Tom Jones
Director: Tony Richardson. Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, George Devine, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood,
Diane Cilento, David Tomlinson, Joyce Redman, Julian Glover, Lynn Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Jack MacGowran, voice of Micheál
MacLiammóir. Screenplay: John Osborne (based on the novel by Henry Fielding).
Full review to follow soon. Grade: B–
- Academy Award Nominations and *Winners:
- *Best Picture
- *Best Director: Tony Richardson
- Best Actor: Albert Finney
- Best Supporting Actress: Diane Cilento
- Best Supporting Actress: Edith Evans
- Best Supporting Actress: Joyce Redman
- Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith
- *Best Adapted Screenplay: John Osborne
- Best Art Direction (Color): Ralph W. Brinton and Ted Marshall
- *Best Musical Score (Substantially Original): John Addison
- Golden Globe Nominations and *Winners:
- *Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
- Best Director: Tony Richardson
- Best Actor (Musical/Comedy): Albert Finney
- Best Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood
- Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith
- *Most Promising Newcomer (Male): Albert Finney (tie)
- *Best English-Language Foreign Film
- Other Awards:
- Venice Film Festival—Best Actor: Albert Finney
- Directors Guild of America—Best Director: Tony Richardson
- New York Film Critics Circle—Best Picture; Best Director: Tony Richardson; Best Actor: Albert Finney
- National Board of Review—Best Picture; Best Director: Tony Richardson
- British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)—Best Picture; Best British Film; Best British Screenplay: John Osborne