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 fielding's 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 richardson's preferred 1989 director's cut, both of which were supervised by director of photography walter lassally.special featuresfeatures both the director's cut 1989 and theatrical versions of the filmthe guardian interview albert finney 1982, 35 mins audio onlyvanessa redgrave on tony richardson 2017, 10mins vanessa redgrave discusses tony richardson's career in this short interview by the criterion collectionussr today meeting to mark the 200th anniversary of henry fielding 1954, 1 mingeorge devine memorial play luther peter whitehead, 1966, 7 minswalter lassally on tom jones 2017, 25 mins the oscar® winning cinematographer discusses tom jonesstills galleriesoriginal trailersfully illustrated booklet with writing on the film and full film credits