_Almost Famous_ opened September 15, 2000, on a $60 million budget (according to Box Office Mojo) and grossed $47.4 million worldwide. That meant a $12.6 million shortfall before marketing spend.

By the time you factor in print and advertising (typically 50% of production budget at the time), the total loss lands in the $30 million-plus range.

Roger Ebert gave it four stars and included it…

In Fatih Akin’s coming-of-age drama, a twelve-year-old German islander witnesses the end of the Second World War from a perilous, momentous remove.

Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what it’s like to grow up.

Turning sixteen is considered a _milestone_. It symbolizes the beginning of the transition from _childhood_ to _young adulthood_, and the start of new privileges, responsibilities, and identities.

Many families celebrate this new chapter with some kind of “Sweet 16” ritual. Depending on one’s culture, it might go by a different name, such as a bar/bat mitzvah (when a boy/girl turns 13 in…