GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Tommy (1975)
Info:
- Release Date: March 26, 1975
- Creators: Ken Russell (director), Pete Townshend (writer)
- Genre: Rock Opera
- Rating: ★★★★☆
Plot:
- Rock opera broken down through individual songs.
Notes:
- Nora writhing around in baked beans in Champagne
- Cousin Kevin, the nastiest play friend you ever did meet
- The Acid Queen - love her hypodermic needle iron maiden!
- Uncle Ernie, cracking an egg into a pint of Newcastle
- The Preacher's cult of Marilyn, complete with booze and pill communion
- Local Lad, the "Where's Waldo?" prototype, as the pinball champ
- The suave Specialist, chatting up Nora
- "Let's think of a nice game to play, now the grownups have all gone away."
- "I'm the gypsy. The acid queen. Pay me before I'm gone."
- "He's had a few too many drinks tonight."
Cast:
- Roger Daltrey as Tommy
- Ann-Margret as Nora
- Oliver Reed as Frank
- Tina Turner as The Acid Queen
- Paul Nicholas as Cousin Kevin
- Keith Moon as Uncle Ernie
- Elton John as Local Lad
- Eric Clapton as The Preacher
- Jack Nicholson as The Specialist
