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Tommy is a 1975 British musical fantasy drama film written and directed by Ken Russell and based on the Who's 1969 rock opera album Tommy about a "psychosomatically deaf, mute, and blind" boy who becomes a pinball champion and religious leader.
Mar 26, 1975 · Tommy: Directed by Ken Russell. With Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Roger Daltrey, Elton John. A psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult.
- (23K)
- Drama, Musical
- Ken Russell
- 1975-03-26
Tommy is the challenger. Russell cuts between the crowds, the arena, and a dizzying series of close-ups of the games (at times, we almost seem to be inside the pinball machines), and the effect is exhilarating and exhausting. Advertisement. Musical. Foreign. Drama.
Nora Walker is told that her British bomber pilot husband is missing in action and presumed killed in World War II. On V.E. Day, Nora gives birth to their son and names him Tommy.
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- (35)
- Ken Russell
- PG
- Roger Daltrey
Tommy (1975) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
"Tommy" (Barry Winch) is a young lad who lives an almost zombified existence with his mother "Nora" (Ann-Margret) and her second husband "Frank" (Oliver Reed).
