Directed by Tony Richardson, Tom Jones is an Academy Award winning British comedy based on Henry Fieldings classic novel. The film won the Oscar for Best Picture and is known for its playful narration, bawdy humor, and irreverent take on 18th-century society. Blending satire, romance, and farce, it remains one of the defining comedies of the 1960s.

Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Director (Tony Richardson), Best Adapted Screenplay (John Osbourne) and Best Picture, this raucous and innovative adaptation of Henry Fieldings classic novel is directed with a real sense of adventure. John Osbourne captures the spirit of the novel in his sophisticated screenplay and Albert Finney gives a dashing Oscar nominated performance as the much sought-after Tom Jones, enjoying marvellous support from Joan Greenwood as Lady Bellaston and Susannah York as the wellborn Sophie Western.

The BFI is proud to showcase the new 4K digital restorations of not just the theatrical cut but of Tony Richardsons preferred 1989 directors cut, both of which were supervised by director of photography Walter Lassally.

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The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.

Special features

Features both the directors cut (1989) and theatrical versions of the film
The Guardian Interview: Albert Finney (1982, 35 mins audio only)
Vanessa Redgrave on Tony Richardson (2017, 10mins): Vanessa Redgrave discusses Tony Richardsons career in this short interview by the Criterion Collection
USSR Today: Meeting to Mark the 200th Anniversary of Henry Fielding (1954, 1 min)
George Devine Memorial Play: Luther (Peter Whitehead, 1966, 7 mins)
Walter Lassally on Tom Jones (2017, 25 mins): the Oscar winning cinematographer discusses Tom Jones
Stills galleries
Original trailers
Fully illustrated booklet with writing on the film and full film