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Tom Jones (1963)

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DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 14, 1997

Budget $1,000,000

Running Time
2 hours, 1 minute

Country UK

Studio Lopert Films, Woodfall

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Other Titles
• Tom Jones - Zwischen Bett und Galgen (1963)



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Genre: Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Racy, Infidelity, Farce, Love

Plot: Tony Richardson's rousing adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic comic novel stars Albert Finney as the eponymous swordsman. TOM JONES achieved enormous critical and commercial success, benefiting from an excellent cast, lively score, and unusually realistic art direction. While the film surely deserves this praise, Richardson initially considered it a failure, and it's likely that he saved the film in the editing room, emphasizing the farcical elements of the story with rapid intercutting, and adding amusingly ironic voice-over narration. The end product is one of the most entertaining costume dramas ever put on celluloid.

Tom Jones is raised by Squire Allworthy (George Devine), his mother's (Joyce Redman) aptly named employer. He grows up to be a lively young man, loved by all except Allworthy's legitimate heir--the dour, envious Blifil (David Warner)--to whom Tom's true love Sophie Western (Susannah York) is promised in marriage. Allworthy feels obliged to send Tom away for Blifil's sake, which only briefly dampens Tom's mood. Soon, he's engaging in a famously libidinous eating scene with a woman met en route, carrying on with his ever-entertaining high spirits. An inspired piece of cinematic comedy, TOM JONES is most memorable for Finney's performance, which keeps viewers

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 Directed by
Tony Richardson
The Hotel New Hampshire, Blue Sky, The Border
 Written by
John Osborne
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 Cast
Albert Finney
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Hugh Griffith
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Diane Cilento
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Edith Evans
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Joan Greenwood
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 Music By
John Addison
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