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Cameron Crowe on Making the Lost 1983 Tom Petty Rock Doc ‘Heartbreakers Beach Party’ and Being Told by the Star: ‘Congratulations, You’re a Director’

By Chris Willman Oct 16, 2024 | 6:32 PM

Before “Almost Famous” and all his other directorial efforts, Cameron Crowe immortalized a different kind of golden god: Tom Petty. A nearly forgotten documentary he co-directed about Petty & the Heartbreakers in 1983, titled “Heartbreakers Beach Party,” has been pulled out of the vault and restored, for showings that will take place in theaters across […]