After becoming the youngest-ever contributor at Rolling Stone (an experience he encapsulated beautifully in his Academy Award-winning film Almost Famous) and posing as an undercover student at a San Diego high school (a year which inspired his first screenwriting effort, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Cameron Crowe has given the world some of its most heartwarming films like Say Anything, Singles, Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous. Join as we celebrate the writer/director's 54th by pinpointing his best moment on film.
There are so many moments to choose from -- even from Crowe's lesser-loved movies Vanilla Sky and Elizabethtown -- but who can forget the heart-crushing moment in Almost Famous when Patrick Fugit (Crowe's teenage supplant) gives Kate Hudson's Penny Lane a reality check.
Or the moment in Crowe's feature directorial debut Say Anything when John Cusack's Lloyd Dobler tells Diane Court's (Ione Skye) father about his plans for the future.
Or the pivotal scene in Jerry Maguire when Tom Cruise's title character tries to rally an agency-wide walkout...and ends up with a goldfish named "Flipper" and a 26-year-old single mother (Renée Zellweger).
Please join us in wishing Cameron Crowe a happy birthday by sharing your favorite screen moment of his in the space below! Crowe's new film, We Bought a Zoo, arrives in theaters this December.