Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Karl Johnson.
Summary:
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. "Mike Leigh takes on the topsy-turvy life of J.M.W. Turner in an exquisitely detailed, brilliantly acted biopic."--Variety "Mr. Turner" is a mighty work of critical imagination, a loving, unsentimental portrait of a rare creative soul."--New York Times "Leigh shows us the world as Turner sees it-harsh and ravishing. His beauty of a movie touches the heart not by sentimental gush but by the amplitude of its art.?"--Rolling Stone
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