Summary
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 to Dorothy Bunton.Additional Information
Subjects |
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley,
-- Duke of,
-- 1769-1852
-- Portraits
-- Drama.
National Gallery (Great Britain) -- Drama. Art thefts -- Investigation -- Drama. Taxicab drivers -- Drama. Fathers and sons -- Drama. London (England) -- 20th century -- Drama. Historical films. Comedy films. Crime films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Culver City, California :Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,2022 |
Edition | Widescreen. |
Contributors |
Bentham, Nicky,
film producer. Bean, Richard, 1956- screenwriter. Coleman, Clive, 1961- screenwriter. Michell, Roger, 1956-2021, film director. Broadbent, Jim, actor. Mirren, Helen, actor. Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- actor. Maxwell Martin, Anna, 1977- actor. Goode, Matthew, 1978- actor. Fenton, George, composer. Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), production company. Pathé cinéma (France), presenter. Ingenious Media, presenter. Screen Yorkshire (Firm), presenter. Neon Films, production company. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
Participants/Performers |
Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode. |
Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Mike Eley ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; music, George Fenton. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for language and brief sexuality. |
Language |
English French Spanish In English; with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. Special features: Making The Duke. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital. |
Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Other | Classic View |