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Tommy was a 1975 musical film, based on The Who's 1969 "rock opera" concept album Tommy . The movie was directed by Ken Russell and featured a star-studded cast, including the band members themselves. Ann-Margret received a Golden Globe Award for her performance, and was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Information

Runtime: 111 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Colour (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix: Quintaphonic (5 channel Dolby Stereo)
Certification: Denmark:15 (DVD); Finland:K-16; Sweden:15; USA:PG; UK:15

Cast

Roger Daltrey - Tommy Walker
Oliver Reed
- Frank Hobbs, Tommy's step father
Ann-Margret
- Nora Walker Hobbs, Tommy's mother
Elton John
- Pinball Wizard
Eric Clapton - Preacher
John Entwistle - Himself
Keith Moon - Uncle Ernie & himself in some parts
Paul Nicholas
- Cousin Kevin
Jack Nicholson
- A. Quackson, mental health specialist
Robert Powell
- Group Capt. Walker
Pete Townshend - Himself
Tina Turner - The Acid Queen
Arthur Brown - The Priest
Victoria Russell - Sally Simpson
Ben Aris - Rev. A. Simpson. V.C.

Changes from album

The film for Tommy showed a few changes from the original 1969 album. Changes include dates in which the story happened. The movie takes place in the post World War II era as the album takes place in post World War I. For example, in the song "Overture 1921" where on the album the line is, "got a feelin' 21 is gonna be a good year." it is changed to "got a feelin' 51 is gonna be a good year"' for the film. This allowed Russell to use more contemporary images for later scenes.

In the album, Captain Walker returns to find his wife with a new lover and proceeds to murder the lover. In the film it is flipped around; the lover kills Captain Walker.

Unlike other films of rock operas (such as Pink Floyd's The Wall) the album is not dubbed over the film; the different actors sing the songs instead of The Who. Because of this, all the songs are rerecorded and some shuffled around; a large number of songs have new lyrics and instrumentation. Notably:

All references to Uncle Ernie outside of "Fiddle About" are removed except for his introduction to "converts" at Tommy's Holiday Camp.
"The Amazing Journey" has almost completely different lyrics. Also the "guide" from the album is shown as being Tommy's murdered father.
Pinball Wizard has a few extra lyrics. References to pinball are removed from "Christmas".
"Underture" is not present; Only a few brief snatches of "Overture" can be heard.

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