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Manufacturer: Lopert Pictures Corporation
Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood
Directed By: Tony Richardson
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302292046
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6302292042
Label: Lopert Pictures Corporation
Manufacturer: Lopert Pictures Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lopert Pictures Corporation
Release Date: 1994-12-12
Running Time: 121
Studio: Lopert Pictures Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: 1963
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Summary: It's a delightfully good time...
Comment: It has charm and humor to spare, that is for sure, and it is rich with wonderful performances and witty dialog but calling it the best movie of the year seems like a stretch. I so adore it, which goes without saying, and I enjoy every minute, but it is just a good movie that provides a good time, and it never feels like more than that.
Does that make any sense?
The film follows Tom, the adopted son of a British squire. He's a lady-charmer of sorts, planting his seed wherever he may lie and loving every minute of it. When Tom falls for the beautiful Sophie, the daughter of a neighboring squire, things begin to heat up for Tom. Jealousies within the family cause Tom to eventual flee only to get himself in more and more trouble. He's a kindhearted and well intentioned young man who just doesn't know when to stop.
`Tom Jones' is a very funny movie that sports a stellar cast of comedic performances, as well as some touching and sincere ones. Albert Finney received his first of many Oscar nominations for this film, and he was definitely deserving (it was such a good year in this category). He is charming and witty, enough so to make even Tom's most reprehensible of actions forgeable. High Griffiths and Edith Evans ham it up in their roles, providing an abundance of comic relief, and Susannah York is stunning and beautifully tempered as Sophie.
There isn't a sore spot to be found within the acting at all.
The script is also delightfully written, engaging and funny throughout, sporting some very memorable moments and some intriguing character development. I loved the voice over narration, which provided the film with a literary feel that complemented its comedic tone. It is very well constructed and wonderfully put directed.
The fact remains that while I cannot find a single flaw I just cannot name it the best of the year. I think when you consider the films that were provided to us in 1963 `Tom Jones' kind of falls towards the middle of the list. Films like `Hud' or `This Sporting Life' were much stronger works and much more poignant and influential. `8 ½' is another example of a film that is much smarter and much more technically proficient than `Tom Jones'. This film is splendid and entertaining but its well does not run as deep as some of the years other offerings. Top ten maybe (I'd give it an A-), but not top five and definitely not number one.
Oh well, it is till a wonderful film and one that I will continue to watch and enjoy for years to come.
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Summary: Tom Jones
Comment: A very good print of the original movie. A classic effort for foreign film during the 60's. Outshines many current efforts at period comedy.
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Summary: "Out and About in the 1700s"
Comment: This movie is such a great example of use of humor in a fictional biography. ("Little Big Man" would be another) Tom, played by Albert Finney starts his life under dire circumstances and goes from one predicament to another. We fear for his life many times. Most of the Action occurs in the 1700s and we get to see the traumas of people living with parasites, being arrested for minor offenses and punished without benefit of fair trial or representation. Raw sewage and garbage fill the streets. It was a time when getting through each day was a hair-raising adventure for most people of a certain socio-economic strata. Tom loves the ladies and is hoplessly addicted to their attentions, which causes him even more problems with irate husbands, boyfriends and angry family members. Somehow he survives it all and usually lands on his feet. There is a wonderful and memorable scene of a feast in which the feast-goers shovel the food in without care of manners or decorum. They wipe their greasy mouths with their own hair dangling down or with the hair of their wigs. They eat with their mouths open and the food flopping out and flapping against their faces. Turkey legs are gnawed on with the veins and tendons springing outward in a sickening manner. Loud burps fill the air. Eating utensils are used as a last resort, fingers preferred. This movie won many academy awards and deserved them all and then some.
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Summary: WHATS NEW PUSSYCAT !!!
Comment: Tom Jones stars Albert Finny as a would be Casanova who LOVES shall we say
the delicate things in life. Winner of BEST PICTURE(???) 1963.
My friend Geri owns all the Best Pictures and I always give her pains and sorrows when she mentions this for all I can think of is....
~~~~ITS NOT UNUSUAL TO BE LOVED BY ANYONE~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~AND SHE STRIKESSSSS LIKE THUNDERBALL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~YOU LOVE THE WAY SHE WALKS THE WAY SHE MOVES THE WAY SHE TALKS SHES A WINNAH~~~ SHES GOT MOVES SHE GOT FACE SHE GOT STYLE SHE GOT GRACE TAKE TO DINNAH~~~~~~~~SHES A LADY WHOA-WHOA-WHOA SHES A LADY TALKING ABOUT HER BEING A LADY Whoa whoa whoa shes a ....
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Summary: Worst "Best" Picture Oscar Winner Ever!
Comment: When you think that "Lawrence of Arabia" preceded this and "My Fair Lady" followed this it boggles the mind that something as terribly bad as this film could ever be mentioned in the same breath as those two brilliant all-time classics of film. I thought that "Gigi" was the worst film ever to win the Best Picture award until I saw this. Much of this film reminded me of the typical Benny Hill comedy and we all know just how "well" those jokes have aged over the years.
Not only is the film itself extremely mediocre but so is the dvd; the picture quality is extremely poor as this hasn't been restored at all and the sound quality is just as poor in mono. I only hope that the book itself is a lot better than this waste of plastic.
Highly NOT recommended except as a cure for severe insomnia!
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Winner of four Academy Awards including best picture, director, screenplay, and music, this 1963 adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel is a rousing, bawdy comedy about a young man's ribald adventures in 18th-century England. Albert Finney is splendidly hilarious in the title role of a charming womanizer who was discovered as an abandoned infant in the bed of Squire Allworthy, a wealthy landowner who named the child Tom Jones and raised him as his own. As a young man, Tom yearns for the comely daughter (Susannah York) of a neighboring squire, but his amorous adventures (including an extended food orgy that becomes the film's funniest scene) lead him to London and to a duel with a jealous husband. He's sentenced to hang, but fate intervenes. A hit around the world, the film was expertly written by noted playwright John Osborne, and director Tony Richardson uses a variety of old-style movie techniques to heighten the lusty, good-natured fun. Don't miss this one! --Jeff Shannon
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