Ken Russell attends Tommy screening

35 years after the The Who’s 1975 musical film Tommy, director Ken Russell attended the Portsmouth Film Festival’s screening of Tommy back at the venue where he filmed the iconic Pinball Wizard scene starring Roger Daltry and Elton John.

Many of the extras who had taken part in a special short documentary made by Portsmouth Film Festival –"Can you see me Tommy?” who were also in the audience of the screening, gave Ken Russell raptuous applause as he said a few words about the making of the film. 



The perils of making Tommy

See the short documentary "Can You Hear Me Tommy?" made by Portsmouth Film Festival 2010 telling the tales of making Tommy by the local people who were there. (Please get past the advert at the beginning)

Plus see what Ken himself had to say about the Making of Tommy

http://www.itv.com/meridian-west/tommy-tommy-tommy11651/