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Tommy (15)

BFI Musicals!

Sun 08 Dec 2019

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    £7* | £5* students/under 25s | 3 films for £18*

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    4pm

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    Tommy (15)

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    BFI MUSICALS!

    Tommy (15)

    Dir. Ken Russell
    UK, 1975. 106 mins
    Elton John, Roger Daltry, Tina Turner, Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson

    SHOWING TIMES:

    • Sun 8 Dec: 3.30pm

    Part of the BFI’s nation-wide season celebrating the film musical.


    A boy witnesses a violent act that leaves him in shock, and he appears to lose the ability to hear, see or speak. An encounter with a pinball machine seems to re-awaken his senses and he soon becomes a ‘pinball wizard’ – but will these skills be enough for him to make it in the real world?

    Ken Russell’s 1970s rock musical is a creative tour-de-force that boasts the most incredible cast, including The Who, Elton John, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton and even Jack Nicholson.



    + Short Film Consellors

    This film will be preceded by the following short film Counsellors (The Fast and the Furious 48 Hour Party People, 2019, musical, 3 mins). 

    Written, shot and created in just 2 days, this was the winning film for this year’s Two Short Nights 48 Hour Film Challenge. Four counsellors try and help a man in love…

    VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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