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Dec 18, 2014 · Mike Leigh’s “Mr. Turner” is about the painter J. M. W. Turner, a 19th-century Englishman with big appetites.
- Mike Leigh
Mr. Turner is a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851). Written and directed by Mike Leigh, the film stars Timothy Spall in the title role, with Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Lesley Manville, and Martin Savage. It premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at ...
British character actor Timothy Spall — best known to mainstream audiences as Wormtail in the “Harry Potter’’ series — delivers an Oscar-caliber tour de force reminiscent of Charles ...
Dec 18, 2014 · Spall won Best Actor at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was named Best Actor for 2014 by the New York Film Critics Circle. ... Mr. Turner in New York and Los ... also niche audiences ...
Oct 5, 2014 · 2014 New York Film Festival 82 photos. J.M.W. Turner rose from a working class background to produce paintings that graced the very large walls of the landed gentry's estates. But his manner in ...
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Dec 4, 2014 · Mike Leigh’s film “Mr. Turner,” about the British painter J. M. W. Turner, hews to his palette, style and visual records of places he frequented.
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Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the life of J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), the single-minded landscape painter whom John Ruskin (who is portrayed in the film) described as the “father of modern art.” With Turner’s loose brushwork and vibrant colors, and his depictions of the modern world, he often shocked his contemporaries.
