Mr. Turner
Mr. Turner is a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851). Written and directed by Mike Leigh, the film stars Timothy Spall in the title role, with Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Lesley Manville, and Martin Savage. It premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Spall won the award for Best Actor and Dick Pope received a special jury prize for the film's cinematography.
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| Directed by | Mike Leigh |
| Written by | Mike Leigh |
| Produced by | Georgina Lowe |
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| Cinematography | Dick Pope |
| Edited by | Jon Gregory |
| Music by | Gary Yershon |
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| Distributed by | Entertainment One Films (United Kingdom) Diaphana Films (France) Prokino Filmverleih (Germany) |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | £8.4 million |
| Box office | $22.2 million |
The film was critically acclaimed and received four nominations each at the 87th Academy Awards and 68th British Academy Film Awards.
Describing Turner as "a great artist: a radical, revolutionary painter", writer/director Leigh explained, "I felt there was scope for a film examining the tension between this very mortal, flawed individual, and the epic work, the spiritual way he had of distilling the world".