SYNOPSIS

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.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

October 31, 2014

DIRECTOR

Mike Leigh

WRITER

Mike Leigh

COMPANY

Entertainment One

GENRE

Biography, Drama

CERT

12A

RUNTIME

150 minutes

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