The Duke (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The Duke |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2020 |
| length | 96 minutes |
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| Director | Roger Michell |
| script |
Richard Bean , Clive Coleman |
| production | Nicky Bentham |
| music | George Fenton |
| camera | Mike Eley |
| cut | Kristina Hetherington |
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The Duke is a film by Roger Michell that is due to be shown for the first time on September 4, 2020 at the Venice International Film Festival in competition out of competition. The film tells the true story of Kempton Bunton, who stole Francisco Goya's painting "Portrait of the Duke of Wellington" from the National Gallery in London in 1961 and asked the government for money for charity.
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In 1961, 60-year-old taxi driver Kempton Bunton stole Francisco de Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. In his ransom demand, he wants the government to invest more in caring for the elderly, then he would return the painting.
Biographical
Kempton Bunton, who stole Francisco Goya's painting “Portrait of the Duke of Wellington” from the National Gallery in London , earned around £ 8 a week as a former truck driver in 1961. That year, the wealthy American art collector Charles Bierer Wrightsman, who made his living in the oil business, bought Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington for £ 140,000 and wanted to bring it to the United States. The UK government decided to buy the painting for the same amount to prevent the painting from leaving the UK. According to his own account, Bunton learned from conversations with the gallery owners that the National Gallery's sophisticated electronic alarm and security system is deactivated in the early hours of the morning during cleaning work. In the early morning of August 21, 1961, for example, he entered the gallery through a window in a toilet and brought the painting out through the same.
At first, the police assumed that an experienced art thief was responsible for the act. However, the Reuters news agency received a letter requesting a donation of £ 140,000 to charity, specifically to pay poorer people's television fees. After that he will return the painting. This request was not accepted. In 1965, four years after the theft, Bunton contacted a newspaper and voluntarily returned the painting via the luggage storage facility at Birmingham New Street Station. Six weeks later, he turned himself in to the police, who disbelieved his confession, as it seemed unlikely that a 61-year-old, overweight pensioner could have carried out the theft. During the subsequent trial, the court only convicted him of stealing the frame, which had not been returned. Bunton's defense team, led by Jeremy Hutchinson, was able to make credible that Bunton never wanted to keep the painting, which meant he could not be convicted of theft. Bunton was sentenced to three months in prison. As a direct result of the case, there was a change in law in 1968 that made it a criminal offense to remove publicly displayed items without authorization. Bunton died in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1976.
In 2012, the National Archive released a confidential file from the chairman of the prosecution in which Bunton's son John also confessed to the theft, but he was not prosecuted.
production
Directed by Roger Michell and written by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman .
Jim Broadbent starred Kempton Bunton, Helen Mirren plays Lilya Frances and Fionn Whitehead stars as Jackie Bunton.
Filming began in January 2020. The film was shot in Hyde Park in Leeds and in Lister Park in Manningham, a suburb of Bradford in West Yorkshire and the Cartwright Hall there. Further recordings were made in London. Mike Eley acted as cameraman .
The score was composed by George Fenton . A first screening is planned for September 4, 2020 at the Venice International Film Festival , where it will be shown in competition out of competition. He was also in a selection of films to be shown at the Telluride Film Festival . It is due to hit cinemas in the UK on November 6, 2020.
Web links
- The Duke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Duke in the program of the International Film Festival of Venice (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Duke: A film by Roger Michell. In: patheinternational.com. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ↑ Tim Ackermann: James Bond chases Goya thieves. In: Taz, November 10, 2004.
- ↑ Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm: Art and crime . Galiani Verlag Berlin, 2020
- ↑ James Whitfield: Goya's Wellington: The Duke Disappears. In: History Today, Volume 61, August 8, 2011 issue.
- ^ Frank Whitford: Why a Retired Bus Driver Stole a Goya from the National Gallery. In: ArtReview, July 6, 2020.
- ↑ Deed with tea. In: Der Spiegel, August 25, 1965.
- ^ The 'theft' of the Duke of Wellington. In: The Lady. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ↑ The Duke's Theft: Some History. In: goyasduketheft.com, April 15, 2016.
- ↑ a b Tom Grater: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren Art Heist Story 'The Duke' Greenlit At Pathé. In: deadline.com, October 29, 2019.
- ↑ Tom Grater: Fionn Whitehead Joins Jim Broadbent & Helen Mirren In Roger Michell's 'The Duke' For Pathé. In: deadline.com, November 4, 2019.
- ↑ Tom Grater: 'The Duke': First Look At Jim Broadbent & Helen Mirren In Art Heist Story. In: deadline.com, January 10, 2020.
- ^ Grace Newton: Helen Mirren films new movie The Duke at Cartwright Hall in Bradford. In: Yorkshire Post, January 16, 2020.
- ↑ George Fenton Scoring Roger Michell's 'The Duke'. In: filmmusicreporter.com, August 24, 2020.
- ↑ The Duke . In: labiennale.org. Accessed August 30, 2020.
- ↑ Ryan Lattanzio: Telluride Film Festival Reveals 2020 Selections: 'Ammonite', 'Nomadland', Werner Herzog, and More. In: indiewire.com, August 3, 2020.