Tommy - (Movie Reaction) Part 3

⁠ ​⁠ ‪@airplay_movies‬ reacts to Tommy the movie by The Who
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[@babylonsister118]

Ann-Margret. She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards, winning in 2010 for a guest role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[Wiki]. She was very famous when I was really young, but I guess if she was in L & O SVU, she must have had more recent acclaim, as well. Yes, I agree, she was truly gorgeous. Heck yeah, it's Jack! I told you guys he was in here! But, I get it, you guys are busy and I am wordy, lol. btw, in case you missed it, they are calling him the "New Messiah".

[@MikeytheGeek7711]

You missed her biggest accomplishment! She was on The Flintstones as Ann Margrock!

[@babylonsister118]

@@MikeytheGeek7711 LOL yes, of course. There was that!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

And it was "cure the boy", not "kill the boy"!

[@neillenet291]

Anne Margaret even looked good covered in Beans, LOL.

[@buffstraw2969]

What about Frank and Beans? Nevermind. Nobody wants to see that.

[@ElGordo1959]

@@buffstraw2969 5:40 and that is one hell of a frank!

[@JB-Deadskins]

When he went through the mirror, he landed in the pool, and he was free from his "inner block" that Jack Nicholson was talking about

[@JB-Deadskins]

Jack said he didn't need healing, he did all kinds of tests, and couldn't find anything wrong with him. "His ears hear, his eyes see, his lips speak. No machine can provide the kind of stimulation needed to remove his inner block

[@samguberman2288]

Anne Margaret's performance is just sensational in this great film. Go Smash the mirror is such a highlight for me. And yes it is Jack Nicholson.

[@jeromedeparis]

Oliver Reed is great too.

[@renemokum]

Jack Nicholson played the doctor who could 'cure' the boy (not kill). He was paid for his services, although he had not cured Tommy. That happened (kind of) when he crashed through the Mirror (a traumatic event canceling out his earlier trauma). His inner block removed, Tommy feels free. Ann-Margret (Tommy's mom) is a well known Swedish-American actress since the 1960's and has won multiple awards. She co-starred with Elvis in 'Viva Las Vegas.' Frank is played by Oliver Reed, an English actor, who's last role was in Gladiator (he died before the release of the movie, which was then dedicated to him). There are a few cameo appearances by Keith Moon (besides being Uncle Ernie). He was the guy who sold Sally Simpson (the fan) her 'Tommy button,' and, earlier in the movie, he was the ticket seller at the Acid Queen's 'place of work.' I have been a big Who fan since I first listened to Tommy, but the movie never did anything for me, apart from a few scenes (Tina Turner's being the most notable). But I'm enjoying your movie reaction (and your discovery of the story).

[@palamabron2481]

I assumed that was still supposed to be Uncle Ernie in those other appearances.

[@darren6862]

Not when he’s drumming.

[@bluebird3281]

@@palamabron2481 You assumed correctly

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Funny. This is the only time I can stand The Who.

[@ronroc]

Ann Margret was nominated for an Oscar for her performance here. Her biography is fascinating. Yes, that's Jack Nicholson!

[@andrewwright9378]

The Queen at the beginning is a young Helen Mirren. And YES that is Jack!

[@michaeljohns3445]

Ann Margaret one of the true all-time beauties in Hollywood ans a notorious bad-girl

[@straycatttt2766]

22:44. The Who also performed the entire Tommy album in concert on some tours. Ann Margret got her start as a teen singer on TV. She acted opposite Elvis Presley in the 1960’s in a movie. She’s a legend.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

"Viva Las Vegas"

[@V7avalon]

the fabulous Ann Margaret the Priest was Arthur Brown, The musican and artist of the song Fire 1968 🔥🔥🔥

[@bluebird3281]

Rev Simpson, Sally's dad?

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@bluebird3281 No, the one dispensing pills and Scotch during the "Eyesight to the Blind" segment.

[@Jan-xn3kz]

The drummer Keith Moon is Franks side kick “fiddling about”, and the rest of the band were in the Eric Clapton scene.

[@richeaton5752]

He's the guy taking money at gate of the Holiday Camp, and Sallie Simpson buys her Tommy button from him, too.

[@KathrynwithaY]

And the pinball wizard scene too

[@rjnuzzi1648]

Nicholson & Ann Margret are reunited here, first together in the controversial film, Carnal Knowledge, several years earlier

[@andrewwright9378]

Frank is played by Oliver Reed, one of Britain’s most famous actors( and hell raisers!)

[@ChromeDestiny]

The tales of his exploits with Keith Moon are legendary.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

And he was perfectly cast as the title character in "Curse of the Werewolf"!

[@ericj166]

Thanks guys for another entertaining reaction, not just for the stuff you " get "- but also for what you sometimes spectacularly miss. You remind me of myself as a teenager trying to comprehend what on earth is going on in another crazy Ken Russell movie.

[@michaeljensen6732]

Ann-Margret was huge in the 60s. She was in Bye Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas with Elvis, The Cincinnati Kid with Steve McQueen. She did some USO tours in Vietnam. IMO Ann-Margret and Raquel Welch were the most beautiful actresses of the late 60s, early 70s. When Mom throws Tommy through the window, that causes him to awaken.

[@michaelwebster8389]

Sensation, the next song I believe, is one of the highlights of the movie. Great teddy boys, and real bikers in it.

[@JB-Deadskins]

Finally, needed this one. It's been too long since part 2

[@msfoodiediva]

Agreed

[@user-bo6sg9jz8d]

. . . 17:22 JOHN LENNON . . .

[@joelliebler5690]

He said cure the boy! Remember he became emotionally blind, deaf, and dumb, not physically so the shock of being thrown against the mirror shook him free of it and yes he is back!

[@rebeccatyrrell-zn6kt]

Thanks I’m enjoying watching it again. I haven’t seen it for years.

[@Peaceblank]

What's funny is this is the second rock movie Jack Nicholson was involved with, having previously been one of the writers and producers for the Monkees' movie Head. However he appeared in Tommy just cause they managed to snag him on the way to something, I believe Cannes?

[@KathrynwithaY]

These guys need at watch Head next. Then Magical Mystery Tour.

[@Peaceblank]

@KathrynwithaY I agree with Head, though I feel like you're losing out on some context if you're not familiar with the show. However no one should watch Magical Mystery Tour, it's terrible, and I should know, I've seen it four times.

[@KathrynwithaY]

​@Peaceblank I'm sure I've seen MMT but I remember little about it. I've seen Head (The Monkees Film, for context) several times. It's trippy but it's good.

[@Peaceblank]

@KathrynwithaY Yeah, love how it's very stream of conscious, which fits with them brainstorming while high. I'll always remember how I was in a music store at 15 and talking with one of the employees and mentioning it, and him saying it's exactly what it's like to trip acid. Now I can't attest to whether that's true, but I always found it funny.

[@sigil5772]

Ann-Margret was like the mid-60s American answer to Brigitte Bardot or Julie Christie (all marketed as cute-kitten kind of starlets, while of course proving themselves later to be far more substantial than their studio images), and she gives like 199% throughout Tommy. It IS Jack, and that's actually a pretty good English accent. Tommy could always see himself in the mirror, like his true inner self, and (if you remember) it was that inner self who led him to the pinball machine in the junkyard. When his mother pushes him through the mirror, his traumatised outer self is reintegrated with his inner self, and it frees him.

[@ronroc]

AnnMargret used to make studio execs nervous because she rode around on a motorcycle. In the show, THIRD WATCH, they wrote that into her character. She was a judge who rode a Harley.

[@DrVonChilla]

....and, as an aside, "Sally Simpson" is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE track of the soundtrack....!!!

[@bluebird3281]

Me too but tied with my other absolute favorite "Christmas". I am bending the definition of absolute a little....

[@NotData]

I think Tommy is now more of a cult leader than a rock star.

[@michaelwebster8389]

The doctor didn't do the job, it was throwing him through the mirror that healed him.

[@richardromney9205]

ann margret she was an icon. love her work. hay guys no mater the likes. thank you four your taking this story on. an incredible work of art and music. share in our time.

[@chefskiss6179]

Ann also made no less than four movies with Elvis.

[@ronroc]

The shock of being thrown through the mirror brought his senses back. He then transformed himself into a Messiah figure.

[@DrVonChilla]

I know I'm in the minority here, but my love of the movie soundtrack OVERWHELMS my love of the original Who album.....and this love goes all the way back to the 1970s. 😄

[@tago69mago671]

Me too. Much prefer this to the album.

[@ronroc]

Roger Daltrey was Tommy. Oliver Reed was Frank. Ann Margret played the mother.

[@alistaircampbell]

You may remember Ann-Margret from Oliver Stone's film "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY", she played Cameron Diaz's Mum in that film.!

[@judynorman9497]

Loved this movie back in the day. The Hillbenders do a bluegrass version of this album which is definitely a different take on this. Thanks for reacting.

[@msfoodiediva]

Saw keith moon make a couple of cameos along v with John entwhistle..pete townshend took tommy to Broadway and it won tonys

[@sayaka8587]

Ann Margaret had to go to hospital after the TV scene as she cut herself on glass in the beans. the girl playing Sally Simpson is Ken Russell's daughter Victoria. Love your reactions Yes it does help if you know the story before watching ❤🥰😇

[@kencoakley3959]

Tommy's Deafness and blblindness were psychosomatic. When they killed Tommy's father (on the album Frank was killed by Tommy's father) they were telling him to be quiet about it by telling him he didn't see or hear the killing. So, he one upped them by not seeing or hearing anyone else, thinking they were all evil and only looking in the mirror,, where he saw himself. When he was cured , everyone thought it had been a physical malady and he developed a messiah complex. In Sally Simpson's room, she has a black poster of Tommy that looks like the mysterious shroud of Turin, where it's believed to be an image of Christ's face.

[@jamesmcnally1253]

Its 70s kitsch.Its fun to see all these big stars acting in this hilarious movie.

[@buffstraw2969]

Tommy is a GREAT movie. You guys get it. Can't wait for your next reaction!

[@Chamomileable]

Hey guys, I know you're mainly focusing on the other channel, but I have a couple of recommendations for fantastic rock operas similar to Tommy. "Phantom of the Paradise" is a retelling of the Phantom of the Opera that revolves around an evil record executive with a secret opening a theater. One of the stars is the legendary Paul Williams (Rainy Days And Mondays, Rainbow Connection, Old Fashioned Love Song, Family of Man, etc). Another is a favorite of mine, Jesus Christ Superstar (the 1970's one). It's full of fantastic songs and was adapted from the stage play by Andrew Lloyd Weber. It has some of the most amazing vocal performances you'll hear and is a rock opera retelling of the last days of Jesus from entering Jerusalem up to the Crucifixion. I think you guys will love both of them if you put them on the list. As always, thanks for the free content you guys are so gracious to provide. Rock on!

[@JustOneSue]

Oliver Reed was Frank. He has many movies to his credit.

[@clintonsmith5163]

His last role was in Gladiator, which I'm wondering if our airplay reactors (sorry, don't know their names) have watched. Reed, unfortunately, died during the filming of Gladiator.

[@msfoodiediva]

Gladiator with Russell Crowe is great movie

[@kencoakley3959]

My sister and brother in law saw The Who for their first date in 1973 promoting Quadrophenia. They went to,see The Who at Boston Garden in 1976, but they has to postpone the show when most of the fans were in the building. Drummer Keith Moon got drunk and fell from a stool. They made the show up a couple of months later, when they did the entire Tommy album.

[@petervandervlies6427]

Yep, it's Roger Daltrey, he's playing Tommy. To be honest, I think the original songs ,from the album, are way better then the ones in this piece of the movie. Jack Nicholson can act like no other,but his singing voice?😂 The last part of the movie is better then this part, I think. Way to go guys 👍💪 Thanks 😁👊

[@jefmay3053]

You guys have got to see the movie 'Carnal Knowledge' with Jack and Ann-Margret!!! It has one of the greatest freak out scenes of all time!

[@doriwiljt]

He said CURE the boy. Lol. And yes that's Jack.

[@montag4516]

The doctor did not/ could not cure Tommy. Frank, regrettably, still had to pay him a big check for the appointment. Doctor appointment had no effect on Tommy whatsoever.

[@mustangdebbie56]

But he did confirm that Tommy's condition was not physical. This is what caused his mother to "smash the mirror", to shock him back to reality.

[@jeffmartin1026]

The baked beans refer back to the The Who's "Sell Out" LP. It is a concept LP that recreates an afternoon of listening to the radio, with ads (that they wrote) between the songs. One of the ads is for Heinz Baked Beans. Roger Daltrey is shown on the cover sitting in a bathtub of baked beans. The last song on that LP is "Rael", the story of Tommy's dad going off to war, with musical sections later reflected on the Tommy LP. Jack Nicholson and Tina Turner steal this movie.

[@johndistasio9518]

And margaret with the hot body she's in all the elvis movies too

[@kkampy4052]

At this point, the mom is regretting Tommy's condition but Frank wants him to stay the same to keep him quiet.

[@LordZebra]

guys. it was a traumatic event and the abuse that made him go deaf mute and blind and it was Frank (The Lover) that killed his father with the lamp that has a sphere. throughout his life blind deaf and mute his minds eye sees the spheres his souls presay his archetypes. when the mother smashes him through the mirror and into the pool tommy is face with always traumas and is forced to face them. him swimming up and seeing the sun combines all of the spheres hes seen through his minds eye and it all connects into his reality. you can interpret it differently but thats how i see it.

[@SolarTiger]

quasi-religious undertones though out...the director Ken Russell is tweaking the nose of reality...we took this movie apart in Film Interpretation class in college...

[@jamescox4231]

Ann Margaret starred with Elvis in Viva Las Vegas.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Che, you win! 😂😂😂 thats him 😂😂 all this time 😂😂😂 🙏🎶

[@ElGordo1959]

I came of age watching Ann Margret in this movie 🙃

[@reneelyons6836]

I love you guys!!!! 🥰

[@richeaton5752]

Sallie Simpson is my fav tune in the movie. "16 stitches made her right"...

[@waynehackney5812]

Jack Nicholson and Ann Margaret had a beautiful on screen chemistry. In this movie and Carnal Knowledge.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, how did Ann-Margret not win an Academy Award for this!!?!

[@airplay_movies]

Probably the best part of the movie. 😂

[@samuelmoulds1016]

@@airplay_movies thanks! you give absolutely excellent Reactions during your movies!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

[@samuelmoulds1016]

@@airplay_movies OH! and I forgot to tell ya.......it was my least favorite part in the movie when it first came out, after I found out Ann-Margret cut herself pretty bad on the picture tube on the broken tv. but I totally agree with you, "Probably the best part of the movie."

[@user-yd9vr4gl2d]

Anne Margret has always been a talented hottie,she was hooked up with Elvis for a while

[@erickvermeulen9734]

Hi guys, long time since I saw this movie, and I love to watch it together with you and see you discover what celebrities play a role in this movie. The comments by others help to put things in the right perspective where you err a bit 🙂 The moment after the mirror, he shields his eyes from the sun with his hands, so obvious there Tommy can see. Jack Nicholson was supposed to cure him, not kill....

[@skippybiscuit275]

Yes it’s Jack

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I noticed you posted part 4 and it got taken down. Will you be able to post it again on KZbin?

[@airplay_movies]

rumble.com/v4c5oux-tommy-movie-reaction-part-4-thewho-reaction-trending.html

[@sjfvet519us]

Ann Margaret was also in "Grumpy Old Men" and "Grumpier Old Men".

[@porflepopnecker4376]

But we never got a "Grumpiest Old Men." ☹

[@loisrogers9042]

I'd never heard Jack Nicholson sing before I don't think

[@Antman-cy8ch]

Think you guys are taking the scenes and images to literally. There`s a lot of crazy metaphors in the film.

[@clairwalshe9468]

he was not really blind and deaf, he was told as a child that he had seen and heard nothing when his dad was murdered. the trauma switched his senses off

[@Mediawatcher2023]

Its psychological

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

Hmm just wondering what kind of movies are fitting for what ya guys are doing say like would "Almost Famous" or "Rocky Horror Picture Show" fit into the theme of things (assuming it has a theme) k Thanx just curious **Luv** THIS Ha ya guys **ROCK!!!**

[@johntarnowski9086]

Tommys mom is Ann Margaret

[@jcoop23]

Told you to finish the album first. 😂

[@randyhall5165]

Ann-Margret

[@JB-Deadskins]

Oh to be Rex Beans😂

[@dino_j]

I'm enjoying watching this with you guys, it's been a long time since I've seen it. I personally have a love/hate relationship with this movie. Director Ken Russell changed a lot of things from the original, and his wild style really sets an 'over the top' kind of tone for the movie. Parts of it work, parts of it I can't stand. Oliver Reed's (Frank) 'singing' if you want to call it that is awful, Jack Nicolson's isn't much better. Ann-Margret is a wonderful, beautiful talent, but her singing style doesn't seem to really be 'rock'. "Tommy" has been done many ways, besides the film it was a successful musical on Broadway. It was done as a symphonic album. The Who toured and played it in the 70's, and have resurrected it many times. To me, the best way to enjoy it is to just listen to them do it live. Don't worry about the story so much, just listen and rock out. Here's a version from 1989 you might like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/momTl4KvpN6Coqc

[@calvinbowes8797]

When will you put up part four

[@airplay_movies]

rumble.com/v4c5oux-tommy-movie-reaction-part-4-thewho-reaction-trending.html

[@hoovgroov1571]

It's the same lyrics in the album and movie just the Who singing on album and the actors singing in the movie just watch the movie again and you'll get more out of it

[@KathrynwithaY]

Does anything shock you guys? I'm looking at you both waiting for a reaction! Ann-Margaret rolls around in beans and chocolate and you don't flinch!

[@airplay_movies]

It wasn’t shocking but we talked about that part

[@KathrynwithaY]

@airplay_reactions When you realise it's a Ken Russell film, it's kinda hard to be shocked.

[@jeffsands7119]

The mother is Ann-Margret big actress

[@emmanuelsantos4414]

Precisam ver Ann-Margret contracenando com Elvis Presley.

[@msfoodiediva]

Oliver reed is frank.. ann Margaret is tommy mom

[@Mediawatcher2023]

Both of your reactions its more like I really don't know what to make of it. What you should do is listen to the soundtrack album first then watch the movie then it would give you some idea what the movie is about.

[@inmyhouse11]

Best part of this movie was watching ann margret rolling around on the bed🔥🔥🔥

[@BridewellSeniorTube]

This is definitely Jack Nicholson (;

[@FaceBat]

It's "CURE the boy", NOT "kill the boy"!

[@jeromedeparis]

Smash the mirror.

[@terryconnelly484]

Ann margret still looks good Elvis did her

[@clintonsmith5163]

She starred with Elvis in one of the latter's movies. Was it Viva Las Vegas?

[@ronroc]

But of course a price has to be paid for such arrogance.

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Tbh, overall it’s a shit movie. I loved Elton’s version of Pinball Wizard tho. A much better movie experience is QUADROPHENIA!

[@jameshunter7303]

Nah, this is art mate. Quadrophenia is a great move, but it won’t resonate for two Americans as it’s too culturally British

[@perrymalcolm3802]

@@jameshunter7303 Respectfully disagree on both points

[@buffstraw2969]

"overall it’s a shit movie." Great fullness seems empty, Yet it cannot be exhausted. Great straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkward. - Lao Tzu I'll say it again: we are watching a master filmmaker at work. KEN RUSSELL

[@RazzleDazz72]

The music in Tommy is fantastic. The story? Straight stupid. Pretentious nonsense.

[@dominicschaeffer909]

do yourselves a favor and un-see this entire movie. a TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT