Double Feature: Brand New Digital Cinema Presentation with Quintophonic Soundtrack! TOMMY & LISZTOMANIA August 21, 2010

Double Feature: Brand New Digital Cinema Presentation with Quintophonic Soundtrack!

TOMMY, 1975, Sony Repertory, 111 min. Having already brought an outlandish, hellzapoppin’ quality to such films as THE DEVILS, director Ken Russell was the perfect choice to helm The Who’s landmark rock opera TOMMY, transforming it into a stream-of-consciousness catalog of wild performances from the likes of Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Tina Turner, Elton John, Keith Moon, Jack Nicholson and others.

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LISZTOMANIA, 1975, Warner Bros., 103 min. Director Ken Russell is at his outrageous, surreal best in this biopic of Franz Liszt (played by The Who’s Roger Daltrey), an aural, visual and sexual feast for all the senses. Thrill to the progressive-rock score by Rick Wakeman (of Yes), which somehow incorporates rock, Liszt and Wagner in all their majesty. Pop-culture references abound as Russell equates Liszt with the music superstars of the day - and don’t miss the giant penises! Discussion between films with director Ken Russell.

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