(2000) Directed by Cameron Crowe. Elaine Miller (Frances McDormand) is a bright, loving, but strict single parent whose distrust of rock music and fears about drug use have helped to drive a wedge between herself and her two children, Anita (Zooey Deschanel) and William (Patrick Fugit). Anita rebels by dropping out of school and becoming a stewardess, but William makes something of his love of rock & roll by writing album reviews for a local underground newspaper. William's work attracts the attention of Ben Fong-Torres (Terry Chen), an editor at Rolling Stone. Torres offers William an assignment for a 3,000-word cover story on Stillwater. Williams joins Stillwater on tour, where he becomes friendly with guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and Penny Lane (Kate Hudson), a groupie travelling with the band. Wiliam plunges into the experience that will make and shape him. [Drama | Action | Comedy | Music]