Directed by:
Ken RussellScreenplay:
Ken RussellCast:
Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Roger Daltrey, Jack Nicholson, Robert Powell, Tina Turner, Ken Russell, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon (more)Plots(1)
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 brilliant rock opera is sublimely matched by director Ken Russell`s penchant for cinematic excess during the peak of his filmmaking audacity. It`s a fever-dream of musical bombast, revolving around the titular `deaf, dumb, and blind kid'` (Roger Daltrey) who survives the childhood trauma that stole his senses to become a Pinball Wizard. Tommy`s odyssey is rendered through wall-to-wall music, from the bloodstream shock of `The Acid Queen` (Tina Turner) to Elton John`s towering rendition of `Pinball Wizard` and Daltrey`s epiphanous rendition of `I'm Free`. Other star performers include Eric Clapton and (most outrageously) the Who`s drummer Keith Moon. Tommy is a classic of creative rock cinema, worthy of the musical and filmmaking genii who fuelled its creation. (Odeon)
(more)Cast
Oliver Reed
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Trap (1966)
Ann-Margret
Sweden
Best movies:
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
Roger Daltrey
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 (1977) (concert)
The Who: Tommy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2017) (concert)
Jack Nicholson
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Shining (1980)
The Departed (2006)
Robert Powell
UK
Best movies:
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
Tommy (1975)
Tina Turner
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Tina Turner Live In Barcelona 1990 (1990) (concert)
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) - a.f.
Ken Russell
UK
Best movies:
Tommy (1975)
Lady Chatterley (1993) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Elton John
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
Billy Elliot the Musical (2014) (theatrical recording)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Eric Clapton
UK
Best movies:
Eric Clapton - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2015) (concert)
Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony – Lockdown Sessions (2021) (concert)
Tommy (1975)
Pete Townshend
UK
Best movies:
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 (1977) (concert)
The Who: Tommy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2017) (concert)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) (theatrical recording)
Keith Moon
UK
Best movies:
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 (1977) (concert)
Tommy (1975)
200 Motels (1971)
Arthur Brown
UK
Best movies:
Tommy (1975)
Club Paradise (1986)
Freebird (2008)
Victoria Russell
Best movies:
Tommy (1975)
The Music Lovers (1971)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Imogen Claire
UK
Best movies:
Billy Elliot (2000)
Savage Messiah (1972)
Fame (1980) - a.f.
Peter Brace
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Tommy (1975)
Vicki Brown
UK
Best movies:
Tommy (1975)
John Entwistle
UK
Best movies:
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 (1977) (concert)
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
Tommy (1975)
Paul Nicholas
UK
Best movies:
Tommy (1975)
The Jazz Singer (1980)
Little Women (1970)
Ben Aris
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Savage Messiah (1972)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Lisa Vanderpump
UK
Best movies:
Tommy (1975)
Bugsy Malone (1976)
A Touch of Class (1973)