| Uniform Title |
The Duke (Motion picture : 2020) |
| Title |
The Duke. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2022. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (91 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DN6291. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. |
| "A priceless true story"--Cover |
| Special features: The making of The Duke ; Nothing but the truth. |
| Credits |
Directed by Roger Michell ; produced by Nicky Bentham ; written by Richard Bean, Clive Coleman. |
| Performers |
Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode. |
| Summary |
THE DUKE is set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in so doing saved his son and his marriage. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Goya, Francisco, -- 1746-1828. -- Duke of Wellington -- Drama |
| Bunton, Kempton, -- 1904-1976 -- Drama |
| Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, -- Duke of, 1769-1852 -- Portraits -- Drama |
| National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) -- Drama |
| Art thefts -- Investigations -- Drama |
| Taxicab drivers -- Drama |
| Fathers and sons -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Motion pictures, British |
| London (England) -- 20th Century -- Drama |
| Genre |
Historical films |
| Comedy films |
| Crime films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Michell, Roger, 1956-2021 director. |
| Bentham, Nicky producer. |
| Bean, Richard, 1956- producer. |
| Coleman, Clive screenwriter. |
| Broadbent, Jim actor. |
| Mirren, Helen actor. |
| Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- actor. |
| Maxwell Martin, Anna, 1977- actor. |
| Goode, Matthew, 1978-, actor. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
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Authors:
- Bean, Richard, 1956- .
- Bentham, Nicky .
- Broadbent, Jim .
- Coleman, Clive .
- Goode, Matthew, 1978- .
- Maxwell Martin, Anna, 1977- .
- Michell, Roger, 1956-2021 .
- Mirren, Helen .
- Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- .
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