Watching the young men walk into the abyss darkness of the back of the plane is brilliant imagery considering how many of those lives were basically ended as soon as they went on it. So ominous and yet emotionally perfect

LET MY SON DIE LET MY SON DIE MY SON NOT ME

Berger sings until he’s gets on the plane and once his parts done u see his face covered in darkness and u just loose him in the silhouettes of the other soldiers, there all just young men marching to their deaths, that’s an amazing thing there, powerful stuff

This scene makes me cry every. damn. time. 😥

Ending of this movie left me speechless. I wasn't expect this. I wasn't crying, but my heart dropped and just felt so shock. Its one of few movies that ending was so unexpected for me.

With the Claude-Berger switch the "I believe that God believes Claude, that's me!" line takes on an entirely different meaning and it's brilliant.

Rest in peace, Treat Williams. Thanks for your amazing, beautiful, wonderful performance in "Hair." Thanks for everything. Peace and love. ☮️♥️✌️

The cutaway to the cemetery hit me as hard as any scene I've seen. One of the few scenes I can still remember seeing for the first time. And it still hits me just as hard.

i’m obsessed with the first soloists voice

When the soldiers are marching into the black "maw" of that airplane... it always gives me the shivers. Such a powerful image!

'Silence tells me secretly everything, everything.' What a crushing resignation to the absolute indifference of fate!

More than fifty years on, and this still makes me want to cry. So much lost, for nothing.

One of the most powerful movies ever, with the most powerful soundtrack and the most powerful ending scene. Cannot count how many times I seen it, and still giving goosebumps...

I like very few musicals, but this one is a masterpiece! This sad ending and song always reminds me of how many good people have been needlessly killed, not just in wars, but at the hands of the ruthless. This song, to me, is a memorial for all who deserved better.

R.I.P Miloš Forman - the greatest czech film director known for international films. Yeah that's right american people, this film is made by czech film director and it is fucking awesome, totally love it.

Probably one of the greatest endings in cinema history. One of the most meaningful at least

Powerful, powerful scene.. and it disgusts me that travelagencies here in the Netherlands abuse this song to promote holiday discounts because it says "let the SUNSHINE in" so it "must be a summer song"

I remember seeing this movie on PRISM around 1980/ 81... And even though my father served and died in 1971 for the U.S. Navy, i did not cry until i was 13 years old watching Berger plead as he entered that dark transport.... Truly powerful and unnerving as, in his final moments, excepted his fate as to BECOME CLAUDE...To serve in a war he didn't sign up for, nor believed in...😢

1:22 Holy shit that's good acting. That expression on his face delivers so much emotion in only a second.

Watching this hits so much different now. Rest In Peace, Treat Williams.

So many years ago and we’re right back where we started

It's physically impossible to watch this without tearing up. Such a magical impactful and gut wrenching scene. #TheSunShineIn

R.I.P. Peter Griffin Stabbed by lady-boy

"Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy Listening for the new told lies" Sound familiar ? some things just don't seem to change .

The scene leading up to this when they got the call and reality hit Berger as he was trying to escape and got herded into the truck was intense as well. Even more shocking to realize he didn't go through any basic training.

RIP Treat. I'll never forget seeing this for the first time. You dazzled me.

“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” ― George McGovern

For this and so many other wonderful performances, thank you Treat Williams. RIP!

I cried when this scene came up it still gives me chills watching Burger goes off to war. 😢😞

RIP Galt McDermott, your contributions to music will never be forgotten. 12/28-12/18

Before this scene theres a great moment where berger sounds off when claudes name is called and then gives a happy glance to the guy next to him and the expression of the other guy just says it all like "you have no idea what you've just gotten yourself into"

I saw this when it came out in 1979 and I knew how great this musical was and my opinion hasn't changed. Watching videos of them performing this live on Ed Sullivan, Smothers Brothers, Dick Cavett and the Tony Awards from 1968 always makes me begin singing and dancing.

This song is the biggest ever, a soul killer. You can't watch it without crying. I think this is the real and biggest art.

I played this for my student today; there are loads to unpack with the imagery, performance, and lyrics.

Such a timeless, powerful song.... The bassline from 2:26 and beyond is & will forever be legend

one of the most tragic songs of all time

I'm the kid in the red shirt at 4:51. 8 years old, I had no idea what the movie was about. I only knew my parents had the soundtrack.

I almost cried when i saw this scene and now 30 years later it is still the same .

The synchronisation of the music to the footfall of the GI boots is extremely evocative. The message of doomed soldiers marching in step into a deep black void of nothingness expresses the complete futility of war.

Missing the plane didn't save John Savage from anything. He still wound up in Vietnam anyway with Robert De Niro & Christopher Walken .

A really good quality audio and visual clip. Thanks! The "spider web" of the tombstones is just one subtlety that it took me more than one viewing to appreciate.

Same here. Every time I watch this, my eyes get moist. Still strikes a nerve all these years later.

I cry every time I hear this song

still makes the hair stand up on my arms -- RIP to my friends.

One of the most divine scenes of the cinema!

I never cry at theater/movies. To date (age 68) this is the only finale that drained me of unstoppable bitter tears. LET THE SUNSHINE IN!

This song and it's message, as the whole Hair, shouldn't be forgotten! Never!

It feels very surreal watching this while being overseas as a soldier. Some days I just want to go home to see my family in person back home.

I remember the day that this final scene was shot. There was a request for people in the DC area to wear 1960's style clothing fo r this scene. I was in high school in the 1960's and it was surreal seeing so many youngsters in the retro outfits on the mall glad to participate in a massive crowd scene.

3:21 the shot where the camera moves revealing the results of war, the zoom in Berger's grave and the PERFECT TIMED reversed shot showing the characters, backlighted but low angled, as they start the chorus... Just perfect. Only three shots. RIP Milos Forman

I think my favorite part of this scene is the black girl's unspoken transformation. When she first appears in the movie, she's dressed like a schoolmarm with buttoned-up dresses and straight hair tied back in a tight bun, and when the Tribe go to Nevada, she and the kid kinda just go along for the ride to be with Hud. But here, she's front and center with an afro and hippy-style clothing, suggesting that she ended up joining them. I love it ❤️

R.I.P. all the Bergers died for war

God this scene hits so hard

Chilling scene but timeless. Powerful vocals for sure. Love it💎

2:00 Rest in Peace Treat Williams (1st December 1951 - 12th June 2023)

I am 70 years of age....Living in Peaceful Denmark...still I cry...asking the one and only Question: WHY ! ?

One of the best song's ever....and great movie!

Hey, when the group went to Nevada to meet Claude it was winter, Berger died in April. So for a guy who wasn't trained at all, he survived pretty long time.

Legmeghatározóbb film a HÁBORÚ ellen.❤❤ köszönöm FORMAN

Soon many people will relate to this song again fighting a war they wanted no part in.

This scene is really well-filmed. The yawning, black chasm of that cargo plane.....sends chills up my spine. Such a waste of human life.

this is showing very clear the masterpieces of cinema history have wonderful endings... and this film ending is gorgeous.

RIP Williams/Berger

I never watched and heard better movie musical it will stay forever masterpiece and no other comes even close to this Epic

This always makes me cry like a baby. So many young men sacrificed, so many innocents. Yet... it also makes me proud of my generation. We rejected the lies. We were true to our hearts. We knew only love could make real change.

AWESOME HEARTBREAKING, INCREDIBLE FINALE

RIP Galt MacDermot, who composed a marvelous score.

Один из лучших фильм, финальная сцена с песней просто шедевр! 👏

Sadly a lot of these lyrics still resonate today.

cry everytime at this part

As resonant and powerful as the day it was written, made even more affecting by Forman's staging. And as The Tribe calls out to audiences everywhere, we can still go forth and create change in this world!

One of the best movies ever

RIP Milos Forman, you formed a part of me through your films.

He gave his life for another period. Kind of rips me in the chest each time I see this.

We starve-look At one another Short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from laboratories Facing a dying nation Of moving paper fantasy Listening for the new told lies With supreme visions of lonely tunes Somewhere Inside something there is a rush of Greatness Who knows what stands in front of Our lives I fashion my future on films in space Silence Tells me secretly Everything Everything Manchester England England Manchester England England (Eyes look your last) Across the Atlantic Sea (Arms take your last embrace) And I'm a genius genius (And lips oh you the Doors of breath) I believe in God (Seal with a righteous kiss) And I believe that God believes in Claude (Seal with a righteous kiss) That's me, that's me, that's me (The rest is silence The rest is silence The rest is silence) We starve-look At one another Short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from laboratories Facing a dying nation Of moving paper fantasy Listening for the new told lies With supreme visions of lonely tunes Singing Our space songs on a spider web sitar Life is around you and in you Answer for Timothy Leary, dearie Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in...

I watched it in the cinema when it came out. A ten years old boy. I remember when we walked out at the end so many people with teary eyes. 52 years old now, after doing my own tour, I can't watch this or sing along without crying my ass off. FUCK EVERY SINGLE FUCKING WAR PROMOTER

I remember watching this in the cinema in Perth, Australia, about 1980. I was 23 at the time and never seen the stage show. The film was confusing on the first viewing and this ending - with the soldiers being swallowed by the maw of transport plane - was a huge shock. Not being American I couldn't really identify with American flags flying about, we had our own protest movement here in Australia as well, railing against the "all the way with LBJ" mindset that sent our soldiers off to Vietnam. My eldest brother was in the signals unit, the RAEME, but the war was over before he was ever posted there. Berger's son would be 50 this year, but it's still hard to think that was so long ago.

This scene has affected me since the beginning Damn Living that time, damn what a powerful movie and statement

I love this movie and the songs! They were singing their butts off on this song! The harmony gives me the chills! Yesssssss

I cry every single time I see this.

The song I sing every Saturday while going to work.

Unforgetable song, with strong Message about friendship AND love.

This is one of my favorite songs and I cry every time! Wars are the worst thing! The senseless deaths of our children must be stopped!

As a man that served in three Armies, it hits me every time i watch this and hear the music! Freedom and Peace!

R.I.P. Milos Forman....

I always have shivers on my back when I listen to him.

Wonderful movie, I saw it twice in 1979, I was 13.

An awesome movie and a sad story!😮😮🎉

What a strong music,what a strong text,what a beautifull song.

We starve, look ... at one another Short of breath, wal... -king proudly in our winter Coats, wea-ring smells from laboratories, facing a dy-ing nation... Of moving paper fantasies... Listening for the new-told lies. With SUPREME visions Of lonely tunes... *Metaphorically applies today as much as it did 50 years ago*

RIP dear GALT thanks for giving me the part in HAIR london 68 love and peace j vincent edwards x

This scene is so powerful

R.I.P. Treat Williams ❤️

Rest In Peace Galt Macdermot and Rest In Peace Milos Forman even if you guys probably didn’t agree on the interpretation of the art. I think both of them are pretty amazing people who made some pretty amazing stuff.

RIP Treat. Keep the faith, brother

This scene gets me every time with the helpless situation of those young soldiers being sent to their deaths tied into what is perhaps the greatest protest song ever written!

SUPER MUSIC!!! Very good film!!👉🏼❤️👈🏼🎶👌🎶👌🎶

There are so many great singers in this movie, but that black guy singing at 1:30... OMFG!!! I seriously have chills listening to his voice. Freakin' amazing, and he wasn't even a star in this movie. (Admittedly, I have no idea if the actual actor filmed is the one singing, but still, those vocals, whoever does them, are awesome as hell!)

So powerful, I remember those years. I pray to God that people awaken and come back together.

Every performer in this musical is incredible, but I always kind of adored the voice of the first guy in this song. Idk how to explain it.