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The Duke Movie Storyline. 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. 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. An uplifting true story about a good man who set out to change the world and managed to save his marriage.
The Duke is a 2020 British comedy-drama film directed by Roger Michell, from a screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. The film stars Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Matthew Goode, Anna Maxwell Martin, Jack Bandeira, Aimée Kelly, Charlotte Spencer and Sian Clifford.
The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2020. It was also selected to screen at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2020, prior to its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after, Sony Pictures Classics acquired the US, Scandivanian and Latin American distribution rights to the film. Pathé’s Distribution arm will release the movie in France and Switzerland.
The movie was originally scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on 6 November 2020, but Pathé eventually pushed back the movie to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 7, 2021, it was announced that Pathé would release the movie on September 3, 2021, after announcing a new distribution deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment UK. On July 23, Pathé announced that the movie would be pushed back again, this time to February 25, 2022. The film was released on April 22, 2022 in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The Duke (2022)
Directed by: Roger Michell
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Matthew Goode, Anna Maxwell Martin, Jack Bandeira, Aimée Kelly, Charlotte Spencer, Sian Clifford
Screenplay by: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Production Design by: Kristian Milsted
Cinematography by: Mike Eley
Film Editing by: Kristina Hetherington
Costume Design by: Dinah Collin
Set Decoration by: Libby Uppington
Art Direction by: Robert Haynes, Liz Simpson, Adam Tomlinson
Music by: George Fenton
MPAA Rating: R for language and brief sexuality.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictres
Release Date: September 4, 2020 (Venice), April 22, 2022 (United States)
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