Tom Jones

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British film comedy-adventure film film novel

Tom Jones is a 1963 British comedy-adventure film, based on Henry Fielding’s novel, that became a critical and commercial success and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Aliases (2)

Tom Jones (1963 film) ×46
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film → comedy-adventure film → film → novel →
author	Henry Fielding →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Original Score → Academy Award for Best Picture →
basedOn	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling →
boxOffice	commercial success →
cinematographyBy	Walter Lassally →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
criticalReception	critical success →
director	Tony Richardson →
distributor	United Artists →
editedBy	Antony Gibbs →
genre	adventure → comedy →
musicBy	John Addison →
narrationBy	Micheál Mac Liammóir →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Sound → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
notableFor	breaking the fourth wall → comic treatment of period drama →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	British New Wave cinema →
producer	Tony Richardson →
productionCompany	Woodfall Film Productions →
releaseYear	1963 →
runningTime	128 minutes →
screenwriter	John Osborne →
setInPeriod	18th century →
starring	Albert Finney → David Tomlinson → Diane Cilento → Edith Evans → George Devine → Hugh Griffith → Jack MacGowran → Joan Greenwood → Joyce Redman NERFINISHED → Susannah York →
won	4 Academy Awards →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Finney → Augustan literature →	notableWork
Faulks on Fiction →	featuresWork
United Artists →	produced