Tommy
feature film, 1975.
DIRECTED BY: Ken Russell
CAST:
Roger Daltrey (Tommy Walker),
Oliver Reed (Frank Hobbs),
Ann-Margret (Nora Walker),
Jack Nicholson,
Elton John
SCRIPT:
Pete Townshend,
Ken Russell
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Dick Bush,
Robin Lehman,
Ronnie Taylor
Synopsis:
This is a rock musical starring the band The Who and their lead singer Roger Daltrey. Tommy Walker is Nora and Captain Walker’s son. His dad is a military pilot who disappeared during the war and is considered deceased. Nora later remarried to Frank Hobbs, but Tommy’s real father suddenly appears one night. A series of tragic circumstances leaves the boy in shock and he stops reacting to the world around him. While everybody considers him deaf, mute and blind, he develops a great talent for playing pinball.
35 mm, color, 111 min