Tom Jones (1963) |
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| Director(s) | Tony Richardson |
| Producer(s) | Tony Richardson, Michael Holden, Oscar Lewenstein, Michael Balcon (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, England, Rags to Riches, Romance (Comic), Satire |
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Albert Finney(as Tom Jones)
Tom Jones
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1963
Tom Jones
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1963
Albert Finney
(as Tom Jones)
Susannah York(as Sophie Western)
Tom Jones
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1963
Tom Jones
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1963
Susannah York
(as Sophie Western)
Hugh Griffith(as Squire Western)
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Tom Jones
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1963
Hugh Griffith
(as Squire Western)
Edith Evans(as Miss Western)
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Tom Jones
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1963
Edith Evans
(as Miss Western)
Joan Greenwood(as Lady Bellaston)
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Tom Jones
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1963
Joan Greenwood
(as Lady Bellaston)
Diane Cilento(as Molly Seagrim)
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Tom Jones
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1963
Diane Cilento
(as Molly Seagrim)
George Devine(as Squire Allworthy)
Tom Jones
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1963
Tom Jones
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1963
George Devine
(as Squire Allworthy)
David Tomlinson(as Lord Fellamar)
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Tom Jones
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David Tomlinson
(as Lord Fellamar)
Tom Jones Overview:
Tom Jones (1963) was a Adventure - Comedy Film directed by Tony Richardson and produced by Tony Richardson, Michael Holden, Oscar Lewenstein and Michael Balcon.
The film was based on the novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling written by Henry Fielding published in 1749.
Academy Awards 1963 --- Ceremony Number 36 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Albert Finney | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Hugh Griffith | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Diane Cilento | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Dame Edith Evans | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joyce Redman | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Ralph Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin | Nominated |
| Best Director | Tony Richardson | Won |
| Best Music - Scoring | John Addison | Won |
| Best Picture | Tony Richardson, Producer | Won |
| Best Writing | John Osborne | Won |
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Tom Jones Quotes:
Honor:
[after the hunt, Tom Jones, injured, lies on a bed with Honor and Sophie tending to him. He pretends to be asleep] Look at him, ma'am. He's the most handsome man I ever saw in my life.
Sophie Western: Why, Honor! I do believe you're in love with him!
Honor: I assure you, ma'am, I'm not.
Sophie Western: If you were, I see no reason that you should be ashamed of it... for he certainly is a handsome fellow.
Honor: That he is. The most handsome man I ever saw in my life. And as you say, ma'am, I don't know why I should be ashamed of looking at him, even though he is my better. For gentle folk are but flesh and blood like other persons. I am an honest person's child, and my mother and father were married, which is more than some people can say as high as they hold their heads.
Sophie Western: [Shocked at her comments] Honor!
Honor: [while Honor continues talking, Tom Jones shows signs of awakening from his feigned sleep] My grandfather was a clergyman and he would have been very angry to have thought any of his family had taken up with Molly Seagrim's leavings... Why, ma'am, the young gentleman is awake.
Sophie Western: Yes, you've awakened him with your foolish chatter.
Tom Jones: I feel awake for the first time ever.
Sophie Western: Why, Honor! I do believe you're in love with him!
Honor: I assure you, ma'am, I'm not.
Sophie Western: If you were, I see no reason that you should be ashamed of it... for he certainly is a handsome fellow.
Honor: That he is. The most handsome man I ever saw in my life. And as you say, ma'am, I don't know why I should be ashamed of looking at him, even though he is my better. For gentle folk are but flesh and blood like other persons. I am an honest person's child, and my mother and father were married, which is more than some people can say as high as they hold their heads.
Sophie Western: [Shocked at her comments] Honor!
Honor: [while Honor continues talking, Tom Jones shows signs of awakening from his feigned sleep] My grandfather was a clergyman and he would have been very angry to have thought any of his family had taken up with Molly Seagrim's leavings... Why, ma'am, the young gentleman is awake.
Sophie Western: Yes, you've awakened him with your foolish chatter.
Tom Jones: I feel awake for the first time ever.
Squire Allworthy:
[Mr. Allworthy, in his sickbed after his carriage accident has brought him to death's door, prepares to tell his will to assorted members of the household. Tom Jones weeps at his bedside] Do not grieve, my dear nephew. Do not grieve.
Tom Jones: Sir, you cannot die!
Squire Allworthy: Death comes to us all, Tom. I've asked you here to tell you my will. Nephew Blifil, I leave you heir to my whole estate, with three exceptions. To you my dear Tom, I have given an estate of 800 pounds a year, together with a thousand pounds in ready money. I am convinced, my boy, that you have much goodness, generosity and honor in your nature. If you will add prudence, and religion, to these, you must be happy. One thousand pounds I leave to you, Mr. Thwackum, and a like sum to you, Mr. Square, which I am convinced exceeds your desires as well as your wants.
Tom Jones: Sir, you cannot die!
Squire Allworthy: Death comes to us all, Tom. I've asked you here to tell you my will. Nephew Blifil, I leave you heir to my whole estate, with three exceptions. To you my dear Tom, I have given an estate of 800 pounds a year, together with a thousand pounds in ready money. I am convinced, my boy, that you have much goodness, generosity and honor in your nature. If you will add prudence, and religion, to these, you must be happy. One thousand pounds I leave to you, Mr. Thwackum, and a like sum to you, Mr. Square, which I am convinced exceeds your desires as well as your wants.
[Squire Western has drunkenly crashed out on the floor]
Miss Western: Rouse yourself from this pastoral torpor, sir!
Miss Western: Rouse yourself from this pastoral torpor, sir!
Tom Jones:
Sir, I will stand no jesting with this lady's character!
Tom Jones:
[Tom Jones has given a gift bird to the musically inclined Sophie Western, who has recently returned from France] I doubt if an English bird can learn French songs, Miss Western.
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At the time that the film was made, director Tony Richardson was the son-in-law of Rachel Kempson (Bridget Allworthy) and the brother-in-law of Lynn Redgrave (Susan), as he was married to Vanessa Redgrave from 1962 to 1967.
Hugh Griffith was reportedly drunk through much of the production; the scene in which his horse falls on him was not planned, and many believed he was saved by virtue of his inebriated condition. The film incorporated every frame of footage before rescuers entered the frame to save him.
Albert Finney felt the lead role wasn't serious enough, and agreed to star only if he got a producing credit; he later traded the credit for profit participation.
Much of the scene in which Tom Jones and Mrs. Waters are eating together was improvised during the three hours it took to shoot, and the actors felt the effects from the food for days.
Lynn Redgrave's film debut.