Tommy
- Drama
- Music
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
- Directed by
- Ken Russell
- Written by
- Ken Russell
- Based on
- Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle
Cast
Oliver Reed- Ann-Margret
- Roger Daltrey
- Elton John
- Eric Clapton
- Arthur Brown
- Pete Townshend
- John Entwistle
- Tina Turner
- Paul Nicholas
- Keith Moon
Jack Nicholson
Keywords
- musical
- christmas tree
- death of father
- satire
- messiah
- 1940s
- 1950s
- world war ii
- child abuse
- 1970s
- 1960s
- blindness
- rock 'n' roll
- christmas party
- adultery
- evil child
- mute
- deaf-mute
- rock musical
- post war
- cult leader
- pinball machine
- christmas lights
- witch doctor
- psychosomatic illness
- rock opera
- cult of celebrity
- pinball
- holiday camp
- visually impaired person
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