Almost Famous - Cleveland Concert Scene

scene 15 from Almost Famous

[@isisgaston]

russell’s reaction to his mom is kinda sad to me 😭 like he needed someone to see through him and his rock n roll vapid lifestyle & once it happened, he didn’t know how to feel

[@BlackHayTV]

"It's not too late for you to become a person of substance, Russell."

[@alvinrodgers934]

I love how Russell looks like he’s freaked out about the conversation before he admits it.

[@DanielIKing]

Yes ma'am.

[@danieldevereaux]

Your charm doesn't work on me. I'm on to you. - she RULES!! what a great actress.

[@Espressoqueen9894]

"tell her you're slave to the groove and you can't help it" kills me everytime lol

[@haydenrichard9187]

my dad showed this movie when I was in high school. This is one of my favorite scenes forever classic.

[@kid-kuma]

I FUCKING love this scene, his Mom is such a badass haha. Such a great movie.

[@SilentDanDisney]

Frances freaking McDormand. Always delivers. Even her role in Isle Of Dogs as small as it was playing The Interpreter. Knocked it out of the park.

[@deathforavengeance]

"ur mom kinda freaked me out." "she means well." lol

[@codytylek7836]

That’s my mom

[@sarcasmxkate]

This is a rare sort of scene. Billy was actually talking to Frances instead of having someone just read off camera to him. Pretty cool.

[@rokyericksonroks]

Katie Herzig I was distracted by the three groupies traipsing through the hallway while Russell was on the phone. Why does Penny shush them away?

[@rokyericksonroks]

smh, I mean doesnt Lisa Kudrow at least get a scene credit (@1:17) for Almost Famous?

[@katiemp670]

Roky Erickson rocks Because they were trying it on with Russell and she was in love with him. Also, not sure if you were joking but that’s not Lisa Kudrow.

[@michaelharris5515]

I was a boy in the Seventies. Every adult woman was like that. All the girls came and played with us. And every woman in town was our mother. Just like Russell when you got in trouble. lol. I knew damn well that if the woman next door or if any woman anywhere raised her voice, I'd do just like Russell, "Yes, Ma'am." lol. Otherwise they let us play. It was a good world back then. Hope you're world is going groovy.

[@howamilooking5952]

@@michaelharris5515 Old school. Mhm. I grew up in S.Carolina and remember just one red light in my town. Now it's something else. There was definitely a southern "hosputality" to it.

[@CamPopplestone]

This movie sucks me in completely, every single time

[@rokyericksonroks]

CamPopplestone “ ‘Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.’ Gurda said that.” (@2:28)

[@michaelsieger9133]

@@rokyericksonroks Goethe*

[@tulpamedia]

I love how good still water's music is. The fact that they put in the effort to write and record great music for the band is remarkable.

[@Grungefan2018]

I LOVE HER ! Shes fantastic in EVERY role.she plays

[@jenniferelliott2085]

'I'm onto you!' - she's such a great actress - and what a line - what would it be like if we could interrupt people's B.S. with that line! The world would be a better place!

[@jakeg3733]

A girlfriend showed me this movie many years ago and I loved it. Thought billy was just fake playing guitar, then I watched the behind the scenes video. _He was actually playing_ , Peter Frampton gave him a two month crash course in how to play. You can't beat authentic

[@cshubs]

One of my all-time favorite movies!

[@anafernandamercadoaraujo8448]

"Hey, hey, hey, listen to me mister. Your charm doesn't work on me, I'm onto you. Of course you like him.He worships you people, and that's fine by you as long he helps make you rich. Rich? I don't think so, we- Listen to me, he a smart, good-hearted 15 year old boy with infinite pontential. This not some apron wearing mother you're speaking to, I know all about your Valhalla decadence and I shouldn't have let him go, he's not ready for your world of compromised values and diminished brain cells that you throw away like confetti. Am I speaking to you cleary? Yes ma'am If you break his spirit, harm him or do anything to keep him away from his chosen profession which is law something you may not value but I do, you will meet the voice at the other end of this tone and it will not be pretty."

[@YRS51]

Valhalla decadence*

[@blutroyale8072]

It's nice how she immediately encourages Russell to do his best at the show and be bold, having said what she said before. Elaine may not like Stillwater's music or their lifestyle, but she respects them as professional musicians and knows her son likes them.

[@willswalkingwest7267]

Francis should have won an Oscar for this film.

[@jlobiafra]

She's got three, she's doing fine.

[@danielmoore411]

Boy Russell really stepped on a rake in this one! Lol. William’s mom was honestly cool here though.

[@matthintz9468]

The Cleveland Public Hall, where they would have done this concert (and where it's filmed, I think) is just a great, old school rock venue. When the inductions are in Cleveland they're done at Public Hall and you can tell the artists from the pre-arena rock era feel right at home.

[@CodeBleu724]

Stillwater was big enough for the Agora...main room.

[@hichemmnif1482]

4:08 is the best scene of any movie i have ever seen

[@cassconner6023]

Russell the Doof Warrior!

[@mzacki]

Thx. It's my favourite concert scene from the movie. Watching it on a big screen with full throttle volume makes makes you fill like beeing there. Especially the guitar solo is great.

[@AC-LING666]

Thank you . I know exactly what u mean i was able to see this again in the cinema this year and i felt 100% the same

[@amiles777]

He's scared of her, it's classic. Now go do your best!

[@rokyericksonroks]

Ah, the 1970s! David Bowie fans (0:20) would crash hotel lobbies just to see Bowie and throw glitter into he air around him.

[@trevmac8362]

damn i love this movie so much i even think Doris deserves an academy award

[@Spice99857]

Frances, not Doris, and, yes, she did.

[@reallifelebowski4732]

@@Spice99857 Dude he's talking about the bus they rode on (Doris) that went away over you head

[@Spice99857]

@@reallifelebowski4732 I am not a dude, and okay, I get it now.

[@ronditchen6664]

This was such a great movie probably in my all-time top three favorite movies the seventies such a great time for music kids nowadays don't know what the f*** they missed I go back in a heartbeat if I could I wish I had a time machine

[@vbgggfff]

3:42 - That shot = P E R F E C T I O N

[@tessaerikse]

i dont know why this is the first thing i thought of after hearing of the death of David Bowie

[@lizatsweetwater7547]

+Tessa Eriksen Me too!

[@danielbarger9706]

+Tessa Eriksen me too, Almost Famous is one of my favorite movies and came here to watch this scene after I heard the sad news

[@frenchdragon2]

+Tessa Eriksen indeed, I used it to post a comment on Facebook. I think this scene really shows how much Bowie had an impact on entire generations, whether a person knew it or not. He was an icon for many.

[@MarissaRachelle1]

same here

[@annelizabeth0531]

+Tessa Eriksen Same here!

[@saikofukuyo973]

What I'd like to see is Spinal Tap walk through one of the backstage scenes, still trying to find the stage.

[@trishbrewster183]

Lmfao. That's great!

[@saikofukuyo973]

@@trishbrewster183 Hello, Cleveland!

[@daydrmnation]

This is my childhood.

[@SaracenCount]

Pause..then "Your Mom kind of freaked me out..." LOL !! Love it !

[@MusicAsWeMakeIt]

The ending is perfect to this.

[@jcdova29]

Talk about wrecking someone’s day.. Mom completely drops the hammer on ole Russell.

[@quithollerin7276]

Brilliant movie.

[@doctorsteve9476]

I know all about your Valhalla of decadence. priceless.

[@rokyericksonroks]

Being a college English instructor I’m sure she did know

[@slasherguitarmaster]

best scene in the movie

[@MedMan30]

The song at 3:26 is "Love comes and goes", the solo at 4:10 is from "Hour of Need", and at 4:24 it's from "You had to be there". All these songs you can get from a Special DVD edition called The Director's Edition/Untitled/Bootleg of Almost Famous.....if you can find it now?

[@susanavalencia204]

THANK YOU!!! I was looking for the solo on spotify!

[@rickwpaperworkmakeschildsu4655]

What a movie!

[@user-cm2mh8ov3y]

I'm in love with Russell Hammond!!!!

[@dontwohig9034]

R.I.P David bowie

[@jenniferfelan694]

Bowie was truly a genuine performer and will never be forgotten.

[@joncarr1200]

@@jenniferfelan694 wish I could've seen him in concert.

[@jenniferfelan694]

@@joncarr1200 He was incredible I saw him perform live in Austin, Texas in 1990 during the Sound and Vision Tour.

[@magd2579]

This scene is based on Cameron crowes real life experiences with bands. The guys from deep purple called his mum when he was touring with them, and when he was on the road with pearl jam in the 90s they pulled them into their pre show huddle. Love this director and movie!!

[@rokyericksonroks]

“Can you believe these new girls? None of them use birth control and they eat all the steak!”

[@summertummer2394]

This is such a spooky scene. It is so realistic because nothing comes out of it. Many movies would have the rocker enlist in the army after listening to that "person of substance" line from Frances. In this movie, the man is "spooked out" for a moment but doesn't change. The truth is change due to one line is difficult.

[@blutroyale8072]

Elaine, I think, means that Russell can still be a successful musician, but with more meaningful lyrics and songs, rather than just perform music for the sake of being a rock star

[@dranelemakol]

I think it does influence Russell to do right by the kid at the end

[@mattiasesttroff]

some great exposition

[@timothyberlinski2299]

I love the looks on his face when he was on phone

[@larryholman4224]

the greatest band that never was ! so cal early 80s every weekend house partys

[@cassconner6023]

Now that’s a MOM!!

[@chriswelch.6050]

"Ah you see wills Mom?" "You love this telephone.." ("It lets you say everything you wanna say..")

[@stockard95]

I hope Francis mcdormand could have won for this role!

[@kimhomolka5787]

Am I the only one who noticed Nick swartson was one of the groupies lol

[@MrBrokenedition]

Band-Aid's

[@NickYT90]

Nope, thats him alrite xD

[@Jeffko78]

Yep, and Locke from Game of Thrones is the band manager lol

[@locotx215]

BOWIEEEEEEE

[@rokyericksonroks]

The scriptwriter nails this scene with but two words : “It’s Bowie!” Of course, casting did their part by giving those words to Swardson. This thing should’ve won an armful of Oscars, it’s that good.

[@samanthab1923]

Nick Swardson! ❤ Bowie fan

[@MPDLR]

You know what? I saw this in the theater (lovely, pre Smartphone era. People weren't talking a certain way, wagging their fingers and swaying their heads when arguing or talking and we didn't have to worry about 'something' happening at the theater).....and I've seen it so many times since and yes, of course it's a masterpiece and yes, Penny Lane - was amazing. BUT........the Mom - -- it just now hit me how amazingly well she played the part -- all scenes. In this scene it's great - after chewing him out she says "be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid" - lol shit on him then sprayed air freshener all over him.

[@davidkornblatt851]

This first song sounds like BAD COMPANY!

[@beleagueredcastle4410]

"...It's mass media, you know. It's hamburgers for the apocalypse..." 🤣🤣

[@energyideas]

Yes that is Penny Lane frontal.

[@Aguzman0077]

Always made me laugh how Jason lee’s singing voice changed from the pre show huddle to the concert

[@gmoney113]

The guy from grandmas boy wetting his pants over Bowie!!! Hahahahahha

[@AIC5150]

Lol at nick swardson’s most serious role

[@iflytango]

I don't see this song on the soundtrack but I'm sure that's Sal Valentino singing in the background

[@LINX29X92]

0:33 nice

[@lexistacy9980]

No one noticed that I was thinking age restrictions

[@jimmygalleguillos1992]

🗣SI HAY !!! , dijo la señora

[@sarahplays8318]

Hey! Does anyone know which song plays at 4:06? I know the first one is "Love comes and goes" and the third one is "you had to be there", but that guitar solo, I have no idea! PLease let me know if you do! This rocks :) thanks for uploading

[@brooksk.5330]

SarahPlays I'm 3 years late but it's "Hour of Need"

[@Youtubeissokewl]

lol spinal tarp i mean tap "HELLO CLEVELAND!"

[@barbaramccroy8663]

♥️

[@Jeffko78]

Just noticed the drummer doesn't even sing along with the rest of the group during their pre-show huddle!

[@paulorlando6087]

I noticed that too. I wonder if it's to show his overall discomfort with his hidden homosexuality, evident with not quite fitting in with the band, or the brand.

[@DRave311]

those power notes kill man if only the real song had those key would of been brilliant

[@veritaslibertas4976]

Is that Nick Swardson yelling BOWIE at 0:14?? LOL

[@bmoneyrancidfan91]

Lol nick swardson BOWIE!!

[@erikpeterson25]

Well there

[@benkmoskomusic3679]

Nick Swardson, in his usual role of crazy person lol

[@victorvaas7437]

Its Bowie

[@jeremyledingham1496]

same

[@user-co5mn3qx5m]

อยากให้มีเต็มเรื่องจัง

[@melanienelson1148]

Mom Goals

[@MedMan30]

It's from a song called "Hour of Need" but the solo from the song on the CD sounds just a little different....not so intense.

[@gutz1981]

Ha ha. You know that Nick Swardson's character would totally blow David Bowie off no questions asked probably faster than a woman would if asked. And this guy probably does not have one ounce of homosexuality in him. Lol

[@rokyericksonroks]

gutz1981 It was the 1970s. Things were sort of androgenous, even before gays exited the closet.

[@mjo4086]

Kate Hudson is a smokeshow!!

[@Mjansen77]

The song at 4:00 is my favorite they play and its not on their CD... sucks. But the solo by "Russel" at 4:13 is awesome.

[@user-co5mn3qx5m]

ตอนที่นางเอกวิ่งตามพระเอกโต้งน้ำตาไหลนะ

[@josephhhickman7085]

Bell bottom shirt sleeves ?

[@siwy4don]

someone knows song from 4:06? If not maybe someone knows what notes he play

[@cynthiacorcoran9389]

Almost famous, I was already child Star. DNA Cynthia Corcoran UN and babes.

[@saleemakbarmusic]

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE SONG AT 4:09?? It's driving me NUTS!

[@codysnyder90]

Elaine screws Russell up in this scene, in the best way of course! Frances McDormand is amazing!

[@MedMan30]

I don't think it's a song? I think they just wrote that for the movie or the band came up with it as a joke.

[@cynthiacorcoran9389]

DNA

[@babiedelrey222]

ITS BOWIE

[@exit13productions50]

Nick Swardson 0:16

[@rokyericksonroks]

Exit13 Productions Like everything else this movie has to offer, casting was excellent.

[@leandrokarol]

4:08 song?

[@michaelshields7777]

"Be bold and mighty forces will cum to your aid," Gertrude said that," hehe! Who's Gertrude?

[@caseyadelina3876]

+Michael Hubbard It's Goethe.

[@michaelshields7777]

Casey Adelina I know that. I was being humorous about it.

[@chrisalbury8135]

It was Basil King actually

[@Emotionsinthegrave]

i'm pretty sure Jim Carrey plays Bowie in this scene.... can anyone confirm cause i cant find anything

[@shanitrahan9904]

That was unnecessary why would you do that Russell? William was talking to his mother on the phone and then you wanted to talk to her on the phone she doesn't know you the least you can do is wait your turn

[@deancj1]

That was the point.....he was an egotistical rock star who charmed everyone and thought he could do the same to someone who doesn't buy into his world.

[@gonzaleo]

Valhalla Decadence

[@pedroleblanc8466]

The meek head specially park because pencil distinctively press out a mushy timer. conscious, raspy existence