Despite of its popularity its one of the most underrated movies in history... I mean it’s just amazing. Especially this scene. This scene has an amazing vibe and it makes me so emotional.
That is cause of the epic cast.. If you look the cast most of them was not really that known till after Almost Famous.. But the movie stands on it own..
Ekin KIYAK Well, that's the thing about AF : everything about it is great. There's not a single damn scene that isn't great, at least in the bootleg cut. I still remember the look we had with my friends during the end credits... ("dudes can you believe how good was this fucking movie ?!")
If we are lucky in life, we've all shared moments like this with friends singing songs, drinking, laughing and letting the day unknowingly turn to night that turns to day.
The way he looks at the camera after "You are home" and how she lays her head on his shoulder is so profound. It's always given me goosebumps. I've seen this over 100 times.
My high school english teacher played this clip as part of his farewell speech to my senior class. He compared college to the road trip. He said there would be times when we would want to come back home, but we'd have someone tell us "you are home" and everything would be alright.
Im a senior & in high school and I can see why your teacher would and did show this clip and say those words because I know right know im scared for the future but soo excited for what It'll bring!!! Love this«3
:/ I love how my time line matches up w/ my tastes 🤦... I'd say I should feel cringey, idky. Bc I was just young and stupid... But this came out before I even graduated... 36 now and I wish I could just be young again. Bc then ppl would be like," 🤔 oh, just give her some passes. She's just young..." :/ 😅🤣😂. I click on one thing, search one thing, keep clicking, & sh just stays more in my feed. So now I got this movie stuck in my head & all it's random attachments... I def. related to the writer more... Penny's lucky she made it out alive... Does that sound cheesey cliche over the top? I was/ am kind of about that life... Huh? But I do remember lessons of random elders & peers... Bc even like penny tho, ...I'm the wanderer too... "Family doesn't hafta mean blood." Ok...
I just love how the band members were so mad with each other just a few minutes before this scene and then, all they need is music, the simple and beautiful music that reunites them and remembers them why they are here and what their dreams are. This movie means so much to me.
I think this is a great scene and very entertaining, but it just shows how superficial all of this actually is. A tour bus is not “home” for any of them, and singing a song together doesn’t actually resolve any of their underlying issues.
Not being "musical" I still have, twice, experienced the "power" of music as it lifted the performers into a different realm, one beyond the understanding of observers.
@@matthewbryan-taff1306I half agree with you and OP. To me this scene has always been about the power a good song can have on people. Like you said, this didn't actually resolve any of their actual problems with each other and they will continue being at each other's throats throughout the rest of the movie. For a few minutes though that suddenly doesn't matter and they all silently agree to put that stuff on pause to listen to a kick ass song.
Kate Hudson makes this whole movie, her performance makes everyone better and makes this film a classic. Her gleaming smile many times in this movie I think is just the best smile of all time and her sadness is heart wrenching.
One year ago, I watched this scene together with my mother on her death bed just four days before she passed away at just 59 years young. This was her favorite scene and one of her favorite movies. I chose to play Tiny Dancer at the funeral.
This scene depicts the 70s so perfectly. From the music, the lifestyle, the touring. It’s very seldom a scene can capture and describe an era in the space of a few mins. Well done all
Stuck eternally in the 1970s! Watching this movie is like watching my life as a teenager. Great music, great times. I was deeply in love, and 15. I married him one year later and we are almost 48 yrs of marriage and still deeply in love. Funny how the Spirit inside of us never ages, then we catch a glimpse in the mirror and stop cold in your tracks. What the hell happened? Who is this old woman?? Where did the time go?? In my mind and heart, we still look that good, but the outside means nothing next to sharing every minute of your life with your soul mate!! Thank you Jesus and Thank you, John.
In '73, I was 26 y/o--------I & my friends LIVED for the music, & for concerts. I've seen everyone . EVERY FUCKING ONE ! --------watching this masterpiece, takes me back, & with tears, I've seen the Bootleg version at least 10 times. It never gets old. NEVER. ------ALL MY HEART & LOVE, to you, Cameron Crowe , & all of the cast, especially Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Billy C., Patrick, & MOST OF ALL, RIP, Philip Seymour Hoffman . YOU sir, deserved an Oscar , as did Kate Hudson.----it was a time, the likes of which, we will NEVER, EVER, see again., & it was wonderful. I'll take being old now-----to, having been young ---back then. Guess ya had ta be there !--------MJL, 76 y/o
I know how good Kate Hudson was in this, but Billy Crudup and Jason Lee were the ones that really impressed me here. Seriously. If I ever forget how good they are, I just watch this movie. Ridiculously great.
Hoffman and McDormand were perfectly cast in my opinion. Lee was good, Noah Taylor was quite good, Kate was wonderful, but Crudup gives my favourite performance in the film.
As I grow older, I take Penny's 'you are home' in an even more meaningful way. To William, he's still that young teen wanting to get back home to his familiarity, and Penny says 'you are home' to reassure him that he is in his place of comfort - music, so he will always be 'home'. But I feel it's so relevant to life in general. We're always trying to return 'home', to a place of comfort and stability and reassurance, like scared little kids. But we are always 'home', with our feet on the ground, air in our lungs and the strength to power through. Ok, perhaps with no promise of another day on this earth, but we always have the moment, and if we keep living in that moment, we will grow and learn and never have to feel we aren't home.
I remember on my senior class trip in 2003 we went to inner harbor Baltimore, It was about 3 hours away. On the way home the song ‘I hope you dance’ by Leanna Womack came on and the entire bus started singing, even macho football players and it felt like this exact moment. I knew I would remember that moment and feeing always and still do 20 years later.
My mom showed me this movie when I was younger so basically grew up watching it, she just passed away a few months ago. So this movie means a lot to me. in this scene particular when penny does that, I do it to people all the time, cause its true home isnt always a place, but a person
I haven't seen any of these and I'm about to start watching them now. Can you please recommend some more? Also, a pretty amazing feel good movie is Little Miss Sunshine.
Little Miss Sunshine is great!! Watch Everybody Wants Some!! too. Its from the same director of Dazed and Confused, it is basically it spiritual brother.
Might be one of the best songs ever written. A guy at my brother's wedding after party busted this out on the piano and everyone sang, just like this. Will never forget that.
@@terrygracy8345 Yeah, and it turned out to be THE iconic line. She is on my list of fantasy loves. My wife agreed that if she showed up at the door and wanted to take me away she could... hers is Andy Garcia. haha
One of the most incredible scenes in music-movie history. Despite everything that has happened to the band, in the end the magic of Tiny Dancer reminds them that their love of music is what brought them together and made them who they are. I love it.
I'm a drummer in a Elton Tribute Band. Playing his catalog for years I find my self getting board every now and then but when we play "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and "Tiny Dancer" you can just feel the vibe of the theater/Venue get so nostalgic and you see little kids and their Grandparents mouthing the words. Then I realize why we do it and are privaliged to "Tribute" such a Iconic Artist...
For me, the underrated part of this scene is Billy Crudup's slow reintegration back into normality, with Elton carrying him along. It's very unrushed acting and potently effective.
Billy Crudup doesn't get the credit he deserves, and this scene is a great example of how subtle but powerful he can be, even in a scene with so many other people.
That scene with everyone is singing Tiny Dancer on the bus, William tells Penny, "I have to go home"! Penny runs her hand up to his face, and says, "You ARE home"! That scene always gets to me!
This is such an underrated scene... everything about it is perfect. The way they join in all together even though their mad, the way Kate Hudson starts to song kills me because of how powerful and confident she is, the way Russell sits their pissed and disappointed and finally gives in to the music. And this part especially kills me because Russell does LOVE the music more than life. Its everything to hims. It’s so perfect because this it what it means to be a band. The drugs, sex, tours & road trips, groupies, and journalists.. it’s the definition of rock band. And the song is just so wonderfully written by Elton john that you can’t not want to be apart of that kind of life after watching this. This song makes me dream of a life like this. And what makes it even more perfect is that it’s based in the 70s it’s like living in the “Golden music era”... well done to the screenplay who wrote this scene it was genius!
i wish i lived in this time. crying thinking about it. all of you out there who lived through this decade cherish it and love it as others will never live to experience this beautiful lovely chaos
It was nominated for best picture for the Golden Globes I think. It should have gotten the Oscar and Kate should have gotten the best supporting actress Oscar (she was nominated and she did get the Golden Globe). BUT here's the deal: Her mother (Goldie Hawn) got a best supporting actress Oscar for the VERY FIRST movie she did, so maybe they thought it would look like favoritism if they gave Kate the Oscar for the very first movie she did!!
I'm here to re-watch a great scene from a great movie and read the comments. It's amazing how people living across the globe have had similar experiences with a piece of art? We're more connected that we've realised. I'm writing this in the middle of the pandemic but I'm sure we'll emerge from it stronger and better.
Magical movie moment. I can't quantify what makes this scene so wonderful. Personally, it represents all the best things about being young and in a band. Kate Hudson is a composite of all the girls you fell for at fifteen, but were just out of reach. Just perfection.
I was fortunate to see him in the Coast of Utopia Plays (three plays at about three hours each all in a day) - he was simply amazing: passionate, fierce and charismatic.
Possibly my favorite movie scene because it takes me back to the early 70's. We had our group, we were tight, like family!! 40 years later it only exists in my memories!!!
They all forgot it was about making music with their friends and realizing this is exactly where they were supposed to be. Playing golf, fishing, camping, barbecuing, celebrating Christmas, going out to dinner, and a million other things, is all about making music and harmony. Life IS about making music with your friends and family.
Without doubt, one of THE most evocative and poignant movie/music scenes of all time. If you don't shed a tear watching this, you have a heart of stone!
This song picks up a seres of scenes where things are going bad for most of the characters and they start to feel disconected from each other. Then they're all taken togheter in a bus ride because of literal or virtual/social contracts and are slowly brought togheter by the one thing that put all of them in that position in the first place: their love for the music. That moment where nothing else matters but Tiny Dancer is the metapgorical "home", not only for William, but for all of them and us, the audience, at that point. It's beautiful and pretty damn smart if you ask me.
I first saw this film when I was 33 years old. I found it to be rather emotional. In a good way. I laughed, I would tear up, I would get angry, I felt young, I felt old. This scene always makes me long for someone to look at me and say with such conviction "You are home". This movie just worked!
Amazing scene - brings me to tears. A SF Chronicle movie reviewer, Mick LaSalle, said Almost Famous made Tiny Dancer famous, but I think that's crazy. It was a classic way before this movie, but is the PERFECT song for this scene.
He was dead wrong and I'm surprised people didn't come down like a ton of bricks on him for such an ill-informed and inaccurate comment. This song was HUGE back in the day. It's part of the soundtrack to a half-dozen of my memories of that time.
@@gibsongirl2100 10000% agree. No one called him out because he would have responded with one of his typical arrogant tongue-lashings about how wrong you were. At this point, I pretty much ignore his reviews but I just couldn't let that one ride. Insane. Also, if it wasn't already a hit, why did every single person on the bus know all the words and music? Mick LaSalle really showed his idiocy on this one.
If you know the song word for word then I just want you to know that you're one of the most amazing people on planet Earth and throughout the known universe.
Man. Just watched this movie again for the first time in years. Left my gut in a twist. Truly a masterpiece, in my opinion, and Cameron's best film. You just can't make something as magical again after this one. ""The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
thatainthay AF is indeed a masterpiece and Cameron's magnum opus to date ; Jerry Maguire is an awesome and delightful movie, but it doesn't have that stature - AF tells the story of an era and a generation, and is worth its extended cut. It's painful to see what he's been making since then.
Guys I don't give a fuck who was going to be in this movie the cast did a fucking fantastic job regardless of what you may think and the film as a whole is fucking masterpiece.
Despite of its popularity its one of the most underrated movies in history... I mean it’s just amazing. Especially this scene. This scene has an amazing vibe and it makes me so emotional.
That is cause of the epic cast.. If you look the cast most of them was not really that known till after Almost Famous.. But the movie stands on it own..
So they were all basically almost famous....;)
Great piece of Art!!
Ekin KIYAK Well, that's the thing about AF : everything about it is great. There's not a single damn scene that isn't great, at least in the bootleg cut. I still remember the look we had with my friends during the end credits... ("dudes can you believe how good was this fucking movie ?!")
Too much conventional, overrated in my opinion. Just a nice movie.
"I have to go home."
"You are home."
These are the best two lines of the whole movie.
It’s all happening
Favorite line ever
Good lines. I'd say the best two lines were...
"Jim Morrison??!!"
"Hes a drunken baffoon!!"
Not really, they don't make any sense.
Definitely, and at the perfect time during a great song that totally encapsulates the situation.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the evening is over. We hope you all enjoyed yourselves, and we'll see you all again in 1974. Good evening!"
Great movie. Promoter must of sucked
Wherever Kate Hudson is my 🏡
74" I was 14 where does the time go?
@@00tonytone the Jesus rocks
Nov 16 2020 .... maybe spring 2021 I don't know. I just know great music and film when I bump into them on that road.
Can we all just acknowledge how freaking legendary Elton John and Bernie Taupin were in the 70s? My god ...
They still are
The greatest
Without doubt.
No words needed they were awsome
“Timeless”
If I ever form a band, I'm totally naming one of my albums "Rock Stars Have Kidnapped My Son."
MagusMirificus the reason Kate Hudson didn't win is because some idiot called her Supporting Actress instead of Actress in a Leading role
MagusMirificus "Your mom is really freaking me out, dude."
+sunnchilde she means well
+MagusMirificus :D
*****
Actually, I have formed a band now. We're called Bosco.
THIS is how it's done, how you pay homage to Elton's masterpiece. That song on that Bus, is priceless.
and Bernie taupin
Yes!!!!!
that would be one of Elton's masterpieces, I'm with you
Tiny Dancer wasn’t a hit until after the movie was released, I think.
Tiny Dancer was a huge hit well before Amost Famous - ha ha
If we are lucky in life, we've all shared moments like this with friends singing songs, drinking, laughing and letting the day unknowingly turn to night that turns to day.
Special moments indeed
beautifully said!
@@frankinsaneandmyrrh1202 the words she knows - the tune she hums. Thanks for kind words. Peace and happiness
@@deeg8849 indeed, and to you too!
It is sad that some people don't get to experience that
The way he looks at the camera after "You are home" and how she lays her head on his shoulder is so profound. It's always given me goosebumps. I've seen this over 100 times.
@burteriksson Yes he does. Look again.
Fun fact, "you are home" wasn't in the script, it was improvised by Kate Huson. That may be one of the greatest adlibs, it made the whole scene.
@@sgtpepper1138 this too?! I just heard the scene where she was walking in rose petals after a concert was improvised too-Kate Hudson’s the goat
Kate is one of the most talented and beautiful actresses of all time 💜
Totally... this scene feels absolutely emotional for someone who has left home
My high school english teacher played this clip as part of his farewell speech to my senior class. He compared college to the road trip. He said there would be times when we would want to come back home, but we'd have someone tell us "you are home" and everything would be alright.
Im a senior & in high school and I can see why your teacher would and did show this clip and say those words because I know right know im scared for the future but soo excited for what It'll bring!!! Love this«3
So how has it turned out for ya?
I see you didn't learn a fucking thing in English class...
Your teacher was awesome.
:/ I love how my time line matches up w/ my tastes 🤦... I'd say I should feel cringey, idky. Bc I was just young and stupid... But this came out before I even graduated... 36 now and I wish I could just be young again. Bc then ppl would be like," 🤔 oh, just give her some passes. She's just young..." :/ 😅🤣😂. I click on one thing, search one thing, keep clicking, & sh just stays more in my feed. So now I got this movie stuck in my head & all it's random attachments... I def. related to the writer more... Penny's lucky she made it out alive... Does that sound cheesey cliche over the top? I was/ am kind of about that life... Huh? But I do remember lessons of random elders & peers... Bc even like penny tho, ...I'm the wanderer too... "Family doesn't hafta mean blood." Ok...
The scene where they remembered they were all there because they loved the music
YES! Exactly.
I just love how the band members were so mad with each other just a few minutes before this scene and then, all they need is music, the simple and beautiful music that reunites them and remembers them why they are here and what their dreams are. This movie means so much to me.
I think this is a great scene and very entertaining, but it just shows how superficial all of this actually is. A tour bus is not “home” for any of them, and singing a song together doesn’t actually resolve any of their underlying issues.
Not being "musical" I still have, twice, experienced the "power" of music as it lifted the performers into a different realm, one beyond the understanding of observers.
@@matthewbryan-taff1306but it is a way to establish a connection. Sometimes that’s all it takes.
I love how Russell looks like he’s gonna cry
@@matthewbryan-taff1306I half agree with you and OP. To me this scene has always been about the power a good song can have on people. Like you said, this didn't actually resolve any of their actual problems with each other and they will continue being at each other's throats throughout the rest of the movie. For a few minutes though that suddenly doesn't matter and they all silently agree to put that stuff on pause to listen to a kick ass song.
When my mother first saw this movie she cried.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
She smiled and said, “I remember those days.”
❤️
Crying reading this..
Special times...
😥👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Something tells me I’m going to have a similar experience with my own children in the future.
At least I hope I do.
The 70's were amazing!
Well, I'm almost 36 and I'm still holding out hope for my "You are home" moment.
You're not alone, pal
AlienHunter47 39 here feeling so desperately sad and lonely, I wish I was home!!!
Hang in there, mate. We're all in this together. :)
Yeah, same here.
You´r so rigth, me too
"Rock stars have kidnapped my son." I love how the student copies that down! LOL!!
Greg Walker I got that custom printed on a t shirt. Love it when people mention the movie when I wear it!
Uh, is this going to be on the test?
Not before the brotha with the "Say what?" face.
"Will that be on the test"?
Kate Hudson makes this whole movie, her performance makes everyone better and makes this film a classic. Her gleaming smile many times in this movie I think is just the best smile of all time and her sadness is heart wrenching.
She’s absolutely luminous in this movie
I found her distracting. Awesome movie tho.
One year ago, I watched this scene together with my mother on her death bed just four days before she passed away at just 59 years young. This was her favorite scene and one of her favorite movies. I chose to play Tiny Dancer at the funeral.
Bless
That is so sad ... and so beautiful ✌❤🎵
Just watched this film with my dad. My music taste was influenced by him. Made a new core memory with him :) god bless you brother.
Randomly reading your comment It comes to my mind; the Tiny dancer at the beach thinking of the ones she loved and somehow sending protección and love
This scene murders my heart.
RobotWookiee I’m late to responding but I never related to a comment more in my life
This scene depicts the 70s so perfectly. From the music, the lifestyle, the touring. It’s very seldom a scene can capture and describe an era in the space of a few mins. Well done all
it's like the same but different, I totally understand. I was on my own at 14,in Hollywood.
Oh the stories I will take to my grave
How do u you know?
it's like the same but different couldn’t agree more!
Were you there?
Agreed, Cameron Crowe nailed it.
How this movie didn't win an Oscar is beyond me, great story line with such great music. This movie is a absolute gem.
it did win for original screenplay
Should've also been nominated for Best Picture. And even win.
Everyone was obsessed with Gladiator that year.
Almost Famous won an oscar for best original screenplay.
Stuck eternally in the 1970s! Watching this movie is like watching my life as a teenager. Great music, great times. I was deeply in love, and 15. I married him one year later and we are almost 48 yrs of marriage and still deeply in love. Funny how the Spirit inside of us never ages, then we catch a glimpse in the mirror and stop cold in your tracks. What the hell happened? Who is this old woman?? Where did the time go?? In my mind and heart, we still look that good, but the outside means nothing next to sharing every minute of your life with your soul mate!! Thank you Jesus and Thank you, John.
Genuinely my favourite scene from movie history
+Rory Barnden Me too....Great fucking movie....I'm a movie guy and I just saw yesterday for the first time...I'm sure Elton John loves this scene.
+Rory Barnden just gives you the essence of the time, i agree one of the best scenes in movie history
my favorite is the look between "Penny" and William before he loses his virginity, I think it's beautiful
yes
One of the best time scenes from any movie imo.
I love this movie so much it hurts
John Williams oh my god yeeeeesssd my heart almost hurts after watching this
Me too man...me too.
Best comment ever
SAME
Hurts so good?
In '73, I was 26 y/o--------I & my friends LIVED for the music, & for concerts. I've seen everyone . EVERY FUCKING ONE ! --------watching this masterpiece, takes me back, & with tears, I've seen the Bootleg version at least 10 times. It never gets old. NEVER. ------ALL MY HEART & LOVE, to you, Cameron Crowe , & all of the cast, especially Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Billy C., Patrick, & MOST OF ALL, RIP, Philip Seymour Hoffman . YOU sir, deserved an Oscar , as did Kate Hudson.----it was a time, the likes of which, we will NEVER, EVER, see again., & it was wonderful. I'll take being old now-----to, having been young ---back then. Guess ya had ta be there !--------MJL, 76 y/o
Hell yeah! What is every fucking one? Who did you see?
This one will resonate with anyone 55 or older. I laughed. I shed a tear or two. Oh, to be young again, in the 70s.
I know how good Kate Hudson was in this, but Billy Crudup and Jason Lee were the ones that really impressed me here. Seriously. If I ever forget how good they are, I just watch this movie. Ridiculously great.
+Katie Herzig Have you seen "Rudderless"? Billy Crudup is ridiculously good in that.
Yes! He was phenomenal! Great voice too!
Mega Dan omg YES I listen to that soundtrack too much, especially after Anton passed...
Hoffman and McDormand were perfectly cast in my opinion. Lee was good, Noah Taylor was quite good, Kate was wonderful, but Crudup gives my favourite performance in the film.
Billy Crud
This shows the power of music, how it unites people
@Brian Schlanger then you play more music
Music is a catalyst of the soul
Elton John has badass tunes
Magic.
Music, Sports, Movies and Food bring people together.
I've never seen anything illustrate the unifying and healing power of music as well as this scene. Pure magic.
Believe it or not, before I saw this scene, I wasn't aware of how gorgeously perfect Tiny Dancer is.
This scene shows the power of music and how awesome it is between friends
J. Creller and
As I grow older, I take Penny's 'you are home' in an even more meaningful way. To William, he's still that young teen wanting to get back home to his familiarity, and Penny says 'you are home' to reassure him that he is in his place of comfort - music, so he will always be 'home'. But I feel it's so relevant to life in general. We're always trying to return 'home', to a place of comfort and stability and reassurance, like scared little kids. But we are always 'home', with our feet on the ground, air in our lungs and the strength to power through. Ok, perhaps with no promise of another day on this earth, but we always have the moment, and if we keep living in that moment, we will grow and learn and never have to feel we aren't home.
I remember on my senior class trip in 2003 we went to inner harbor Baltimore, It was about 3 hours away. On the way home the song ‘I hope you dance’ by Leanna Womack came on and the entire bus started singing, even macho football players and it felt like this exact moment. I knew I would remember that moment and feeing always and still do 20 years later.
An.d another 30, 40 years down the road, you'll still remember it, and cherish it even more.
This is maybe one of the best examples of using a song within a scene, maybe ever.
I'm sure I'm not the only one that can watch this scene for hours
the amount of serotonin this scene provides me is off the charts
When penny says you are home is magical 💓
My mom showed me this movie when I was younger so basically grew up watching it, she just passed away a few months ago. So this movie means a lot to me. in this scene particular when penny does that, I do it to people all the time, cause its true home isnt always a place, but a person
I’m so sorry to hear of your mother’s passing but what a lovely memory you can revisit at will now.
Love
When the fuc did we get ice cream wow that makes me happy.
Sometimes it's not a place or a person, but some thing, like music.
I just watched it and it's one of the best movies I've ever seen
Almost Famous
Dazed and Confused
Empire Records
The Warriors
Detroit Rock City
What more do you need in life?
Watch these movies and feel great!
I haven't seen any of these and I'm about to start watching them now. Can you please recommend some more? Also, a pretty amazing feel good movie is Little Miss Sunshine.
Little Miss Sunshine is great!! Watch Everybody Wants Some!! too. Its from the same director of Dazed and Confused, it is basically it spiritual brother.
+Nirinsanity you can watch rock star and rock of ages also. If you would prefer a little bit comedy there is school of rock
+Nirinsanity perks of being a wallflower and stand by me.
Empire records, one of my favourites!
Before podcasts existed, I used to play this movie on repeat. Like they were all my friends. How sad is that? lol
This is where I came in! I had never heard of this film, until I found the beginning of this scene when changing channels. And that was it...
Might be one of the best songs ever written. A guy at my brother's wedding after party busted this out on the piano and everyone sang, just like this. Will never forget that.
If you watch the making of, you will find that her line, "You are home", was improvised. Even more brilliant...
Seriously?!?
@@terrygracy8345 Yeah, and it turned out to be THE iconic line. She is on my list of fantasy loves. My wife agreed that if she showed up at the door and wanted to take me away she could... hers is Andy Garcia. haha
This is one of the best scenes in movie history and Im dead serious. Its emotional, you can like feel it in your gut somehow.
One of the greatest scenes in movie history. Within the context of the movie the song and acting is perfect.
Probably one of the most underrated films ever made.
Almost Famous was art with artistry ....
One of the most iconic scenes in the history of ALL of cinema.
So right!
One of the most incredible scenes in music-movie history. Despite everything that has happened to the band, in the end the magic of Tiny Dancer reminds them that their love of music is what brought them together and made them who they are. I love it.
I'm a drummer in a Elton Tribute Band. Playing his catalog for years I find my self getting board every now and then but when we play "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and "Tiny Dancer" you can just feel the vibe of the theater/Venue get so nostalgic and you see little kids and their Grandparents mouthing the words. Then I realize why we do it and are privaliged to "Tribute" such a Iconic Artist...
Elton absolute best period of creativity and thoughtful music.
bonnzzo play Crocodile Rock or I'm going home
Bored not board
......and my late husband was THE DRUMMER on Tiny Dancer!
@@theBellydancer1949
He must have had a few interesting stories to tell, Sue. God's blessings be with you.
For me, the underrated part of this scene is Billy Crudup's slow reintegration back into normality, with Elton carrying him along. It's very unrushed acting and potently effective.
Billy Crudup doesn't get the credit he deserves, and this scene is a great example of how subtle but powerful he can be, even in a scene with so many other people.
This scene is just pure magic. I can't describe it any other way.
That scene with everyone is singing Tiny Dancer on the bus, William tells Penny, "I have to go home"! Penny runs her hand up to his face, and says, "You ARE home"! That scene always gets to me!
One of the greatest movie clips ever
Takes me back to my teen years , the 70's were great . I just didn't know they would ever end .
keyman keys Me too, simple times, great music. History will pass to legend and legend to myth for soon there will be none who remember it,
Me too
This is such an underrated scene... everything about it is perfect. The way they join in all together even though their mad, the way Kate Hudson starts to song kills me because of how powerful and confident she is, the way Russell sits their pissed and disappointed and finally gives in to the music. And this part especially kills me because Russell does LOVE the music more than life. Its everything to hims. It’s so perfect because this it what it means to be a band. The drugs, sex, tours & road trips, groupies, and journalists.. it’s the definition of rock band. And the song is just so wonderfully written by Elton john that you can’t not want to be apart of that kind of life after watching this. This song makes me dream of a life like this. And what makes it even more perfect is that it’s based in the 70s it’s like living in the “Golden music era”... well done to the screenplay who wrote this scene it was genius!
Always loved the song. It is of my Era. Long long ago.
It really happened to the author of the screenplay!
not underrated at all. its probably the most famous scene of the movie.
i wish i lived in this time. crying thinking about it. all of you out there who lived through this decade cherish it and love it as others will never live to experience this beautiful lovely chaos
this scene is awesome despite not seeing the movie
Still amazed this didn’t get a best picture nomination
It was nominated for best picture for the Golden Globes I think. It should have gotten the Oscar and Kate should have gotten the best supporting actress Oscar (she was nominated and she did get the Golden Globe). BUT here's the deal: Her mother (Goldie Hawn) got a best supporting actress Oscar for the VERY FIRST movie she did, so maybe they thought it would look like favoritism if they gave Kate the Oscar for the very first movie she did!!
@@gravitytwo4088 This was not Kate Hudson's first movie, just her first (and only) Oscar nomination.
It did win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
I'm here to re-watch a great scene from a great movie and read the comments. It's amazing how people living across the globe have had similar experiences with a piece of art? We're more connected that we've realised. I'm writing this in the middle of the pandemic but I'm sure we'll emerge from it stronger and better.
Man this movie holds a very special place in my heart ❤
Almost Famous is a masterpiece.
Magical movie moment. I can't quantify what makes this scene so wonderful. Personally, it represents all the best things about being young and in a band. Kate Hudson is a composite of all the girls you fell for at fifteen, but were just out of reach. Just perfection.
I'm a girl but I get it!
When his mother said , “Rock stars have kidnapped my son.” , and the girl wrote it down. I burst out laughing.
This film is cinematic gold. Needs to be put on Netflix to teach the uneducated in music
One of the best cinematic moments ever
2:46 - that look breaks my heart. Billy Crudup is such an underrated actor.
Agreed
Big Fish is great, but yeah, he hasn't had as many great roles as you'd have expected.
@@UxCANxDOxIT "Waking the Dead" another one
He's beautiful... Loved him since "Sleepers"... Great film and he was ssssssmokin hot in it🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I was fortunate to see him in the Coast of Utopia Plays (three plays at about three hours each all in a day) - he was simply amazing: passionate, fierce and charismatic.
"Looking back...she just laughs...the boulevard is not that bad.."
Elton John and Bernie taupin were a dream team
Possibly my favorite movie scene because it takes me back to the early 70's. We had our group, we were tight, like family!! 40 years later it only exists in my memories!!!
My parents got married in 1974...I didn't get here till 1985. Freaking love Elton John's songs though.
Everything about this scene is perfection, particularly Kate Hudson.
I always cry when I see this movie.
Espescially this scene.
They all forgot it was about making music with their friends and realizing this is exactly where they were supposed to be. Playing golf, fishing, camping, barbecuing, celebrating Christmas, going out to dinner, and a million other things, is all about making music and harmony. Life IS about making music with your friends and family.
Forever bitter that I missed the 70’s. I’ll die mad about it.
What a fantastic movie and Kate Hudson is priceless!!
+tteague7 all she did was impersonate Drew Barrymore. I wasn't impressed.
+ted norton drew who?
peach xanax
barrymore as I said above
+ted norton barrymore who?
barrymore bodies !
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
BOB MARLEY!!!!!!!
The most perfect use of a song in a movie.
I had my "home" moment. 78 vw bus in anchorage alaska. Best time of my life
Without doubt, one of THE most evocative and poignant movie/music scenes of all time. If you don't shed a tear watching this, you have a heart of stone!
One of the most famous scenes in movies. Not the best, not the smartest, but one of the most famous.
I guess I could say the scene is....Almost Famous?
It's a bloody good scene. It doesn't do anything special in particular, but it gives off the right mood. I like it a lot
:)
This song picks up a seres of scenes where things are going bad for most of the characters and they start to feel disconected from each other. Then they're all taken togheter in a bus ride because of literal or virtual/social contracts and are slowly brought togheter by the one thing that put all of them in that position in the first place: their love for the music. That moment where nothing else matters but Tiny Dancer is the metapgorical "home", not only for William, but for all of them and us, the audience, at that point. It's beautiful and pretty damn smart if you ask me.
You are wise, Rocky. Exactly right. 'You are home.' Wonderful.
I first saw this film when I was 33 years old. I found it to be rather emotional. In a good way. I laughed, I would tear up, I would get angry, I felt young, I felt old. This scene always makes me long for someone to look at me and say with such conviction "You are home". This movie just worked!
One of the greatest movie scenes of any movie of any type....ever. 'Nuff said.
How does this not just put a huge smile on your face?
Amazing scene - brings me to tears. A SF Chronicle movie reviewer, Mick LaSalle, said Almost Famous made Tiny Dancer famous, but I think that's crazy. It was a classic way before this movie, but is the PERFECT song for this scene.
He was dead wrong and I'm surprised people didn't come down like a ton of bricks on him for such an ill-informed and inaccurate comment. This song was HUGE back in the day. It's part of the soundtrack to a half-dozen of my memories of that time.
@@gibsongirl2100 10000% agree. No one called him out because he would have responded with one of his typical arrogant tongue-lashings about how wrong you were. At this point, I pretty much ignore his reviews but I just couldn't let that one ride. Insane. Also, if it wasn't already a hit, why did every single person on the bus know all the words and music? Mick LaSalle really showed his idiocy on this one.
If you know the song word for word then I just want you to know that you're one of the most amazing people on planet Earth and throughout the known universe.
The bus scene always gives me chills
Russell looked so happy when singing
KoRn7734 Jason Lewis as Charles Manson 1:58
Anna Paquin is thinking will we kill him too ??? 2:01
Russell realises he is a dead man 2:03
Rock n roll needs to make a comeback.
That little affectionate back scratch as the song starts to kick in always gets me.
I love this scene so much. It is so beautiful and at the same time so sad. Those times are gone and you will not find people like them nowadays :(
Man. Just watched this movie again for the first time in years. Left my gut in a twist. Truly a masterpiece, in my opinion, and Cameron's best film. You just can't make something as magical again after this one. ""The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
So so good!
words to live by, bro
thatainthay AF is indeed a masterpiece and Cameron's magnum opus to date ; Jerry Maguire is an awesome and delightful movie, but it doesn't have that stature - AF tells the story of an era and a generation, and is worth its extended cut. It's painful to see what he's been making since then.
thatainthay I loved this movie. It did make me feel desperately lonely
"I'm sorry I can't concentrate, ROCKSTARS HAVE KIDNAPPED MY SON"
(Scribbles notes.)
(Nods)
Frances freaking McDormand.
Knocked the role out of the park.
Did you ever see the cut scene when they played Stairway to Heaven? She was so good....
It’s 2020 and this is still the greatest scene in movie history
Not even the greatest scene in the movie, that would be the plane crash scene.
"Rock stars have kidnapped my son" and jots down those notes will never stop being funny to me. One of my favorite scenes from any movie.
one of the greatest movie scenes ever filmed. ever. this is a fact.
Technically, that’s a strongly held opinion ;-)
Bold statement Cotton let's see if it pays off
@@outdoor802 LOL!
Best movie ever. Best scene. Best script. Best performances.
That is my all time favorite seen in any movie I've ever watched. Penny Lane......you ARE home. Goose bumps.
Everytime I watch this scene, it is just as powerful as the first time. Maybe even more powerful. The whole ambiance and emotion it provokes is magic.
I fucking adore this movie.
Chris Wolff instead of Hudson and Crudup they wanted Dunst and Pitt
BRAD PITT Blech.
They wanted Sarah Polley as Penny Lane. She turned it down.
I think she would have been good.
Guys I don't give a fuck who was going to be in this movie the cast did a fucking fantastic job regardless of what you may think and the film as a whole is fucking masterpiece.
"I AM A GOLDEN GOD!"
"i'm on drugs!"
Robert Plant said that in real life at the balcony of the Hyatt House
I dig music
@@jaderounder "I'm on drugs !"
@@jaderounder booooooooooo
Kate is just sublime magic.
The power of music in one short clip.
2:27 could be the coolest moment in movie history.
Steve Time Haha, yes, I found that character super cool in this scene (but only this scene :D) when I saw the movie as a kid.
For the record, that "actor" is a legitimately genius songwriter/musician named Mark Kozelek.
LordOfTheLemon yep, that's part of why it's so damn epic.
Barking Spider fuck yea
Barking Spider half the tickets are goneeeeeee - god I love this movie