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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. [5]
Mar 26, 1975 · A film adaptation of the rock opera by The Who, starring Roger Daltrey as a blind, deaf, and mute pinball prodigy. The film features a cast of rock stars, including Elton John, Ann-Margret, and Tina Turner, and was nominated for two Oscars.
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- Drama, Musical
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- 1975-03-26
Feb 15, 2018 · www.screenbound.co.uk Tommy [1975] Only Ken Russell could have done full cinematic justice to The Who’s psychedelic rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean...
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Dec 21, 2011 · If you've ever wanted to hear Jack Nicholson sing or marvel at the sight of Ann-Margret drunkenly cavorting in a cascade of baked beans, Tommy is the movie you've been waiting for. The Who's ...
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Tommy is a musical film based on the rock opera by The Who. It tells the story of a blind, deaf, and mute boy who becomes a pinball champion and a cult leader after witnessing his father's murder.
Pete Townshend, who wrote the original album for The Who, says Tommy is an attack on the hypocrisy of organized religion. Ken Russell, who's made a specialty of films about musicians (Tchaikovsky, Mahler, and Liszt), says Tommy is the greatest work of art the twentieth century has produced.
Tommy (1975) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
