Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies. Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty.
Release Date: 31 October 2014Runtime: 150 min
Stars:
- Amy Dawson
- Dorothy Atkinson
- Fred Pearson
- Jamie Thomas King
- Karl Johnson
- Lesley Manville
- Marion Bailey
- Martin Savage
- Niall Buggy
- Paul Jesson
- Richard Bremmer
- Ruth Sheen
- Sandy Foster
- Timothy Spall
- Tom Edden
Director: Mike Leigh
