J. K. Rowling- "A Year in the Life" Part 4 (Elizabeth Vargus Documentary ABC NEWS-HD)

[MissDarlz]

I bet Hugo's happy :P

[crazymelody18]

It sounds like she never sleeps! :)

[GaabaPooh12]

The COUNTDOWN GAVE ME CHILLS!!!!!!

[xxxBakeneckoxxx]

Such a sweet moment when she tells Hugo that he'll find someone with his name in the book. :) (Ron and Hermione's son) <3

[MonsoonZimmer483]

How, after seeing all those people dressed up, and just sitting there on the floor reading that book, can people still keep comparing Harry Potter to twilight? Twilight is nothing but a stupid, cheap piece of writing that stephanie meyer never even bothered to think out properly. Harry Potter is magic. It really and truly is magic.

[ML6083]

Is it ridiculous that I jusr cried watching this?

[gogojojo5500]

@ML6083 No I had to pause this video for a minute or 2 because I was crying over Fred (once again)

Good thing I a home alone :D

[MonsoonZimmer483]

@ML6083 No it's not, I did too.

[shirusubemonaku]

J K Rowling is truly the Lady Gaga of the book industry

[Balian49]

lol Hugo's like...it will be years before I fully comprehend how incredible what just happened was

[MountainD3wz]

@Balian49 I don't get it

[MrsBananadance]

It's so scary in my class there are a brother and a sister: Hugo and Roos (Dutch for Rose). But actually I really like it :D

[SilverRvn]

I don't know why but this makes me cry so hard.

[fire1ce]

I feel so pathetic tearing up at this video lol

[melas169226]

Can you imagine that little boy when he has kids, and they read the Harry Potter books? He can tell them "I remember, J.K. rowling looking at me after she signed my book, and said 'Do you know what Hugo? You will find somone in this book named Hugo.'" That's a great memory to have.

[aleksandra14]

Hey, why it's written: "Neil Murry"? Isn't he: "Murray"?

[Eltima]

"You will find someone who's called Hugo in this book." This made me sob. Too cute~ Damn you, post Potter depression!

[TheIridescentDreamer]

She's incredible! I love the Harry Potter series because, it has so many morals and lessons behind it, that when I'm feeling bad or angry or just confused, I read one of the books, and I feel so much better!

[KillerInWoodsboro]

She makes me proud to be British.

[enyfink]

this makes me cry thinking about how i felt when it came out!

[2b16p]

I still have the wristband with the number that signified my spot in line at the release party at our local Barnes and Noble.

[harrypfreak101]

does anyone know wat book she is reading??? haha. plz let me know if u know!

[jono21198]

I want jk Rowling HP books in uk edition! It's were I all started :-D....and cause it look waaaaay better than US...

[daaniiee91]

@jono21198 that's deathly hallows mate

[campb328]

"It doesn't really matter if I get drunk and disorderly now, I've finished the book!" :)

[msamynicholle]

@Chrisindapurplehouse Her name is Joanne?

[msamynicholle]

@Chrisindapurplehouse Right....

[milakunisismyidol]

You know how in the beginning of the video the man said that Jo sometimes shuts herself out and tries to do everything ALONE? She is Harry! (:

@msamynicholle You're correct (:

@Chrisindapurplehouse There is no reason for name calling and cussing. It's Joanne, and if you don't believe me keep checking out her interviews. You must have misheard, they call her Jo instead of Joanne sometimes.

[Chrisindapurplehouse]

@milakunisismyidol I'm aware!

[AcrimonyTemerity]

@Chrisindapurplehouse

that would be what the j in j.k.rowling stands for

[tolerance2day]

since i will never meet her i think this is as good a place as any JK you truly saved my life thank you :)

[pickmelast]

I DON'T WANT IT TO END. I am seriously crying right now. What a mess I am.

[gobacktothatplace]

those kids were lucky.....they got to meet JKR

i was too young to TRULY appreciate Harry Potter when the this happened.....

i REALLY regret it........

[jono21198]

i hope she make more books...i was young and didn't know there where hp books just the movies...i would love to participate in the count down :-(

[MaverickVince2020]

I cried when I finished reading Deathly Hallows. I'll probably cry again when I see the movie.

[annie10103]

The sad thing is, when the seventh book came out I was only nine and I wasn't even vaguely interested in Harry Potter, I had seen the 1st and 2nd film and I had only read the second book. You have no IDEA how much I regret that now.

[gobacktothatplace]

@annie10103  same thing with me but i hadn't read the second book.

[annie10103]

@gobacktothatplace

It's so frustrating looking back on that now :(

[gobacktothatplace]

@annie10103 ikr

[Royaca]

I don't know why, but this is making me cry.

[pennypyro42]

3:47 "Yeah, baby!" haha, like that kid

[megsandbacon]

i remember crying watching the countdown on tv

and i just teared up then watching it again for the first time since then

i reread the books non stop - as soon as i finish book 7 again i start from the beginning again

it's so magical

[hpfan0926artlover]

i actually cried when they were counting down

[sugarpunch18]

I'll never forget the feeling of equal parts rapturous joy and crushing sadness when I first held my copy of that last book, never.

[fhsfhsdhshs]

I will miss very very much that excitement in the movie theatre waiting for an amazing Potter film!

[puppylover11396]

I think I would seriously start crying if I met Jo Rowling!

[Aicirt8]

Im really glad she decided not to kill Harry! ^_^

[musik4world]

I was in Mexico City in the library El Sotano at midnight waiting for the 7th Harry Potter book... one of the best moments of my life... THANK YOU JK Rowling!!!!!

btw love The Prince <3

[craigieboy2001]

I remember lining up in at a book shop at midnight in Paignton, Devon while on holiday to get the last book. The streets were buzzing, a lovely warm summers night, with 100's of people all sitting on the floor in the little town centre of Paignton reading this book. I remember sitting there with them, now nearly 1 in the morning thinking to myself "I am never going to experience something as magical as this night again in my life". It will stay with me forever.

[dvharris75]

@craigieboy2001 Excellent story. That must have been a special moment.

[slipknotdudu]

thank you JK Rowling for making my chiledhood magical

[slipknotdudu]

thank you JK Rowlin for making my chillhood magical

[agathaandpenelope]

She is so down to earth. You think she'd be haughty, like "Oh yeah, look at what I've done, I'm amazing," but she still deals with these insecurities and she is so humble, and I just think that makes her even a more brilliant person and author.

[allorsarah]

I love how blankly she hands the book back to Hugo after she told him.

[consuleboy]

She is my idol. I am inspired by her.

[ghostishere]

the release bit was so magical...... all those kids reading...... that's just really amazing

[MDkid1]

thats like me when i get stressed...shut out everyone but me.

[LemonFairyLili]

Also, crying again. 

[LemonFairyLili]

I don't know how they managed to talk for an interview (those girls). I was all over that book the second I got it.

[LemonFairyLili]

Also, I remember when someone at that midnight release called John Noe to tell him that she named Dawlish after him. (Since Pottercast was having a meeting sort of thing and I was there with a bunch of other fans.)

[LemonFairyLili]

"And she's got to do everything herself despite the fact that it's not possible to do everything herself."

And that, my friends, is where Harry comes from. ;)

[Zumzizeroo17]

When she told the boy, "You will find someone in the book named Hugo." I just bursted into tears. She is my hero.

[misssophietaylor]

@Zumzizeroo17 who in the book is named Hugo?

[Zumzizeroo17]

@misssophietaylor It's Hermione and Ron's son if you read Deathly Hallows.

[ellaencantada]

Thanks for the upload! I remember getting the last book at 10am something, and just crying my eyes out after I finished. I will never forget the feeling of waiting and finally being able to read it and finish it. I realized a lot of things because of the Harry Potter series, and with the last book it helped me come to terms with my personal problems. :)

[Cml725]

It's like The Beatles! I mean in terms of the fanfare.

[emcee2456]

I love how the kids dressed up as the characters in the book. Wow...the girls at 5:14 dressed are dressed as the Beauxbatons students! The costumes are so beautifully made! It just made our book event low-key.

[worm0101]

My birthday is 21th of july, and what a birthday it was.

[trpamhrh3]

Harry potter is great!J.K.Rowling is great!I absolutely love her work and I was a HP fanatic for many years.I read the entire series in one week,one book a day(I wasn't going to school,I was in hospital) and it made hardest days of my life much better and brighter.Thank you J.K.,and even if I don't really like your epilogue,

I still think it's a great series.

[MoonTsubasaHime]

She really did make history. It's because of her children wanted to read again! Honestly, I think she'll still be admired 100 years from now. She is such a talented and inspirational person ^_^

[Karrenola]

Again, wonderful documentary, wonderful posting, thank you iodine24! I remember that night the last book came out, tuning in on whatever webcam was going on, trying to catch a glimpse of all the fans out in London and in front of bookstores. I was in Tokyo, where the book would not be out in Japanese till a whole year later, but still there were those of us who'd preordered like mad. I got my lovely adult cover hardback edition while visiting Hong Kong a few months after the initial release.

[TheOtherLloyd]

J.K. Rowling is amazing and the Deathly Hallows was even better than I thought it would be!

[Spike2709]

Christ, reading your own work to people - now that's pure fear!!!

[PekelnyTvarohacek]

Now I want to forget what was in the 7th book and read it again and be surprised again :( why its imposible?

[xhappyxlifex]

omg lol at 4:30 when she meets that little boy b4 talking shes drinking and in this version they took it out LOL i guess people would freak out in america for seeing her having alcohol lol cuase in the british version you can see it, and i rememebr some poeple on the comments going like shes drinking alcohol!!! lol she was only drinking a bit and she had to seat for 8 hours ina row there poor jo lol

[PUPPYLUVE44]

no, I live in California in America and I saw this on tv. I LOVED that part, and laughed so much when she talked to the little boy after drinking.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE JK ROWLING!

[xhappyxlifex]

yea funny, i feel sorry for that boy lol he was probably waiting for that character anmed hugo to appear and he didint until one of the very last pages rofl

[speedingxcars]

her explanation for not killing harry at the end...foof. i'd always wondered if she just didn't want to let him go...but this, this is SO much better.

[Gr33nkiwi]

She had Harry's future planed out VERY VERY early on. I doubt she would be able to just throw it all away for a different ending. To her it would probably feel like lying to kill Harry after knowing that he had a future planned out.

[strangereveryday]

i love it when she tells the kid that he will find someone in the book named hugo ron and hermiones child

[edwardgregorypro]

@strangereveryday LOL! ya, and the way she looks at him and shoves the book over! hilarious. good thing she's not bitter.

[IRAQI6TNT]

@strangereveryday fuck you for ruining this for me.

[soraandven]

10 years and 16 hrs o.o

[mraz93]

I remember how it felt not knowing what to expect from the 7th book, as it hadnt come out yet. I will never forget that feeling

[Gr33nkiwi]

I'll never forget the feeling of reading it in 1 sitting. There's never another book that I'll be able to do that to.

[WereTurtwig]

@mraz93 I bet that would feel nice. Too bad my sister ruined it for me.

[DisneySinger12]

I went to the midnight party in my town. I loved it! I finished the book after four days of just getting it. It was the BEST book in the series by far!

[lloydeugenemoore]

4:24 - 4:44 gets me every time!