The Last Waltz Page #6

Synopsis: Thanksgiving, 1976, San Francisco's Winterland: the Band performs its last concert after 16 years on the road. Some numbers they do alone, some songs include guest artists from Ronnie Hawkins (their first boss, when they were the Hawks) to Bob Dylan (their last, when as his backup and as a solo group, they came into their own). Scorsese's camera explores the interactions onstage in the making of music. Offstage, he interviews the Band's five members, focusing on the nature of life on the road. The friendships, the harmonies, the hijinks, and the wear and tear add up to a last waltz.
Director(s): Martin Scorsese
Production: MGM
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Metacritic:
88
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
PG
Year:
1978
117 min
275 Views


let me hear the song

' Switch on your electric light

' Then we can get down to what's

really wrong, really wrong, really wrong

' I long just to hold you in my arms

' So that I can, I can feel you

' Sweet lady of the night

' I shall reveal you

' Turn it up

' Turn it up

' Turn it up

' Little bit higher

' Radio

' Turn it up

' That's enough

' So you know

' It's got soul

' So you know

' So you know it's got

' Soul, baby

' So you know it's got

' Yeah

' Zi boo ba boogie,

zi boo ba boogie, zi boo ba boogie

' So you know it's got soul

' So you know it's got nothin' but soul

' Turn it up now

' Yeah, yeah, yeah

' One more time

' Do that one more time

' So you know

' Do that one more time

' Do that one more time

' One more

' Do that one more time

' Do that one more time

Thank you.

Hey, Van the Man!

Lawrence Ferlinghetti!

Let us pray.

Our Father, whose art's in heaven

Hollow by thy name -

unless things change.

Thy wigdom come and gone.

Thy will, will be undone

on earth, as it isn't heaven.

Give us this day our daily dread,

at least three times a day.

And forgive us our trespasses

on love's territory.

For thine is the wigdom

and power and glory...

Oh, man!

' May God bless and keep you always

' May your wishes all come true

' May you always do for others

' And let others do for you

' May you build a ladder to the stars

' Climb on every rung

' And may you stay

' Forever young

' Forever young

' Forever young

' May you stay

' Forever young

' May your hands always be busy

' May your feet always be swift

' May you have a strong foundation

when the winds of changes shift

' May your heart always be joyful

' May your song always be sung

' And may you stay

' Forever young

' Forever young

' Forever young

' May you stay

' Forever young

' Can I come home with you?

' Baby, can I come home with you?

' Well, I'll do anything

in this god-almighty world

' If you'll just let me come home with you

' Baby, let me follow you down

' Baby, let me follow you down

' Well, I'll do anything

in this god-almighty world

' If you'll just let me follow you down

' I'll buy you a diamond ring

' I'll buy you a wedding gown

' Well, I'll do anything

in this god-almighty world

' If you'll just let me follow you down

Thank you.

We got Ringo and Ronnie Wood

gonna help us out on this one, too.

' They say everything can be replaced

' They say every distance is not near

' So I remember every face

' Of every man who put me here

' I see my light come shining

' From the west down to the east

' Any day now

' Any day now

' I shall be released

' They say every man needs protection

' They say that every man must fall

' But I swear I see my reflection

' Somewhere so high above this wall

' I see my light come shining

' From the west down to the east

' Any day now

' Any day now

' I shall be released

' Down here in this lonely crowd

' There's a man who swears

he's not to blame

' All day long I hear him shouting loud

' Crying out that he been framed

' I see my light come shining

' From the west down to the east

' Any day now

' Any day now

' I shall be released

- Thank you.

- Thank you very much.

The road was our school.

It gave us a sense of survival.

It taught us all we know.

There's not much left

that we can really take from the road.

We've had our share of...

Or maybe it's just superstitious.

- Superstitious in what way?

- You can press your luck.

The road has taken

a lot of the great ones.

Hank Williams. Buddy Holly.

Otis Redding.

Janis. Jimi Hendrix.

Elvis.

It's a goddamn impossible way of life.

- It is, isn't it?

- No question about it.

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Mardik Martin

Mardik Martin (born September 16, 1936), is an American screenwriter of Armenian descent. He was born in Iran and raised in Iraq. more…

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