The Stories about Art Films: 11. Mr. Turner (2014), ACJ Movie Academy

Basic Info

Title: Mr. Turner

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom, France, Germany

Language: English

Running time: 150 minutes

Release date: 15 May 2014 (Cannes), 31 December 2014 (United Kingdom)

Staff

Director: Mike Leigh

Producer: Georgina Lowe

Screenplay: Mike Leigh

Music: Gary Yershon

Cinematography: Dick Pope

Editor: Jon Gregory

Cast

Timothy Spall as J. M. W. Turner:

Dorothy Atkinson as Hannah Danby

Marion Bailey as Sophia Booth

Paul Jesson as William Turner Snr

Lesley Manville as Mary Somerville

Martin Savage as Benjamin Robert Haydon

Ruth Sheen as Sarah Danby

Summary

“Mr. Turner” is a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. Mike Leigh wrote the script and directed, and Timothy Spall appeared as Turner in the film. It premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Timothy Spall won the award for Best Actor. The film was critically acclaimed, and nominated for four categories each at the 87th Academy Awards and 68th British Academy Film Awards.

Plot

The film features the last 25 years of the life of the British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner. Turner, who is greatly affected by his father's death and loved by his housekeeper Hannah Danby, falls in love with a seaside landlady, Mrs. Booth, with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.

Movie Review

“A masterpiece”

“Beautiful, absorbing, masterly executed on all accounts”

“A great film”

“Amazing Movie”

Interesting stories about the film

1. At the request of director Mike Leigh, Timothy Spall learned to paint for about two years for his role.

2. The film generated a new interest in the works of Joseph Mallord William Turner. On December 3, 2014, Turner's "Rome, From Mount Aventine", painted in 1835 was sold at auction by Sotheby's for approximately £30 million (about US$48 million). It recorded the highest sales price for the works of pre-20th century British artists.

Rome, From Mount Aventine, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1835)

3. At the beginning of the film, Turner's father shaves Turner. His father was actually a barber and wig maker.

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