Tom Jones (1963 film)

Tom Jones is a 1963 British adventure comedy film, an adaptation of Henry Fieldings classic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 1749, starring Albert Finney as the titular hero. It was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time, winning four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film was directed by Tony Richardson and the screenplay was adapted by playwright John Osborne. The film is notable for its unusual comic style the opening sequence is performed in the style of a silent film, and characters sometimes break the fourth wall, often by looking directly into the camera and addressing the audience, and going so far as to have the character of Tom Jones suddenly appearing to notice the camera and covering the lens with his hat.

Tom Albert Finney grows up to be a lively young man whose good looks and kind heart make him very popular with the opposite sex. However, he truly loves only one woman, the gentle Sophie Western Susannah York, who returns his passion. Sadly, Tom is stigmatised as a bastard and cannot wed a young lady of her high station. Sophie, too, must hide her feelings while her aunt Edith Evans and her father, Squire Western Hugh Griffith try to coerce her to marry a more suitable man a man whom she hates.This young man is Blifil David Warner, in his film debut, the son of the Squires widowed sister Bridget Rachel Kempson. Although he is of legitimate birth, he is an illnatured fellow with plenty of hypocritical virtue but none of Toms warmth, honesty, or high spirits. When Bridget dies unexpectedly, Blifil intercepts a letter, which his mother intended for her brothers eyes only. What this letter contains is not revealed until the end of the movie however, after his mothers funeral, Blifil and his two tutors, Mr. Thwackum Peter Bull and Mr. Square John Moffatt, join forces to convince the squire that Tom is a villain. Allworthy gives Tom a small cash legacy and sorrowfully sends him out into the world to seek his fortune. ........

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