#Who wrote pinball wizard full#
An increasingly frustrated Nora promptly throws Tommy through the mirror ("Smash the Mirror!") causing him to snap to full consciousness (" I'm Free"). Nora watches her son's televised victory and celebrates his (and her) success and luxury, but finds she can't fully enjoy it because of Tommy's extreme condition ("Champagne").įrank finds a specialist for Tommy ("There's a Doctor") who concludes that Tommy's state is triggered emotionally rather than physically and explains the only hope is to continue having Tommy face his reflection (" Go to the Mirror!"). During a championship game, Tommy faces the " Pinball Wizard" with The Who as the backing band. Tommy is recognized by Frank and the media as a pinball prodigy ("Extra, Extra, Extra"), which is made even more impressive with his sensory-impaired state. He follows a vision of himself to a junkyard pinball machine and begins to play. They become increasingly lethargic at the lack of effect, place him with some questionable babysitters ("Cousin Kevin" / "Fiddle About") and eventually leave Tommy standing at the mirror one night, allowing him to wander off. Over 16 years, Nora and Frank make several fruitless attempts to bring the now older Tommy out of his state, taking him to a faith healer (" Eyesight to the Blind") and a drug dealer (" The Acid Queen"). Later, at a Christmas party, Nora is distressed that Tommy "doesn't know what day it is" ("Christmas"). The heat of the moment panics Tommy into a dissociative state where he outwardly appears "deaf, dumb, and blind", though internally he finds himself experiencing the world through a psychedelia-like state ("Amazing Journey"). Realizing Tommy has witnessed the murder through the reflection of a mirror, the couple coerce Tommy into believing he did not see or hear anything and will tell no one. On New years eve, Nora and Frank dream of their future ("1951 / What About the Boy?"), but, late that evening, the returning Captain Walker surprises the couple in bed, leading to a struggle where Frank kills the Captain (in the original album synopsis, the Captain kills Frank). Tommy looks up to his "Uncle" Frank and expresses his desire to run his own holiday camp some day ("Bernie's Holiday Camp"). Five years later, in 1950, Nora begins a new relationship with Frank, a holiday worker she and Tommy meet at a holiday camp. Back in England, Nora goes into labour and gives birth to a son, Tommy, on V-E Day ("Captain Walker/It's a Boy"). "Captain Walker" is listed as missing in action and is presumed dead, although-unknown to his family-the badly burnt Walker is still alive. After his leave ends, Walker goes off to fight in World War II as a bomber pilot, but is shot down during a mission. In the prologue, set in 1945, a montage displays the honeymoon of Captain Walker and his wife, Nora ("Prologue - 1945").
#Who wrote pinball wizard movie#
In 1975, the film won the award for Rock Movie of the Year in the First Annual Rock Music Awards. The film was shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. Pete Townshend was also nominated for an Oscar for his work in scoring and adapting the music for the film. Ann-Margret received a Golden Globe Award for her performance and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film featured a star-studded ensemble cast, including the band members themselves (most notably, lead singer Roger Daltrey, who plays the title role), Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Elton John, and Jack Nicholson.Īn independent production by Russell and Robert Stigwood, Tommy was released by Columbia Pictures in the US on 19 March 1975 while in the UK it was released on 26 March 1975.
Tommy is a 1975 British satirical operetta fantasy drama film written and directed by Ken Russell and based on the Who's 1969 rock opera album Tommy about a " psychosomatically deaf, mute, and blind" boy who becomes a pinball champion and religious leader.
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