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Almost Famous (2000)
Billy Crudup: Russell Hammond
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Russell Hammond : [Russell grabs phone away from William] Hey, mom! It's Russell Hammond. I play guitar in Stillwater. Hey, how does it feel to be the mother of the greatest rock journalist we've met? Hello? Hello...? Look, you've got a really great kid here. There's nothing to worry about. We're taking good care of him, and you should come to the show sometime - join the circus...
Elaine Miller : Hey, hey, listen to me, mister. You're charm doen't work on me - I'm on to you. Of course you like him...
Russell Hammond : Well, yeah...
Elaine Miller : He worships you people. And that's fine by you as long as he helps make you rich.
Russell Hammond : Rich? I don't think so...
Elaine Miller : Listen to me. He's a smart, good-hearted fifteen year old kid with infinite potential.
Russell Hammond : [Russell is stunned]
Elaine Miller : This is not some apron-wearing mother you're speaking with - I know all about your valhalla of decadence and I shouldn't have let him go. He's not ready for your world of compromised values and diminished brain cells that you throw away like confetti. Am I speaking to you clearly?
Russell Hammond : Yes - yes, ma'am...
Elaine Miller : If you break his spirit, harm him in any way, keep him from his chosen profession which is law - something you may not value, but I do - you will meet the voice on the other end of this telephone and it will not be pretty. Do we understand each other?
Russell Hammond : Uh, yes, ma'am...
Elaine Miller : I didn't ask for this role, but I'll play it. Now go do your best. Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid. Goethe said that. It's not too late for you to become a person of substance, Russell. Please get my son home safely. You know, I'm glad we spoke.
[Elaine hangs up]
Russell Hammond : [Russell stands holding phone in stunned silence]
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Russell Hammond : If something should happen. maybe I never said this enough, I love all of you.
Dennis Hope : I once hit a man in Dearborn, Michigan. A hit and run. I hit him and just kept on going. I don't know if he's alive or dead; but, I'm sorry. Not a day goes by I don't see his face.
Leslie : Oh my God!
Dick Roswell : Look, I love you all too. You're like a family to me. Especially since Marna left me. And listen, fellas, I just want you to know, if I took an extra dollar or two here and there, it's because I knew I'd earned it.
Russell Hammond : Yeah. I slept with Marna, Dick.
Jeff Bebe : I did too.
Larry Fellows : I waited until you broke up with her, Dick. But me too.
Jeff Bebe : [to Russell] I also slept with Leslie, when you were fighting.
Russell Hammond : [to Leslie] You slept with Jeff?
Leslie : Yeah, but it didn't count. It was the summer we decided to be free of all rules!
Russell Hammond : [to Jeff] And you say you love me!
Jeff Bebe : I don't love you, man. I never did. None of us love you. You act above us. You always have.
Larry Fellows : Finally, the truth.
Jeff Bebe : You just held it over us, like you might leave. Like we're lucky to be with you. And we had to live with it, man. I had to live with you, and now I might die with you, and it's not fucking fair!
Russell Hammond : Please, enough!
Jeff Bebe : And I'm still in love with you, Leslie.
Leslie : Oh, I don't wanna hear any more. Shut up, Jeffrey!
Dick Roswell : Jeffrey, It's all happening.
Russell Hammond : What the fuck! Whatever happens, Bebe, you're dead.
Jeff Bebe : Don't be self-righteous, Russell. Not now, man. You were sleeping with Penny, that fucking groupie, last summer up until yesterday. Why don't you tell Leslie that?
Russell Hammond : Shut up!
Dennis Hope : I quit!
Russell Hammond : I'm gonna kill you!
Dennis Hope : I quit!
William Miller : "That groupie"? She was a Band-Aid! All she did was love your band. And you used her, all of you! You used her and threw her away! She almost died last night while you were with Bob Dylan. You guys, you're always talking about the fans, the fans, the fans; she was your biggest fan, and you threw her away! And if you can't see that, that's your biggest problem. And I love her! I love her!
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[Finally getting his interview with Russell Hammond]
William Miller : So Russell... what do you love about music?
Russell Hammond : To begin with, everything.
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Russell Hammond : And you can tell Rolling Stone magazine that my last words were... I'm on drugs!
[crowd cheers]
William Miller : Russell! I think we should work on those last words!
Russell Hammond : I got it, I got it. Last words - I dig music.
[a few claps]
Russell Hammond : [beat]
Russell Hammond : I'm on drugs!
[crowd cheers]
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William Miller : Do you have to be depressed to write a sad song? Do you have to be in love to write a love song? Is a song better when it really happened to you? Like "Love Thing," where did you write that and who was it about?
Russell Hammond : When did you get so professional?
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William Miller : [on meeting Stillwater] Russell. Jeff. Ed. Larry. I really love your band. I think the song "Fever Dog" is a big step forward for you guys. I think you guys producing it yourselves, instead of Glyn Johns, was the right thing to do. And the guitar sound... is incindiary. Incendiary. Way to go.
[He turns to leave. The band members regard one another for a moment]
Russell Hammond : Well, don't stop there!
Jeff Bebe : Yeah, come back here! I'm incendiary, too, man!
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Russell Hammond : Your mom kind of freaked me out.
William Miller : [places hand on Russell's shoulder] She means well.
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Russell Hammond : You know, I think we both wanted to, uh, to be with her. I guess she wanted us to be together.
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Jeff Bebe : "Rock 'n' roll can save the world"? "The chicks are great"? I sound like a dick!
Russell Hammond : [to himself] You are a dick.
Jeff Bebe : I never said that.
Russell Hammond : Maybe we just don't see ourselves the way we really are.
Jeff Bebe : Is it that hard to make us look cool?
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Russell Hammond : From here on out, I'm only interested in what is real. Real people, real feelings, that's it, that's all I'm interested in, from here on out.
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Russell Hammond : Hey William, we showed you America. Did everything but get you laid.
[William looks out the window and smiles]
Russell Hammond : No! Yeah?
All in car : No!
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[Regarding the t-shirt picture]
Russell Hammond : Can we just skip the vibe, and go straight to us laughing about this?
Jeff Bebe : Yeah, okay.
Russell Hammond : Because I can see by your face you want to get into it.
Jeff Bebe : How can you tell? I'm just one of the out-of-focus guys.
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Russell Hammond : [high on acid; laughingly, to Dick] Look at him, he's taking notes with his eyes.
[Violently grabs William and shouts to his face]
Russell Hammond : How do we know you're not a cop, huh? The enemy! Stop fucking looking at me!
Dick Roswell : [calming Russell] He's your guardian angel, alright?
[to William]
Dick Roswell : Don't worry, he only means half of what he says.
William Miller : [to himself] Which half?
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Russell Hammond : You, Aaron, are what it's all about. You're real. Your room is real. Your friends are real. Real, man, real. You know? Real. You're more important than all the silly machinery. Silly machinery. And you know it! In eleven years its going to be 1984, man. Think about that!
Aaron : Wanna see me feed a mouse to my snake?
Russell Hammond : Yes!
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Real Topeka Kid : You're Russell from Stillwater.
Russell Hammond : Well, yeah, on my better days, I am Russell from Stillwater.
Real Topeka Kid : Hey, you wanna go to a party with me at my friend Aaron's house? I mean, I know you're a big rock star and all; but, do you wanna hang with some good people looking to have a good time? We're just real Topeka people, man.
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Jeff Bebe : I'm always gonna tell you the truth. From the very beginning, we said I'm the front man and you're the guitarist with mystique. That's the dynamic we agreed on. Page, Plant. Mick, Keith. But somehow it's all turning around. We have got to control what's happening! There's a responsibility here.
Russell Hammond : Excuse me, but didn't we all get into this to avoid responsibility?
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Russell Hammond : I am a golden god!
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Russell Hammond : Oh, my God. Holy shit. Fuck! I grew up with that lampshade. I love this kitchen. I fucking love this kitchen!
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Russell Hammond : They say you're dangerous. You see everything. Most people... are just waitin' to talk, but you listen.
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Russell Hammond : [upon entering William's bedroom] So... This is where the enemy sleeps.
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Jeff Bebe : I can't say anymore with the writer here.
Russell Hammond : No, no, no. You can trust him, you can say whatever you want.
Jeff Bebe : I work just as hard or harder than anybody on that stage. You know what I do? I connect. I get people off. I look for the guy who isn't getting off, and I make him get off.
Jeff Bebe : [to William] Actually, *that* you can print!
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Russell Hammond : I never said I was a golden god... or did I?
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Russell Hammond : I grew up with these guys, but I can't play all that I can play. I'm past 'em, as musicians; but the more popular we get, the bigger their houses get, the more responsibilities, the pressure, you know - the harder it gets for me to walk out on them. What am I doing? I'm telling secrets to the *one* guy you don't tell secrets to.
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Russell Hammond : I'm never as good as when you're there.
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Russell Hammond : Write what you want.
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[Russell is on the phone with Penny]
Russell Hammond : Give me your address. I'm coming to you, this time.
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Russell Hammond : Don't worry, no one's getting hurt here. She knows Leslie's coming to New York tomorrow. This is the circus, everybody's trying not to go home. Stop looking at me like that.
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Jeff Bebe : And I also slept with Leslie.
Russell Hammond : You slept with Jeff?
Leslie : Yeah, but it didn't COUNT! It was the summer we decided to be free of all rules!
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Russell Hammond : Do you give a shit about a t-shirt?
Larry Fellows : I'm just hungry man; let's just go out and find some barbeque or something.
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Russell Hammond : [inviting William to join the group before going on stage] Get the enemy!
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Russell Hammond : I hurt the flower.
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Russell Hammond : iI doesn't sound like music anymore, you know, it sounds like... lifestyle maintenance, or something.
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Russell Hammond : I slept with Marna, Dick.
Jeff Bebe : I did too.
Larry Fellows : I waited until you broke up with her, but me too.
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Russell Hammond : [on the airplane during an electrical storm] Doris, we miss you!
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Russell Hammond : Well, tell your friend, Miss Penny Lane, to call me. Tell her it ain't California without her. We want her around, like last summer. Say it just like that.
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Russell Hammond : Tell her you're a slave to the groove. You can't help it.
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Larry Fellows : [singing] Handing tickets out to God
Larry Fellows , Penny Lane : Turning back, She just laughs
Larry Fellows , Penny Lane , Jeff Bebe : The boulevard is not that bad, Piano man, He makes his stand
Larry Fellows , Penny Lane , Jeff Bebe , Polexia Aphrodisia : In the auditorium
Larry Fellows , Penny Lane , Jeff Bebe , Polexia Aphrodisia , William Miller : Looking on, She sings her song
Larry Fellows , Penny Lane , Jeff Bebe , Polexia Aphrodisia , William Miller , Sapphire : The words she knows, The tune she hums
Larry Fellows , Penny Lane , Jeff Bebe , Polexia Aphrodisia , William Miller , Sapphire , Russell Hammond , Dick Roswell : Hold me closer Tiny Dancer...
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Russell Hammond : Is Penny okay?
Sapphire : Oh, the Quaaludes incident? Well, it wasn't pretty. She could have died. I always told her not to let too many guys fall in love with her. I guess I was wrong. One of them ended up saving her life.
Russell Hammond : William?
Sapphire : Oh, what do you care? I mean, we all know what you did to him. And everybody knows, even Penny Lane.
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Russell Hammond : We play for the fans, not the critics.
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Russell Hammond : Come on, man. Come on. Come on. Come on. Let's go find something *real*.
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Jeff Bebe : [Reading the fact-checkers notes] Rock and roll can change the world? The chicks are great? I look like a dick!
Russell Hammond : [Under his breath] You are a dick.