Un garçon psycho somatiquement sourd, muet et aveugle devient un maître flipper et, par la suite, la figure de proue d'une secte.Un garçon psycho somatiquement sourd, muet et aveugle devient un maître flipper et, par la suite, la figure de proue d'une secte.Un garçon psycho somatiquement sourd, muet et aveugle devient un maître flipper et, par la suite, la figure de proue d'une secte.
- Nommé pour 2 oscars
- 2 victoires et 5 nominations au total
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesAccording to director Ken Russell's DVD commentary, Sir Elton John initially turned down the part of the Pinball Wizard. One of those seriously considered for the role was David Essex, who had played Tommy in the 1973 stage production and recorded a version of the Pinball Wizard at his home studio. However, producer Robert Stigwood held out to get John, who finally agreed to play the role, on the condition that he could keep the oversized Doc Martin boots from his costume.
- GaffesTommy's eye color changes from brown to blue when he grows up at the end of "Christmas".
- Citations
The Pinball Wizard: [singing] Ever since I was a young boy, I played the silver ball, From Soho down to Brighton, I must have played them all, But I ain't seen nothin' like him, In any amusement hall, That deaf, dumb and blind kid, Sure plays a mean pinball..
- Autres versionsIn the UK PAL version DVD, between the "Uncle Ernie scene" and the scene that Frank Hobbs walks up the blue lit staircase, there is a scene showing Nora and Frank coming through the front door of their flat and ponder for a moment where the strange noises are coming from. Proceeding this, Frank walks to the staircase and heads upstairs.
- ConnexionsEdited into Tommy: The Interactive Adventure (1996)
- Bandes originalesPrologue-1945
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Pete Townshend
Opening brass Performed by John Entwistle
Commentaire en vedette
It helps to have an appreciation for Ken Russell, not Pete Townsend
This is a Ken Russell movie, make no mistake. It is relentlessly twisted, ugly, savage (for a sometimes humorous effect) and trippy. Russell may be the oldest flower child of all time. Surreal plot concerns a deaf-dumb-and-blind boy becoming the new Messiah to a pinball-crazed population, and the film has been accused of being too literal to The Who's rock opera source material. In this age of lavish music videos, it has also been tagged as archaic. Though nobody seems to care anymore how a film was perceived in its time, I would say the picture still succeeds in doing what was originally intended: shake an audience up with freaky visuals and propulsive music (nicely arranged). It also does something else: creates actual characters from the music, a plus due in part to the fine acting of Ann-Margret as Tommy's glamorous mother, Roger Daltrey as Tommy, Oliver Reed as Tommy's stepfather (Reed is hammy but quite game, while the role is designed as both a villain and a hero), and Tina Turner, an extremely scary presence as the Acid Queen. "Tommy" has some bummer scenes, and Russell's love for degradation occasionally made me wince, but it is a real cinematic experience. Whether it involves or alienates the viewer depends on their appreciation for the English director's constant penchant for the bizarre. **1/2 from ****
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- moonspinner55
- 29 juin 2001
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Tommy by 'The Who'
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- Budget
- 5 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 34 251 525 $ US
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 34 277 803 $ US
- Durée1 heure 51 minutes
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