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Tom Jones is a 1963 British period comedy film, an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic 1749 novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. It is directed by Tony Richardson from a screenplay written by John Osborne , and stars Albert Finney as the titular character.
This Is Tom Jones is sold on DVD by Time Life rather than by Classic World Productions or C/F International. [32] C/F International's rights to later Tom Jones material were also disputed. In March 2007, Tom Jones and Tom Jones Enterprises sued C/F International to stop the company from licensing sound recordings made from the 1981 Tom Jones ...
York played Sophie Western opposite Albert Finney in the Oscar-winning Best Film Tom Jones (1963). She had turned the part down three times and only agreed to participate because she felt guilty over cooking a disastrous meal for the director Tony Richardson, who was determined not to accept her refusal. [3]
The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964, hosted by Jack Lemmon at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. This ceremony introduced the category for Best Sound Effects , with It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World being the first film to win the award.
Elizabeth Diane Cilento (2 April 1932 – 6 October 2011) was an Australian actress. She is best known for her film roles in Tom Jones (1963), which earned her an Academy Award nomination, Hombre (1967) and The Wicker Man (1973).
Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1749, often known simply as Tom Jones. Tom Jones, a 1765 opera by Philidor based on Fielding's novel; Tom Jones (Edward German), a 1907 British comic opera by Edward German based on Fielding's novel
Due to the success of Tom Jones, British exhibitors voted Finney the ninth most popular film actor in 1963. [12] Finney received 10% of the film's earnings, which made him over $1 million. [13] Finney in 1966. Finney followed this with a small part in ensemble war film The Victors (1963), which was a box-office
Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors and playwrights during the 1950s, and was later a key figure in the British New Wave filmmaking movement.