwater's First Show (Rehearsal Footage), Cast Rehearsal Tapes & "Love Comes and Goes" demo by Nancy Wilson with behind the scenes footage (9:11) Cameron Crowe's Top 10 Albums of 1973 Subtitles: Untitled: The Bootleg Cut: English, Hindi Theatrical Cut: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R3 Taiwan - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Collector's Edition Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Theatrical Cut Deleted Scenes Stillwater's Cleveland Concert Featuring 6 Original Songs Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Theatrical Trailer Cast & Crew Biographies DISC TWO * The Film - Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Cameron Crowe's Director's Cut (with Over 36 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage) Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe Cameron Crowe's Top 10 Albums of 1973 Lester Bangs Interview on BBC B-Sides Featurette Including: Cast Auditions, Stillwater's First Show (Rehearsal Footage), Cast Rehearsal Tapes & "Love Comes and Goes" demo by Nancy Wilson with behind the scenes footage Subtitles: Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 2.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R4 Australia - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment Extras: Stillwater's "Fever Dog" Music Video (4:43) "The Making of Almost Famous" HBO Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (24:51) Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Articles Production Notes Cast & Crew Biographies Theatrical Trailer (1:58) Bonus Trailers for A Knight's Tale, Erin Brockovich, Charlie's Angels Subtitles: English, Portuguese, Spanish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page

OVERALL: Draw

The US "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" has additional extras, though note only the theatrical cut has a DTS track.
The Japanese "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" has a DTS track for both cuts of the film and includes the HBO featurette, but lacks many of the extras found on the US 3-disc set.

Information on differences between the theatrical cut and "Untitled" can be found at Movie-Censorship.
CUTS:
- R1 America- Dreamworks Home Entertainment - No cuts: Theatrical version (123:05 NTSC).
- R1 Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Director's Edition America- Dreamworks Home Entertainment - No Cuts - Includes both "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" (161:19 NTSC) and the theatrical cut (123:07 NTSC).
- R2 Collector's Edition France- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts: Includes both the Untitled Bootleg DC and the Theatrical version.
- R2 Germany- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts - theatrical cut (118:10 PAL).
- R2 Untitled: The Extended Cut Germany- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts - Includes both "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" (154:54 PAL) and the theatrical cut (118:10 PAL).
- R2 Japan- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts - theatrical cut (123:05 NTSC).
- R2 Deluxe Double Feature Japan- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts - Includes both "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" (161:21 NTSC) and the theatrical cut (123:05 NTSC).
- R2 Untitled: The Bootleg Cut Scandinavia- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts - Includes both "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" (154:54 PAL) and the theatrical cut (118:10 PAL).
- R2 Untitled: The Bootleg Cut Spain- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts - Includes both "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" (154:55 PAL) and the theatrical cut (118:10 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts - theatrical cut (118:10 PAL)
- R2 Untitled: The Bootleg Cut United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts - Includes both "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" (154:54 PAL) and the theatrical cut (118:10 PAL).
- R3 Collector's Edition Taiwan- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts - Includes both "Untitled: The Bootleg Cut" and the theatrical cut.
- R4 Australia- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts - theatrical cut (118:10 PAL)
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 06/09/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 02/09/21

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09/07/20: Updated entries with runtimes, Amazon IDs.
10/07/20: Added Japan x2.
02/09/21: Added Spain.
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Almost Famous (2000)

R1 America - Dreamworks Home Entertainment

R1 America - Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Untitled: The Bootleg Cut - Director's Edition

R2 France - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Collector's Edition

R2 Germany - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

R2 Germany - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Untitled: The Extended Cut

R2 Japan - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

R2 Japan - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Deluxe Double Feature

R2 Scandinavia - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Untitled: The Bootleg Cut

R2 Spain - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Untitled: The Bootleg Cut

R2 United Kingdom - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

R2 United Kingdom - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Untitled: The Bootleg Cut

R3 Taiwan - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Collector's Edition

R4 Australia - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

OVERALL: Draw

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