Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.
Direction
Crowe's sprawling funeral scene with a tap-dancing Susan Sarandon.
Writing
The legendary all-night diner conversation—pure romantic dialogue candy.
Score
Soundtrack so packed with indie rock it could be its own festival.
Director
Cameron Crowe
Orlando Bloom
Drew Baylor
Kirsten Dunst
Claire Colburn
Susan Sarandon
Hollie Baylor
Alec Baldwin
Phil DeVoss
Bruce McGill
Bill Banyon
Judy Greer
Heather Baylor
Jessica Biel
Ellen Kishmore
Paul Schneider
Jessie Baylor
Loudon Wainwright III
Uncle Dale
Gailard Sartain
Charles Dean
Jed Rees
Chuck Hasboro
Paula Deen
Aunt Dora
Dan Biggers
Uncle Roy
Alice Marie Crowe
Aunt Lena
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Crowe based Drew's shoe disaster on a real Nike recall, and the fictional 'Spasmotica' was originally going to be a real brand partnership until they read the script.
The film's theatrical cut was famously savaged at Toronto, leading Crowe to release a shorter 'director's cut'—yet both versions still include that polarizing airplane meet-cute.
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