The Last Waltz Page #3

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
266 Views


' And it makes no difference where I turn

' I can't get over you

and the flame still burns

' And it makes no difference, night or day

' The shadow never seems to fade away

' And the sun don't shine any more

' And the rains fall down on my door

' Well, these old love letters

' Well, I just can't keep them

' Cos, like the gambler says

' Read 'em and weep

' And the dawn don't rescue me no more

' Without your love I have nothing at all

' Like an empty hall, it's a lonely fall

' Since you've been gone,

it's a losing battle

' Stampeding cattle they rattle the walls

' And the sun don't shine any more

' And the rains fall down on my door

' Well, I love you so much

' And it's all I can do

' Just to keep myself from telling you

' That I never felt so alone before

Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,

And smale foweles maken melodye,

That slepen al the nyght with open eye-

So priketh hem Nature in hir corages;

Thanne longen folk to goon

on pilgrimages

To ferne halwes,

kowthe in sondry londes;

And specially from every shires ende

Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,

The hooly blisful martir for the seke

That hem hath holpen,

whan that they were seeke

Michael McClure!

You all know Doctor John?

Mac Rebennack. Come on, Mac.

In thankfulness to The Band

and all the fellas.

Two, three, four, one...

' Such a night

' Such a night

' Sweet confusion

' under the moonlight

' Such a night

' Such a night

' Got to steal away

' The time seems right

' When your eyes met mine

' At a glance

' You let me know

' This was my chance

' You came in with my best friend Jim

' See I aim da-da-da

to steal you away from him

' Oh, baby, if I don't do it,

somebody else will

' If I don't do it, somebody else will

' If I don't do it, somebody else will

' If I don't do it, somebody else will

' Such a night

' Such a night

' Sweet confusion

' under the moonlight

' Such a night

' Such a night

' Got to steal away

' The time seems right

' Baby, I couldn't believe my ears

' My heart just skipped a little beat

' You told me we could slip away

' Down the dark end of the street

' Baby, you came in

with my best friend Jim

' See, I aim da-da-da

to steal you away from him, baby

' If I don't do it, somebody else will

' If I don't do it,

you know somebody else will

' If I don't do it, somebody else will

' If I don't do it, somebody else will

Hey!

The Doctor!

Everybody knows him.

You know this guy, I bet.

- Thank you, man, for letting me do this.

- Oh, sh*t. Are you kidding?

Are you kidding?

I'd just like to say before I start

that it's one of the pleasures of my life

to be able to be on the stage

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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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