The Duke

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The film is jovially neutral fare, preferring to frame its story as an unashamedly old-fashioned underdog tale

The Duke DVD is about Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, who steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London in 1961. The film was awarded 5 stars from The Guardian [5] and The Daily Telegraph [6] following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. [7] It was released in cinemas in the UK on 25 February 2022. Filming began in November 2019, with Goode joining the cast. [13] Location shooting took place in Bradford and Leeds, and the production team also used Prime Studios in Leeds. [14] Release [ edit ] Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. It was announced in October 2019 that a film about the 1961 theft was in development, with Broadbent as Bunton and Mirren as his wife and Roger Michell set to direct. [11] Fionn Whitehead was added the following month. [12]Grater, Tom (10 January 2020). " 'The Duke': First Look At Jim Broadbent & Helen Mirren In Art Heist Story". Deadline . Retrieved 25 January 2020. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2020. [15] It was also selected to screen at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2020, prior to its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [16] Shortly after, Sony Pictures Classics acquired the Latin America, Scandivanian and US distribution rights to the film. [17] Pathé's distribution arm will release the film in France and Switzerland. Set in 1961. Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent) is a 60-year old taxi driver, who 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 a television licence for free to the elderly. British Comedy-Drama the Duke" to Premiere at Venice Film Festival:: The Pavlovic Today". 29 July 2020.

Grater, Tom (29 October 2019). "Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren Art Heist Story 'The Duke' Greenlit At Pathé – AFM". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 12 January 2020.

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It was then available on Blu-ray and DVD on June 13, 2022 by Pathé through Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Maher, Kevin. "The Duke review — Jim Broadbent at his best in this foolish and infuriating role". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 2020-09-07. The film was originally scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom by 20th Century Studios via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on 6 November 2020, [18] but Pathé later delayed it to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] On 7 June 2021, it was announced that Pathé would release the film on 3 September 2021, after announcing a new distribution deal with Warner Bros. Pictures. [20] On 23 July, Pathé announced that the film release would be again delayed, this time to 25 February 2022. [21]

Tartaglione, Nancy (July 28, 2020). "Venice Film Festival 2020: Competition Light On Studios, Strong On Global Arthouse & Women Directors – Full List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved July 28, 2020. Grater, Tom (4 November 2019). "Fionn Whitehead Joins Jim Broadbent & Helen Mirren In Roger Michell's 'The Duke' For Pathé – AFM". Deadline . Retrieved 12 January 2020.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. The Duke review – art thief takes one for the common man". The Guardian. 2020-09-04 . Retrieved 2020-09-07. Keegan, Rebecca (August 3, 2020). "Inside the Telluride Film Festival That Would Have Been". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 3, 2020. In 1961, 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 invested more in care for the elderly -- he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge -- Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage -- how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.