Tommy | film by Russell [1975] | Britannica (original) (raw)

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contribution by Townshend

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  In Pete Townshend: The Who
  …was the basis for the 1975 film Tommy and the musical stage production The Who’s Tommy, which premiered on Broadway in 1993.
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discussed in biography

• In Ken Russell
  …achieved a commercial success with Tommy (1975), a film based on a rock opera. His later films include Lisztomania (1975), Altered States (1980), Crimes of Passion (1984), Whore (1991), and the musical horror-comedy The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002).
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role of Nicholson

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  In Jack Nicholson: Stardom: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  …a dead man’s identity, and Tommy (1975), director Ken Russell’s garish production of the Who’s rock opera, featuring Nicholson in a supporting singing role as the title character’s doctor.
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