The Best Picture of 1963 is…..”Tom Jones.” This is a story of the adventures of a young man who was abandoned as a baby and raised by a wealthy nobleman. Director Tony Richardson (“A Taste of Honey” 1961) put together a film which is difficult to follow because of a poorly constructed storyline and dry material from a script by John Osbourne, who adapted it from the popular 1749 novel by Henry Fielding called “A History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.”
Albert Finney was catapulted to fame as a result of appearing in this movie, and received his first Oscar nomination for the good job he did in the title role. Co-stars in the all-UK cast are Susannah York, High Griffith, Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, Joyce Redmon, Joan Greenwood, George Divine, David Tomlinson, David Warner, Angela Baddeley, Julian Glover, Rachel Kempson, and Lynn Redgrave. Director Richardson was married at the time to Vanessa Redgrave, whose mother (Kempson) and sister (L. Redgrave) are in the cast.
Since there is no accounting for taste, the dull “Tom Jones” was popular at the box office for producer Tony Richardson, Woodfall Film Productions, and United Artists. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Musical Score (John Addison).
Tom Jones (1963)
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My Review
The Best Picture of 1963 is…..”Tom Jones.” This is a story of the adventures of a young man who was abandoned as a baby and raised by a wealthy nobleman. Director Tony Richardson (“A Taste of Honey” 1961) put together a film which is difficult to follow because of a poorly constructed storyline and dry material from a script by John Osbourne, who adapted it from the popular 1749 novel by Henry Fielding called “A History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.”
Albert Finney was catapulted to fame as a result of appearing in this movie, and received his first Oscar nomination for the good job he did in the title role. Co-stars in the all-UK cast are Susannah York, High Griffith, Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, Joyce Redmon, Joan Greenwood, George Divine, David Tomlinson, David Warner, Angela Baddeley, Julian Glover, Rachel Kempson, and Lynn Redgrave. Director Richardson was married at the time to Vanessa Redgrave, whose mother (Kempson) and sister (L. Redgrave) are in the cast.
Since there is no accounting for taste, the dull “Tom Jones” was popular at the box office for producer Tony Richardson, Woodfall Film Productions, and United Artists. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Musical Score (John Addison).