Duke
'The Duke' does droll to gentle perfection.
The Duke
THE DUKE is set in 1961, when Kempton Bunton, 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.
Genre
Bio-pic,
Comedy,
Drama
Runtime
96
Language
English
Director
Roger Michell
Writer(s)
Richard Bean,
Clive Coleman
Cast
Jim Broadbent,
Helen Mirren,
Fionn Whitehead,
Anna Maxwell Martin,
Matthew Goode
FEATURED REVIEW
Leonard Maltin, leonardmaltin.com
If the rampant bloodiness of 'The Northman' and the hyperkineticism of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' don’t strike your fancy you would do well to check out The Duke, an unmistakably British import starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. Its quiet charm stakes a claim for mature viewers but ...
Played at
Royal 12.10.21 - 12.16.21
Playhouse 7 4.29.22 - 6.02.22
Town Center 5 4.29.22 - 6.09.22
Monica Film Center 5.06.22 - 6.09.22
Newhall 5.06.22 - 5.26.22
Claremont 5 5.06.22 - 5.30.22
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