ENTIRE Last Reel of E.T. - John Williams @ the Hollywood Bowl (live)

[@ChrisStuckmann]

TEARS. Every. Single. Time. And I'm a 24 year old man.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

I'm 40 Chris seen it when it was in theaters. My first live action movie. Still cry when E.T. dies. And at this. Every time. I would have killed for tickets to this.

[@leighbnp]

wow i haven't seen this since '89 33 now outcome.... blubbering mess.

[@gammaplayer1]

Oh my just seen this now. Felt my throat drop & tears well up & I'm 42. Still & will always be, one of the most emotional experiences of my life when I saw it in theatres when I was 7 or 8. Even as a kid I wanted to see John Williams perform live. No words just pure majesty!!

[@buttsauceinc2468]

Did u get tears during emoji movie?

[@jasontwitchell8167]

Chris, I hear ya Brother. I was 7 in 1982. I still get tears to this day. The perfect combination of the magic and mastery of Steven Spielberg and John Williams.

[@ChrisStuckmann]

My God to see this live... I'd be pooping with excitement every second.

[@Frey_2026]

You come here yearly Chris? x)

[@deborahbooker9212]

Me too

[@Stoudman]

You all need to understand something about this piece. Steven Spielberg edited the movie so that the score would fit the scene and he could use the entirety of John Williams work. That entire scene was crafted AROUND the work of John Williams. Do you know how often that happens in the film industry? Let me explain this to you: That NEVER HAPPENS in the film industry. More often than not, filmmakers use compositions and scores however they wish, chopping them up and using them wherever they need or want. In this case, Steven Spielberg loved the piece so much that he decided to make the movie fit the music. The result is one of the most amazing final acts of any film ever made. Both the music and the movie work together in symbiosis to tell a story - and that story is so incredibly emotional, and John Williams' score so stunningly beautiful and wondrous - that one can't help but to shed a tear, despite the fact that they are seeing an abnormal situation unfold on screen. But then, that's the beautiful thing about E.T. - it's not really a movie about an alien, it's a movie about divorce. Eliot was so affected by E.T. because he saw him as an equal, a partner, someone who needed him just as much as he needed that someone else. The final scene is effective in making us cry because we understand that relationship, that symbiosis between Eliot and E.T., and we hear and see that same kind of symbiosis between music and film on the screen, and it all comes together wonderfully. The end result is that with just a few words, Eliot and E.T. share an incredibly emotional moment in which everything and nothing are said, a moment that every child of a divorced parent has had to experience many times in their lives - the "come" and "stay" moment, in which the child is forced to tell the person that means more to them than anything in the world that they cannot go with them and must stay with the other parent. His mother drops to her knees, perhaps signifying an understanding of the situation and a knowledge that she has seen this before and it is happening yet again to her darling child. No parent wants to see that. No child of a divorced parent wants to relive it. But we must, and we carry on, as Eliot did in this scene. When E.T. points his finger to Eliot's head and says "I'll be right here," that is yet another moment that every child of divorced parents experiences, but instead of making some meaningless gesture toward his chest, E.T. points to his head - to the actual place that holds his memories and his capacity for love. In this moment, we see him grow up before our very eyes, and John Williams follows that up powerfully and emotionally to finish the film. This music not only explains the emotional depth of the scene, it also EXPLORES those emotional depths, bouncing around with such distress and whimsy that one can't help but to react if they have truly invested in the work. John Williams is the greatest composer of our times. He wrote the soundtrack to our childhood, and I will never forget that. When he eventually passes, I am going to bawl like a baby. This man is a national treasure. I love you, John Williams.

[@BlueAnimashes]

it's a shame this comment didn't get muchas attention. Whenever i hear this score it's just... somethibg really especial to me. and it's even more especial to me when i see peiple enjoying as much as i did when i was a kid. this was the first movie that legitamelly made me cry as a kid, i remember my dad was astonished. this movie is truly a masterpiece.

[@deckofcards87]

bluephoenix Me too. the film means a hell of a lot to me personally. the movie's very nostalgic and is designed to be even more considering it's partly ABOUT childhood well as love. So it's more effecting seeing it as an adult.

[@marcobaratta]

Stoudman you are a hell of a writer!

[@bu-xj5kr]

Stoudman

[@AbominationStorm73]

Stoudman you hit the nail on the coffin with that. When I saw this in '82 my parents had been divorced for a year or so and that affected me greatly. Everything you said is true in so many words.

[@timefilm]

I don't think I've ever watched the ending to this movie without having a deep emotional response. Blows my mind.

[@deckofcards87]

Me to. It's that subtext about childhood and divorce and love..he really nailed it

[@theyoungmoviegoer5915]

Chloie Brandrick my favourite as well

[@tvproductionsltd]

In my opinion. This is John Williams' all time greatest composition. Hell the entire score to E.T. is possibly the best score ever put to film.

[@napomania]

Indeed. That music breaks me down in tears every time. But maybe my fave version is the 1982 disco theme 😂

[@jcartner3530]

Same here. At almost 55, I still can't sit through the last reel without balling my head off. I will say this-as a projectionist, I use to stand in the back of the theater and ball with everyone else. It warmed my heart to hear not only the grown ups enjoying this, but the newest little ones giggling and laughing right along with them. This movie is timeless. It will NEVER lose its luster, and I thank those involved in bringing this to the KZbin audience. If ever there was a reason to save your money and go see these events at the Bowl, I hope this submission spurred you all to spend a night under the stars and enjoy the live music and fellowship you experience at the Bowl. IF YOU HAVE NEVER GONE, treat yourself and your loved ones to a night they won't soon forget. "BE GOOD!"

[@synon9m]

dude... you might need to chill

[@msholmes]

@@synon9m What's wrong with passion and emotions? Life is short.

[@BebeLush2]

Perfect! 50 years from now people will still be watching and loving this film.

[@light106year6]

BebeLush2 because it came from an era long time ago were movies were an experience like this one , now their just crap

[@sha11235]

Never mind 50, let's say 100 years from now. This is a film that stands the test of time and becomes a generational film that everyone grows up with, like Wizard of Oz.

[@KevyNova]

As far as I am concerned, this is the greatest 15 minutes in the history of film and the music is a HUGE part of it. And thank you, John Williams, for showing the REAL version of the film where the cops carry guns instead of walkie talkies!

[@Cutelatinguy2]

I'm so glad it was the original 1982 print and not the re-done version for the 20th anniversary.

[@gaberodriguez4023]

Was about to say the same thing!

[@light106year6]

Never tamper with something so great your only going to make it worse

[@bl5derunner]

Walkie talkies. Pfft.

[@condorpredator8330]

41 years old and I'm stil cry! Pure emotion, GOD Bless E.T. and his crew and Director, our age icons! Thanks GOD to create Steven Spielberg and John Williams!

[@jmwild1]

"Come." "Stay." And the tears start and won't stop. How can I watch this a hundred times and still be so moved?

[@baileyprovance]

This is the kind of music score that gives you goosebumps, in a good way, whether it’s live or on soundtrack

[@Pander1985]

I’m 35 and silently sobbing, I listen to the tracks a lot, but not often watch it in context - the words must be the thing that pushes me over the edge 😢

[@baronvg]

I was there for the Friday concert and when this played, man, watching this again reminded me how great a director and storyteller Spielberg and John Williams were, and are. The music cue when their bikes take flight gives me chills!!!

[@sethraelthebard5459]

Since the film is largely built around the score, you could argue that E.T. is the greatest music video of all time right?

[@moondra3481]

NO argument there!!!! I was here at this performance, and it was just as wonderful as watching E.T. for the first time in 82 when I was 12. LOL And in 2 years it's going to be the 40th anniversary of this film. And just like the 30th I will be there for the 40th.

[@mikhael7949]

I was much younger then Elliot and could barely ride my bmx bicycle when I saw this great movie with my family which made every family including my own shed more then a few tear's. No movie before ET had ever manage to come close to doing that because it was a movie with so much Heart. Now years later Im 40 years old, grown up with a professional career, a semi pro athlete on the side, and a tough outer appearance that a movie like ET just would not be a first guess favorite movie but this movie STILL brings a tear or two in my eyes because of its Humanity and brings back those early years.

[@Cutelatinguy2]

Let it all out bro! I'm 49 and saw this in the theaters when I was 15, watched it a few months ago and I still cry like an idiot!! LOL .. but it feels so good because its not that it makes me sad but because its a fucking masterpiece of storytelling and music that it really captures your heart!

[@darthstarkiller1912]

John Williams NEVER ceases to amaze me by his outstanding work!

[@daniel8chang]

We must protect this man at all costs!

[@lorienlover]

This is pure childhood nostalgia for me; I close my eyes, and I am 6 years old again, riding my bike, playing in the woods with friends. This music makes me cry, ugly cry, every single time. The last two minutes are one of, if not the, most emotionally charged moments in cinema. Reading all the comments makes me happy to not be alone with this thinking.

[@helpstopanimalabuse8153]

Every single time it gets to me emotionally & I'm a 45 year old man. This was my favourite movie for a very long time (Until Les Miz 2012). This is the best 15 minutes of Williams work. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@josephbonczyk3182]

Four decades later, and that score is enough to leave you emotional. From the scene they took flight to the rainbow appearing, no other movie can recapture that magic. And if it doesn’t give you tears of joy, then you’ll the wrong person to go to. Who agrees?

[@supermichael9857]

I was 18 when I actually sat down and watched this when it got re released in a AMC near my house. I have never cried in the cinema. But how is it that this film’s ending makes me cry Every. SINGLE. TIME?!

[@jasontwitchell8167]

I LOVE E.T. I grew up in Chatsworth California, mere miles from where this loved classic was filmed. I lived there from 1978-2003

[@Harmthuria]

People in the past had their Music Masters, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Vivaldi, to name a few. We never got to see their symphonies or concertos live, but we have John Williams' Compositions.Can anyone imagine the medley possible when he's introduced to receive a new award, a Williams?Given to the best composer of the past half century. There would only be a select few to ever win such an award (2 a century). The Music Academy really should put an award like this in the works. How many are with me on this?

[@daviddebergh254]

I was born in 95 but this, Back To The Future, Jaws, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars was my CHILDHOOD!!! Now I'm collecting the movies on my tablet in digital copy form.

[@danwroy]

Oh shut up

[@decderbyshire1145]

Dan Roy what?

[@aghaanantyab]

10:42 the most beautiful sound i ever heard

[@deckofcards87]

The entire score is just incredible

[@culbycove4963]

This part always tears my heart up. He doesn’t let the music resolve right until after ET says ‘I’ll be right here.’ It always makes me dizzy in the best way

[@emilyindri1836]

I want to talk about 4:26 for a moment. That is one of the most amazing moments that as a performer, I have no idea how they pulled that off. The strings during that part of the piece are doing something that is extremely technical. The notes it sounds like they're playing tell me that their arms and fingers are in very unnatural positions, and the repetition of the same melody for an extended period of time must be so confusing. From 4:26-5:03, I feel like that's something a lot of people would underestimate as a long span of time, but for a piece like this with stakes as high as they are, those 39 seconds of nothing but repetition probably felt like ages just because they had to keep the most intense focus on their music and counting just so they don't lose their place. I would also like to point out that I don't see any screens that the performers are watching, so they can't see the movie. That is a big deal because E.T. was famous for being one of the only movies where the conductor was allowed to score the film and then the film would be conformed to the music (which is usually the other way around). TL;DR: This is a video of the orchestra being tortured for your viewing pleasure. Props to all of them for not missing a single note. Please support your local school's arts programs so this magic continues for more generations.

[@cornucopia9]

I was there, this was an absolutely wonderful moment. It brought me to tears...Thanks for sharing it!

[@itsMrNoble]

The last shot in this film where it holds on Elliot's face is so heartbreaking and so powerful. It's absolutely perfect. You feel everything that this young boy has been through over the course of the film and everything else before. He has essentially lost his father prior and now has to say goodbye to ET too. It's a remarkable performance from Henry Thomas. Only the stoniest of hearts wouldn't be touched by this.

[@mrjoanofarc]

The rainbow at the end is SO. COOL. 🙌

[@lazersly]

Possibly the greatest 15 minutes merging of screen and soundtrack CONDUCTED by John Williams himself?! How amazing that must have been to see live. 😍

[@cb_2887]

Had a chance to watch this live in my hometown and my goodness what an experience! The finale alone is a workout for the talented musicians. PHENOMENAL!

[@inspegaget]

My wife and i went also and you it was awesome. Love love his concerts. Thx for sharing

[@MrMeh57]

John Williams is easily the best composer ever

[@mattgavlick9382]

I’ve never cried or actually felt the emotions of this last scene as a kid... until right now at 34... who cut the damn 🧅 onions!!!!!

[@amanthy]

I’m 35 and it still makes me cry.

[@deborahbooker9212]

I'm 43

[@darkprose]

It’s hard to beat the unified power of Spielberg’s visuals and Williams’ sound. One of the greatest artistic and commercial collaborations in history.

[@TheTraveler976]

I was there that night, I got so emotional as its the memory of my childhood with my dad who took me to see this in 1982

[@andreaconti9927]

I would give a special thanks to the italian puppet animator Carlo Rambaldi, who brought to life E.T. himself

[@chrisaguilera1564]

Thank you for posting this. My God that was amazing. To be in that audience. Wow. Joy. Just Utter Joy.

[@moow950]

My childhood 😢 I was the same age as Elliott. Still touching me.

[@NovaKJ138]

I was 5 or 6 when this came out, saw it like 3 times. Traumatizing every time, but I loved it, and still do. I will never NOT CRY at the end!!!!

[@greenTleaf]

You're welcome! This was probably the 3rd or 4th time I teared up at the concert. Love it so much

[@j-priori8267]

I just can not stop crying with an overwhelming sense of both a mix between Joyous childhood 1990's Nostalgia and sheer depression at how my era has been completely lost. Absolutely amazing, John Williams, Steven Spielberg, the 1990's, My childhood. A sheerly stunning and beautiful Film Score Music Composer of the last generations and the same goes for said Film Director, an Era lost, but never forgotten, in the 21st century emersion of inhumane superficial automotons.

[@JohnnyJaySurvivor9]

Everytime i watch ET i remember my childhood and the good ol days as a kid. Thank you steven spielberg and John Williams for such an incredible film and musical masterpiece!

[@mbtoober]

Perfection. This blows me away every time, should have over a million views;)

[@sailioriceprincessclapp7939]

mbtoober

[@stevenreynolds8700]

I cry still to this day when I watch E.T. and I am 41. lol

[@skc7450]

John Williams was the composer of every iconic score of every major film of my childhood!!!......

[@gabinotti]

Magic is real.

[@JohnWesleyDowney]

Absolutely breathtaking.

[@diegocalderon5190]

Dammit John Made me cry....

[@MissGarland1986]

The score of E.T is my absolute FAVOURITE of John Williams repetoir. Thank you so much for sharing this moment. Especially with a live orchestra look so SO amazing! :-)

[@albertpeterson5585]

... most people say that the music from "Star Wars" or "Indiana Jones" or "Superman" is John Williams' best work: they aren't. This is. This is the piece of music that beat represents his genius because of the total field of emotions that are generated when you hear it and remember the film it was attached to (equal credit to Steven Spielberg for the respect he gave to John's music in the above reply.)

[@ArtmanVijay]

Thanx a million for sharing this AWESOME video...wish I was there too!!!! I live in India and its my fervent wish to see John Williams performing live...hopefully next year !!! :D

[@iamtimfoley]

I don't think I would have been able to handle the experience of seeing this live. I have been a fan of John Williams' work since I was a kid. Back in the day when ET was a current movie in movie theaters. To sit in an audience and watch this movie on the big screen again for the first time since 1982 with Mr Williams at the helm conducting the score live in person. I know I would have been on total sensory overload. I would have been a bawling wreck through a majority of the screening. The whole experience of seeing this live would have just been too much for me to take in at once. 💜

[@richardfuchs3690]

Amazing that between 1977 and 1983, John Williams wrote so much incredible music: Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters, E.T., Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Jaws 2, 1941...this is probably his masterpiece.

[@dianalee3059]

John Williams music never fails to give me goosebumps! And this was SO MUCH MUSIC for the orchestra to play live

[@MrJedi20]

One of THE MOST emotional endings in all of cinematic history!

[@johnlast8984]

I cry every time it’s my fave movie since I was little

[@johnlast8984]

I remember this movie 2002 it was epic to see it back in theaters

[@foodbug]

I was there. lol it was monumentally beautiful!

[@joedonohue4474]

Winnie the pooh

[@JuantxiPR]

The movie of my life. Sincerely. Every time that i watch the movie, y cry a lot. A LOT. Happiness, sadness, love, friendship,... this movie is EXTRAORDINARY. I see it when i was 12 years old, and i have 51 now. Again, the movie of my life. I love E.T. forever. Thank you for so much, Spielberg.

[@AbominationStorm73]

The best 15 minutes of cinematic history.

[@nicholasfox966]

Williams has a gift for musical pictorialism that nearly rivals Richard Strauss. For instance, one of the reasons the rhythmic figure that starts at 4:25 is so spine-tingling is because it almost literally sounds like bicycle wheels turning.

[@MrBump2]

Everyone I've ever worked with and shot the breeze over movies prefers Duel of the Fates over this... Man, you have to be insane to say that. This is 15 minutes of John Williams dictating the ending to one of the best movies ever made, he's just going crazy here. He's even said this is his favorite score he's done. Without a doubt, the absolute top of his game, you can feel his love of doing all of this through the music, and it tells an excellent story. It's perfect, what's not to love?

[@GamingFanactic911]

Those freaking violins are killer for the sad music and then those trumpets for the fanfare or incredible. I freaking love this movie so much. 😍😍😭😭😭😭

[@marialisa6478]

Oh my gosh thank you SO MUCH for uploading this!!! I love it!

[@arghjayem]

06:58 YES!!!! The proper original version where the cops/feds had guns at the roadblock and not the “special edition” version where Spielberg has his friend George replace the shotguns with Walkin talkies!!!!

[@rbatty90210]

I was there. Epic, surreal moment watching the Maestro John Williams perform one of his most famous masterpieces under the Blue Moon under the Hollywood sign. I actually recorded this as well but yours came out much better! Thanks for posting. BTW - I was a little surprised he did not play the Raiders main theme (he did do Marion's theme).

[@helmsdeep84]

my goodness, i was not even born when this masterpiece came out!

[@HarryPotter87]

I hate not having dry eyes everytime I see the movie!

[@light106year6]

HarryPotter87 crying is relief

[@davidolden971]

I LOVE not having dry eyes every time i screen this movie! :) (if I'm not emotionally connected to any movie -- that storyteller has failed!)

[@ragingbull154]

I was 10 in 1982 and didn't appreciate the music because the movie was so great. John Williams and Steven Spielberg together were the best. Williams music made u feel like u were there. The JAWS score alone made people afraid to get in the ocean. lol!!

[@Nueztoy]

4:23 ohh my goodness, the feels

[@YoniFogelmanMusic]

I just balled my eyes out

[@HalfLifeExpert1]

I saw this same thing performed in 2018 at the Hollywood Bowl by John Williams, it was such an amazing experience

[@dianalee3059]

John Williams music never fails to give me goosebumps

[@ronaldo101000]

Saddest movie I've ever seen. I'm 45. It's a compliment. sad in a very homesick way is what it is. Now I know how describe it. Homesick.

[@justiceryan6215]

How can a man still have tears after all these years after seeing the last 10 minutes of this movie.!!!!

[@deckofcards87]

one of Spielberg's 2 greatest films, and one of Williams' 2 greatest scores

[@deckofcards87]

IMO Schindlers List is Williams' other great score, easily. But I'd rank Jaws as the other great film.

[@loaduscoolclipz5505]

Sam J what are the other two?

[@light106year6]

Jaws and e t the extra terrestrial are so rare because they bring you beyond the big screen into another worldly experience

[@agustinfodrini]

Greatest composer to ever live.

[@DTysonator]

Epically Touching. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@jennyradcliffe5570]

Greatest Times Greatest Movies Greatest Director and the Greatest composer

[@DAM89]

Please turn the clock back 30 years so i can live my childhood again please. The world is so bad these days.

[@dianalee3059]

Bravissimo Maestro Williams!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@lilianaromero2291]

I cry every time...

[@dianalee3059]

This just makes me smile

[@gabrielaserniak5903]

The story of E.T. melts my heart, especially the farewell scene at the end.

[@stupreme]

4:25 that kick in music & everyone clapping gives me tears of joy

[@rocomedyisawesome]

Our Symphony here in San Antonio just performed an outstanding performance as they synched the orchestra with the film last night. They were able to obtain a copy of the movie without the music. It was one of the most powerful things to witness live.

[@bhollingsworth]

This film was brilliant in large part to the music.

[@peanutbuttercookies84]

Who else is in the comments trying not to cry and failing miserably?

[@rogerioabaurre]

Thanks for sharing this amazing moment

[@mysticmouse7261]

Greg: can't he just beam up? Elliot: this is reality Greg

[@sha11235]

And the audience cracks up at the joke. Because it really is a film to us, but reality to them.

[@JayRaphaelJiaoInot]

I wonder if little Drew made that line, "We're going to the spaceship,to the moon" Drew's mind was beyond this planet from before.

[@dylandaly2002]

I was there at the bowl back in ‘12 and seeing the man the legend himself JW composing the score to the one of the greatest movies of all time gave me chills and it still does today. ICONIC 🙌🏻

[@alexwilson1878]

Before Mike, EL, Dustin and Lucas were chased by the Government, there was ET, in one of the iconic scenes in history from Director Steven Spielberg

[@StarlightMelody]

@greenTleaf: Thank you from the heart for sharing this video. I would have given anything to be there. I have been dreaming to see John Williams conducting since I was ten. That's a 40 year old dream ! :-D

[@jg6ycuj340]

Same here I'm 45 years old I seen this movie in the theaters Easter day in New York City Bronx New York it was a hot day I came out the movie The Crying

[@JeroldBoy0407]

“IVE NEVER DRIVEN FOWARD BEFORE!”

[@Cooldrummer]

This is legendary!!!!!

[@Benny2Steakz]

Movie making at its finest. The rainbow is a touch of perfection

[@Cutelatinguy2]

Dammit, I still cry every time!! :"-)