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Feb 25, 2022 · The Duke: Directed by Roger Michell. With Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Stephen Rashbrook, James Wilby. In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
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- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Roger Michell
- 2022-02-25
The Duke is a 2020 British comedy drama film directed by Roger Michell, with a screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. It is based on the true story of the 1961 theft of the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington. The film stars Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin and Matthew Goode.
Sep 4, 2020 · Film. Reviews. Sep 4, 2020 1:15pm PT. ‘The Duke’ Review: Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren Give Heart to a Very English Heist Comedy. Roger Michell's film tells a tall true story — about a...
Sep 4, 2020 · Movies. Movie Reviews. ‘The Duke’: Film Review | Venice 2020. Jim Broadbent plays a thief with noble intentions and Helen Mirren his grief-hardened wife in 'The Duke,' Roger Michell’s...
Jun 6, 2021 · Transmission Films. 63.4K subscribers. Subscribed. 65. 46K views 2 years ago. THE DUKE is the true story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, who stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of...
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- Transmission Films
In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
Directed by the late Roger Michell, this dramatization of the true-life caper of a working-class pensioner stealing a famous portrait and holding it for ransom in exchange for free TV licenses is a...
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