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Ann Margeret ’s sunbaked beans / chocolate saltation from stone operaTommyis arguably the film ’s most memorable sequence and was stand for by director Ken Russell as a parody of TV adverts . It feels like live - activity movie musicals are finally give a comeback , thanks to the achiever ofThe Greatest Showman , La La Land , and a few others . This trend looks set to continue for a little while too , thanks to the approaching adaptation ofCatsand Steven Spielberg’sWest Side Story .
melodious biopics have also been given a encouragement , thanks toBohemian RhapsodyandRocketman . The latter movie starred Taron Egerton as Elton John , with the actor bravely prefer to sing the songs himself . While Elton John himself has appear periodically in various movies and TV show - including alongside Egerton inKingsmen : The prosperous Circle- he almost always plays himself . One of the few exception was his part in 1975’sTommy , where he played The Pinball Wizard and sings the movie ’s most notable song .
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Tommywas adapted from The Who ’s classic album of the same name , which recount the dramatic journey of a deaf , slow and blind kidskin who ’s revealed to be a pinball virtuoso and afterwards a spiritual messiah of variety . Ken Russell , director ofThe DevilsandAltered States , signed on to direct the movie variation , despite his dislike of stone music . The Who ’s Roger Daltrey plays the title fictional character inTommy , while the supporting cast let in Jack Nicholson ( Batman ) , Oliver Reed , Tina Turner , and Ann Margeret .
Ann Margeret - who recently appear in SYFY’sHappy!- plays Tommy ’s female parent Nora and her powerful performance scored her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress . Tommyis a movie loaded with psychedelic look-alike and sequences , which includes the noted moment where Nora hallucinate a television receiver throw up soap lather on her , followed by baked beans and chocolate . Margeret ’s commitment to Nora ’s nervous breakdown in this scenery and terpsichore while covered in gallons of beans and chocolate make it a toilsome scenery to forget , and the actress had to be taken to hospital during filming after cut herself on broken glass .
This scene fromTommyis an court toThe Who trade Out , the band ’s record album which features a bunch of simulated adverts , and a cover where Daltry is bathing in parched noodle . The shot was also revenge on the part of Ken Russell , who directed legion commercials early in his career - including for edible bean and detergent - with the sequence playing like a crazed ad itself .
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