Tommy (1975, Ken Russell)
Overblown? Nae really. Check the source material
. Filmed in and around Portsmouth, KR helms with assurance this tale of trauma set-to-tunes is breathtaking in whatever way you want to interpret that
Daltrey plays the catatonic cypher that is Tommy. Used and abused by all and sundry, Tommy eventually finds salvation in a junkyard. See Jack Nicholson
try to carry a tune
. Witness that nice Paul Nicholas behave most underhandedly
. Still bonkers.