Description:
Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the life of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (Timothy Spall). 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.
Production Company
Amusement Park Films,
British Film Institute (BFI),
Canal+,
Ciné+,
Diaphana Distribution,
Film4,
Focus Features International (FFI),
Focus Features,
France 3 Cinéma,
Ingenious Media,
Lipsync Productions,
Thin Man Films,
Untitled 13,
Xofa Productions
Release Date Dec 19, 2014
Duration 2 h 30 m
Rating R
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