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'''Tommy''' is a famous [[rock opera]] by Pete Townshend of [[The Who]].  

'''Tommy''' is a famous [[rock opera]] by Pete Townshend of [[The Who]].  

In [[Ken Russell]]'s 1974 movie version, Mrs. Walker's RAF husband was shot down in the war, so "his unborn child will never know him." Young Tommy sees his widowed mother ([[Ann-Margaret]]) carrying on with Uncle Frank at Bernie's Holiday Camp.  

In [[Ken Russell]]'s 1974 movie version, Mrs. Walker's RAF husband was shot down in the war, so "his unborn child will never know him." Young Tommy sees his widowed mother ([[Ann-Margaret]]) carrying on with Uncle Frank at Bernie's Holiday Camp.  

His mother gave him a Nativity scene for Christmas, but he rejects it.  

His mother gave him a Nativity scene for Christmas, but he rejects it.  

When he grows up (played by The Who's [[Roger Daltrey]]), his mother brings him to a cult who worship Marilyn Monroe, a "woman who can bring eyesight to the blind". The perverse ritual centers on rock and roll, sexuality and whiskey.  

When he grows up (played by The Who's [[Roger Daltrey]]), his mother brings him to a cult who worship Marilyn Monroe, a "woman who can bring eyesight to the blind". The perverse ritual centers on rock and roll, sexuality and whiskey.  

The famous Underture provides the musical setting for a scene in which Tommy gropes through a junkyard and finds a pinball machine: Gottlieb's "Kings & Queens".  

The famous Underture provides the musical setting for a scene in which Tommy gropes through a junkyard and finds a pinball machine: Gottlieb's "Kings & Queens".  

The song "Extra" is converted from [[miracle cure]] to pinball championship, as a neat transition to the movie's most famous song. We see Elton John playing a 4-octave plastic keyboard attached to a pinball machine. At first we see only his hands and hairy forearms, but with a sparkling motley shirt, oversized round polkadot glasses and a two tone wool cap topped with a silver sphere he is clearly the reigning Pinball Champ. As the camera dollies out, we see his huge feet under trouser-clad stilts. In this rewrite of the classic song, the champ is a sore loser; he doesn't want Tommy to become the new "[[pinball machine|table]] king". As the song ends, he topples from his machine and is carried out through the booing audience. Tommy gets his pinball crown.  

The song "Extra" is converted from [[miracle cure]] to pinball championship, as a neat transition to the movie's most famous song.

 

 

We see Elton John playing a 4-octave plastic keyboard attached to a pinball machine. At first we see only his hands and hairy forearms, but with a sparkling motley shirt, oversized round polkadot glasses and a two tone wool cap topped with a silver sphere he is clearly the reigning Pinball Champ. As the camera dollies out, we see his huge feet under trouser-clad stilts. In this rewrite of the classic song, the champ is a sore loser; he doesn't want Tommy to become the new "[[pinball machine|table]] king". As the song ends, he topples from his machine and is carried out through the booing audience. Tommy gets his pinball crown.  

Ann-Margaret now showcases her (meagre?) talents in the notorious "baked beans" episode in an all white bedroom furnished with a spherical chair, spherical lamp, and a round bed with round pillows. Although her son's pinball wizardry has made her a rich woman, she wishes she could "drive his blight from her mind". When she throws her liquor bottle at the TV, out comes suds, baked beans and chocolate (in her fantasy). The movie may have been rated PG, but this scene is an R for sheer raunch.

Ann-Margaret now showcases her (meagre?) talents in the notorious "baked beans" episode in an all white bedroom furnished with a spherical chair, spherical lamp, and a round bed with round pillows. Although her son's pinball wizardry has made her a rich woman, she wishes she could "drive his blight from her mind". When she throws her liquor bottle at the TV, out comes suds, baked beans and chocolate (in her fantasy). The movie may have been rated PG, but this scene is an R for sheer raunch.

:I'm free. I'm free!

:I'm free. I'm free!

:And freedom tastes of reality.

:And freedom tastes of reality.

Tommy runs throw a forest (with combat imagery) and a beach, where he's "waiting for you to follow me" (a new [[Messiah]]). He strips the jewels from her and 'baptizes' her in the surf.  

Tommy runs throw a forest (with combat imagery) and a beach, where he's "waiting for you to follow me" (a new [[Messiah]]). He strips the jewels from her and 'baptizes' her in the surf.