#910: RICHARDSON, Tony: Tom Jones (1963/1989)
RICHARDSON, Tony (United Kingdom)
Tom Jones [1963/1989]
Spine #910
Blu-ray
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard.
Commentary
None.
Program
On the film’s cinematography featuring DP Walter Lassally.
Interview 1
With film scholar Duncan Petrie on the movie’s impact on British cinema.
Excerpt
From a 1982 episode of The Dick Cavett Show featuring actor Finney.
Interview 2
With actor Redgrave on her former husband, director Richardson.
Illustrated archival interview
With composer John Addison on his Oscar-winning score for the film.
Interview 3
With the editor of the director’s cut, Robert Lambert.
Tom Jones [1963/1989]
Spine #910
Blu-ray
In the early 1960s, at the height of the British New Wave, director Tony Richardson and playwright John Osborne set out for more fanciful territory than the gritty realism of the movement they'd helped establish. Tom Jones brings a theatrical flair to Henry Fielding's canonical eighteenth-century novel, boisterously chronicling the misadventures of the foundling of the title (Albert Finney, in a career-defining performance), whose easy charm seems to lead him astray at every turn from his beloved, the wellborn Sophie Western (Susannah York). This spirited picaresque, evocatively shot in England's rambling countryside and featuring an extraordinary ensemble cast, went on to become a worldwide sensation, winning the Oscar for best picture on the way to securing its status as a classic of irreverent wit and playful cinematic expression.
Theatrical Version
128 minutes
128 minutes
Color
Monaural
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Director's Cut
121 minutes
Color
Stereo
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Monaural
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Director's Cut
121 minutes
Color
Stereo
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2018
Director/Writers
Based on the novel by Henry Fielding.
Screenplay by John Osborne.
Tony Richardson was 35 when he directed Tom Jones.
Other Richardson films in the Collection:
#829: A Taste Of Honey (1961)
The Film
Other Richardson films in the Collection:
#829: A Taste Of Honey (1961)
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard.
Commentary
None.
Program
On the film’s cinematography featuring DP Walter Lassally.
Interview 1
With film scholar Duncan Petrie on the movie’s impact on British cinema.
Excerpt
From a 1982 episode of The Dick Cavett Show featuring actor Finney.
Interview 2
With actor Redgrave on her former husband, director Richardson.
Illustrated archival interview
With composer John Addison on his Oscar-winning score for the film.
Interview 3
With the editor of the director’s cut, Robert Lambert.
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