Ann Margret in Tommy (what about the boy?)

[54markl]

WOW! :)

[SuperShar212]

It all gets silly,(with who can sing, where's the plot} Damn it's The Who for a start and; ok I realise as professional musician myself, there may be some extremely wonky singing but The Who and Ann Magret realy rocked it.

[qttroassi]

You know what's messed up is traumatic shit like that sometimes happens to little kids ...

[dollykins100]

oh... my head hurts!!

[eldorado303]

tommy is quite an enjoyable piece, indeed

[SonattaMorales]

ann margret, what a fine performance, girl! after all those years i'm still gobsmacked!

[sirsobse]

WHO. eine sensationelle band und ein sensationeller film oder wenn du willst musical, der für mich über 30 jahre nichts von seiner faszination verloren hat!

Long live rock !

[Rainbowman54]

Awesome movie :-)

[MaggieRose1994]

Poor Tommy was traumatised and made himself deaf, dumb and blind to conceal the truth and his emotions.

[XxDazedandConfusedx1]

@MaggieRose1994 Wrong. He was so traumatized by the experience that he actually responded as if he were deaf, dumb, and blind, but it was all pyscho-samatic.

[jaymeeharkeen]

this is so sad. where did they put the body? didn't margret love him still?

[slowmovement]

Like parents do.

[mishunaccomeplished]

If I was a child and Oliver Reed stuck his contorted face in mine telling me I didnt see or hear something I too wouldnt say a thing ever again.

[UliJones]

Mick Ralphs on lead - nice touch.

[peterobs]

I agree about Ann Margaret. She's never been better. The only one to come out of this mess looking good.

[UglyGamer961]

Is it just me or can NO ONE in this movie sing at ALL

the who shoulda sung it all

[DaKilla27]

@UglyGamer961 To a point. The album is a 100000000000000000000000000000­000000000 times better, but this is....... well...... ok.

[slowmovement]

@UglyGamer961 I don't agree. Even if Nicholson's singing isn't as magical, his performance is, and it's a movie. I can switch to the Who's album anytime.

[7thchilddevin]

it should be '21

[ecko2750]

the guitar riff when Tommy walks out of his room is so awesome!! love this album..

[corymariachiband]

the song is called "1921" on the album....but in the movie its "1951"

[TheUltimateNoob001]

@Anonymous343434 yes, in the album the father kills the lover, but in the movie it was reversed.

[Anonymous343434]

First, not that anything is wrong with the movie (nothing TOO bad), but I prefer the original. Second, about the nothing TOO bad, by that I mean, in the original story, didn't the father kill the lover? Correct me if I'm wrong, because I have never seen this movie.

[Hollywoodsteve]

@Anonymous343434 From a dramatic and cinematic perspective, it worked better to have the father killed. Ken Russell goes into great detail on the DVD audio commentary and he's right.

[OoMASEoO]

Rock operas are awkward for me at first cuz nothing rhymes, but after a while it's kinda cool... and then you start singing everything you say in real life (or is that just me?!)

[OoMASEoO]

i like her voice in that song at 1:00 - 1:44

[mrfivegold]

It breaks my heart to see a child like that be forced to shut himself away to avoid the realization of the adult world far too soon. Forced to listen to his subconscious to break free of the powers of modern life. Anyone can its just its easier to do yourself than teach. "Listening to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"! Best ending ever!

[DudoDeLaMancha]

When Ann-Margret start to sing "WHAT ABOUT THE BOY!", my body's just paralysed, stunned by the incredible power of her voice. Everytime it's the same think!

[deadlycamera]

why the subtitles?

[mrfivegold]

@deadlycamera For the hearing impaired.

[bwc3821]

Anyone think AM could've done a little better than Oliver Reed?

[Hollywoodsteve]

@bwc3821 Well maybe. I think the point was is that he was quite the charmer.

[FabioFresh]

my heads dizzy from air drumming to keith moon

[elphbwckd]

its too bad ann's voice was wasted with such a second rate cast, at least, when it comes to singing. she has some really strong vocals through out this movie but they always seem to be covered up by the yelling and screeching of the rest of the cast. Really unfortunate because she is amazing and so is the soundtrack. it would have sounded so much better if every one lived up to ann's vocal ability

[strawberrymuffin86]

Tommy is one movie I've watched over and over and over again since I was little and I will never stop loving it or the soundtrack

[Carbon657]

1:44 - 1:59 i dont even have words to explain it, just so epic.

[bassplayah707]

Milf<3

[gosh1994]

so wait...the dad came back alive and they killed him??? I never got that part.

[KrugK420]

@gosh1994 thats excatly what happened

[OoMASEoO]

@gosh1994 yeah with a deadly lamp! lol

[sanstitle]

What about the boy?..Hell...What about the body?

[xryan11]

I wonder whyit went 21 to 51. hmm.

[Matteino85]

1921 (Nel film 1951)

[musicmattm]

@xryan11 maybe that's when it takes place

[Hollywoodsteve]

@xryan11 Because the film changed the war to World War II. It also fixed a continuity problem on the original album album in that Sally Simpson could not marry a "rock musician" since rock music had not been invented yet in the late 30s/early 40s.

[bwc3821]

@Hollywoodsteve was pinball even around in the 30s/40s? I thought that didnt come about until the 50s.

[bwc3821]

@Hollywoodsteve oh, nevermind, got my anwser. Wikipedia is an amazing thing.

[iamobeliskquake]

@xryan11 to cover up the plot hole. Sally cant marry a rock musician if rock music didnt exist yet and pinball didnt exist either

[krizonras17]

they were really sweaty they must have been fucking really hard

[TurboVW2004]

Extraordinary. I haven't watched this film in some time, but I always know this is one of the most riveting scenes. To act out this scene in a rock opera is probably almost impossible.

[GigioGeek]

1:17

[MegaTSkillz]

He asaw it through the mirror straight infront of his so he's drawn tot he mirror throughout the movie. That's the only reason he stands there!! And I agree with MrBearofbears

[KrugK420]

ann margret is fucking hot and can sing

[seonfox]

this is awful! lmao! ann can't SING and is such a joke and this it just retarded

[kayandmiguel211]

Ann Margret can for sure sing!

[seonfox]

@kayandmiguel211 you are for sure WRONG.

[kayandmiguel211]

@seonfox

Shut up! I am for sure RIGHT! Final!

[lake40]

@kayandmiguel211 but oliver reed cant

[Dojack]

Must've been a pretty intense session of love making, I mean..look at how SWEATY they are.

[Supercharge87]

The drumming on this track is incredible.

[Vortigern99]

@Supercharge87 Many people are not aware it's Kenny Jones, and not Keith Moon, on the drums for the Tommy soundtrack. FYI.

[musicmattm]

@Supercharge87 That's KEITH MOON!!! THE GREATEST DRUMMER OF ALL TIME!!!

[KrugK420]

@Supercharge87 keith moon baby

[Seb30able]

@Supercharge87 That's Keith Moon; greatest drummer ever.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

She is an amazing talent.

I love her.

George Vreeland Hill

[madcap66laughs]

This was one of these movies, seeing it in my youth, changed my outlook on certain things. Suprised I didn't end up the way he did seeing the things I saw. Nonetheless amazing movie (musical) and acting.

[sauer82855]

Ann_margret's Performance was absolutely stunning!! No wonder she won a golden globe and nominated for a Best Actree academy award. Just amazing

[walleyrt69]

If I saw Ann Margrock having sex Id sit and watch it and Id be a REAL REAL good boy so I could watch her do it again!

[knuckles362]

@walleyrt69 if i saw her having sex i'd get in on that action and feel her, touch her, and heal her.

[cravingart]

huhu..me2

[PyroDefysGravity]

I have the 1992 broadway album, and I must say, the vocals in this one kinda suck compared to it. It's not as intense. Then again, I heard Pete Townshend didn't like the movie.

[dylans96]

i love how the real song says 21 and this one says 51

[JoeyRavnTV]

The setting was adapted. The original is set just after WWI, this one is set after WWII. I guess they tried to make it easier for the public to relate to the events of the movie if they were set in a more recent decade.

[jayboy1208]

I think Pete would've made a good Captain Walker

[jojoevilllama]

Poor Captain Walker. I wish they would've stuck to the album's way of things.

[grundie]

They killed Jesus!

[omega4104]

Possibly the worst parents ever

[BadCamera32]

Following the logic about how Tommy went deaf and blind and mute from walking in on his mom being plowed there would be a lot more deaf blind and mute people out there.

[Egem14]

LOL. He went Deaf, Dumb and Blind from watching Frank murder his father... with a lamp... that didn't even break when he hit him with it.... lol.

[ruleta74835]

Well, this is a rock opera, y'know... the blind/mute/deafness is an allegory or whatever; not necessarily literal. A lot of issues do crop up in us coming down from our parents.  In that light, I think the movie makes some sense.

[ruleta74835]

Hmm, on second thought, the lyrics do make it abundantly clear that Tommy was physically deaf, dumb and blind, or at least appeared that way to everyone. So, while it's a far-fetched case, it still has a lot of parallels to things we can probably all identify with. I never really minded that the story was hard to believe as-is.

[sydw56]

He went deaf blind and mute cus he saw his dad murdered. Not cus he saw his "mom being plowed".....lol.

[langelina89]

yes there are a lot of things that dont seem to fit in with reality... but u people have to look past that and look at the creativity and good acting. DUH!!! its 1975 and were watching a film created by THE WHO!! try being under a substance then everything will make sense if you dont get it!!

[tachiri]

Me and My little sister can't listen to this song without cracking up over the stepdad's singing.

[Tkreft1128]

I finally got this on DVD last week. So good.

[cokieblume]

ps It maybe wasnt the brightest idea to stroll into your wifes bedroom 10 odd years after you disapeared without giving her a ring first. Just a thought. If I woke up to my husband who i thought was dead screaming my name id hit him with a lamp too

[cokieblume]

Am i the only one who finds Ollie Reed really really sexy (despite his crappy singing?) great actor though...

[UnabridgedComics]

Yes.

[strawberrymuffin86]

@cokieblume no, I have always found him sexy in this movie! *high five*

[eldorado303]

a bit psychedelic no?

[broadway93babee]

holy crap.. I nevwer realized how twisted this was. lol. I saw it the first and last time when i wa slike 6! lol

[DrewAnti1960]

The WHO Rocks

[bogercs]

Yeah! What about the boy? I mean, what if he suffers some sort of disfigure?

[doomayam]

this movie maded me cry

[atnkv]

um...i'm pretty sure it's 21. I like read a script for it and it was 21.

[DarkGuitarHero]

In the album yes, it is '21 because capain walker is fighting in world war 1. But in the movie, captain walker is fighting in world war 2(royal air force), so that why.

[langelina89]

roger did 21 in the album... but the producers of the movie told him there better off doing 51 so they can get more creative with the style and all that

[skinnerburgers]

I want that airplane wallpaper

[DorisDayFanatic]

This movie looks good but kind of sad! I want to see it anyways.

[SymphonicDelight]

so good, in my opinion quadrophenia is musically of more worth than tommy, but tommy got the hollywood treatment.

i enjoy both more then the wall, though.

[LBjim]

I wish Ann Margeret was my mother!!...LOL!!!

[ludehead]

I would have breast fed until I was 12!

[LBjim]

LOL!!..I hear you!!

[miiwii93]

what a way to go blind, deaf, and dumb, huh?

[lovemolliedo]

i really don't think the dad was ever there... well... i don't really know... maybe he was?

[yesledman2]

Yes.

[dedado1]

Not even Townshend depicts what actually happens. The father could have been the person with the affair, its all up for interpretation according to him. Townshend, an excellent writer, likes to be a pain in the ass with interpretation.

[SymphonicDelight]

actually the events have been depicted pretty precisely.

the lyrics at the end of the overture:

" [capt walker] believe him missing along with a number of men, don't expect to see him again"

the mother takes on another lover, due to the expected death of her husband, the only thing to note is, on the album, the father kills the lover, where as in the movie, the lover kills the father.

either way 2:40 in, thats rockin right there.

[chelceyoh07]

Best bits in the film, love the lyrics with the video too, good job :)

[ZX2ManDave]

Was that blow from that lamp really enough to kill someone, i mean come on. It barely touched his neck. At the most it the bulb might have burnt a little.

[chelceyoh07]

Well they're not actually gonna kill him are they lol?

[Playing0The0Angel]

the gtr arrgmnts are awesome

[EleanorB123]

this songs starts of very smoothly and then it gets realy cool when it gets near the end i love it x

[ries0000]

Oliver Reed ,an icon, loved that guy.

[sophiaturbo]

мощно, ей богу, мощно!

[lowellsaur]

the fil is terrible for the simple fact that it was the lover that killed the dad, instead of the dad killing the lover

[worldmayhem]

if Ann was my mom, I would be into incest.

[glaxev]

ha same

[Kiddy2468]

I thought that he became blind deaf and dumb because of what was said you to him, "You didn't see it, you didn't hear it, you won't tell nothing to no-one ever in you life."

[MrBearofbears]

@Kiddy2468 That's exactly what I thought. Afterall, they did say, "You didnt see it, you didn't hear it, you won't say nothing to no one ever in your life......." That's what made him go blind, deaf and dumb. He did just what the mother and her boyfriend said.

[Ramsgate15]

comment on the videos info box, tommy wasnt autistic, as far as im aware (not seen the movie in a long time) he had post traumatic stress disorder, autism doesnt make you believe u r deaf dumb and blind no matter how extreme!

feel free to correct me

[ramzadragoon]

Tommy has symptoms of conversion disorder, a psychological disorder not based on physical problems that involves the loss of senses or feeling.

[yourmybestfriend101]

so let me get this straight, so the blonde chicks fomer husband decided to come for a visit in the middle of the night. he then walked in on his former wife and some guy who obviously isn't good enough for her, getting busy. and the bum 'er uh boyfriend decided there was nothing else for him to do but smash the lamp over the dudes head. and being good role models, told the kid to lie about it. am i on the right track?

[luvstospooge0]

kinda. the gy who gets killed was in the airforce so they thought his plane was shout down so the woman started dating that guy but he never actually got shot down so he comes home but the new guy kills him. and they tell the kid he didnt hear see it and he wont say anytihng and as a result he becomess deaf dumb and blind. thats the story of tommy

[yourmybestfriend101]

okay thanx

[lordbloodscream]

ahh supressed memories...

[inu456]

Awh, I dun think i wanna watch this. It looks sad, And just plain stupid, lol.

[HylianPirate278]

"he actually goes blind, deaf and dumb; effectively going autistic."

Uh, I'm autistic (high functioning), and I can see and hear quite well, and I'm pretty smart!

Oh well, this part is quite weird. I can't imagine a lamp killing anyone.

[Lobster222]

Why is she so happy about getting banged by that fatass?

[scotpens]

I always wondered the same thing. What does a classy broad like Ann-Margret see in a greasy little toad like Oliver Reed? But screw it, it's a movie.

[blackfireguyvermtk]

Not to be rude, Im sure a lot of you love this movie. But come on that scene was BS!

[SilentSprinterCJ]

I think this whole thing is f*cking weird.

[moppethead]

I love how it takes so long for her to take her hair tie out LOL

[kierron10]

but aint it the "lover" that gets killed and the dad lives?????????

[knavas]

the finale of this song really gives me goose pimples

[Kinnybetch]

Young Tommy is so cute

[Prix21]

isnt the song 1921

[danb1990]

It is but they changed it to 51 for the film which was made in 1970, to make it more believeable when Tommy is played by Roger.

[corvettez0910]

if my parents would have sang angerly at me i would most likely run alway

[SorceressZila]

rofl - I'd laugh - then call the asylum

[Hollywoodsteve]

His singing isn't supposed to be great. He's playing a sleazy character. Reed's casting in this film is one of its many examples of pure genius.

[runkert]

I hate Anne Margret's overdone voice modulation or whatever its called. She butchered the whole album in ways that can't be forgiven.

[skateboard1587]

the part where they are screaming at him is fucking hilarious

[ASLDfan01]

i wish they'd make more rock operas like this, but as good as this.

[ASLDfan01]

but Anne Margret is an amazing singer

[ASLDfan01]

yeah, the guy singing is like 2 seconds off key, and his voice didn't blend well, at all.

[videoarena]

This scene freaked me out when I saw this movie on late night television when I was a kid.

[23JNG53]

wow, that dudes singing sucked balls.

[RockNRollRanter]

My translation of Tommy at the end: "All right. That did it."

[SnowCrasher]

Poor Tommy.

Brilliant brilliant song.

(but geez Reed can't sing at all)

[dollybeth]

HOW cute is the little boy!!!! Bless. Yikes about Oliver Reed's singing, but I still love him in this.

[bdcogger]

2:38-2:49 second best singing in the entire movie, tina turner as the acid queen, is number 1 and i'm free by roger(tommy) is 3'd

[babbagecabb]

wtf

the lover is supposed to die

in the show its her 21st birthday....

i really am not a fan of the highly-altered movie

[SamuelXavier427]

uh you know the movie came before the show right

and that the album really was the one that set the pace for both...

[LYLS3637]

yes, the musical came out after the movie, but it was more in line with Pete Townshend's actual story. He wrote the book for the musical unlike the movie which was written by Ken Russell. The movie was Russell's vision. The musical was Townshend's vision.

[Tranchera]

Also, Oliver Reed is a fucking blight on this film.

[Tranchera]

Jesus, finally I found this song on YouTube. Bloody "1951" never came up with anything. :/

[shanman95]

On the album it is 1921

[Tranchera]

I know, that's why I was looking up 1951. It's 1951 in the film.

[Sukichi]

I thought it seemed like his parents cursed him or something.

"You never saw it, you never heard it, you won't say nothin' to no one".

[bdcogger]

duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, thats the point of the movie THAT IS Y HE IS BLIND DEAF AND DUMB

[EzLuvzMCr]

Actually, the reason why he goes deaf, dumb and blind is because he is so shocked at what he has saw. Remember, he is traumizited, at only something like four/five years old. X

[Dancingfairyqueen]

Ok "Yank Twat". Were Not the only one that gets shit done dear. Get your Shit together. Plus who honestly gets face lifts any more you dunb ass mother fucker!? It's all chemical peels and botox and shit now-a-days. It amazes me how many stupid people there are in the world. I don't see how it's possible.

[rosyyaoi2]

the lamp isnt the point. The point was just that they commited the act of killing the dad XD

[RogerWaters2112]

I love the guitar when tommys dad comes in! its so freckin epic!!!!!!!! Tommys real dad is so badass!!! no way a lamp could bring him down!!

[MarchingSax2010]

I love how the door just swings open for Captain Walker without him even touching it.This is both my favourite film, and album of all time. I love the music when Powell walks into young Tommy's room

[mkervelegan]

his bio father was, as any brit knows, one of the original guinea pigs. Thanks to their contributions to plastic surgery these RAF burn victims are the reason some silly yank twat can get her face done...

[flyingsteve07]

holy hell!! what i would do to have sex with ann margret at that point in time...

[smitty01209]

Oh my god! He hit me in the shoulder with a lamp after I survived a plane-crash!

I think I'm going to die, now.

I always thought the death was a littly fishy.

[rachsox]

haha, i always thought that it was odd, too.

but in the original story, the lover (Uncle Frank) dies cause Tommy's dad hits him. y they changed it, idk.

[smitty01209]

Eh. They paid for Oliver Reed (A then semi-famous actor). They may as well damn use him to his fullest.

[RedKingCommandz]

same here

they should have created summin waaay more realistic!!

Mind you, one flaw in a perfect musical! :D

[jaygp777]

i thought that was tommys imagination and he became traumatized after seeing them have sex

[itsalolmor]

It could be possible, as Freud says that once the child realizes that the parents are doing something he's not allowed in, and hears all the screaming and stuff, he thinks it's violence.

[LukeWehner]

Captain Walker looks like Christopher Walken.

[smitty01209]

Heh.

Oliver Reed was made for this part.

Absolutely kick-ass.

[nottoregret21]

Anne Margaret is slammin

Oliver Reed is one bad mofo