In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
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- TriviaEON productions, who are the producers of the official James Bond film series are notoriously protective of their property and rarely give permission for clips to be used in other studio's movies for fear of the clips being misused or lampooned. In this case Dame Helen Mirren and director Roger Michell personally asked the Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson for permission to use the Scene from Dr. No (1962) and promised the scene would be used in context and not adulterated in any way. A small fee was paid (which was donated to charity) and Broccoli and Wilson were allowed to view the finished film with the promise of that if they didn't like how the scene was used then it would be removed before release. Fortunately, they had no complaints.
- GoofsWhen visiting Kempton in his remand cell to discuss his ongoing court case, his QC leans on the "brick" cell wall, which clearly bends and rebounds, seemingly made of a rubberised material cast to resemble old painted brickwork.
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Kempton Bunton: I'd just finished reading Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness and I felt a need to explore Sunderland.
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Kempton Bunton, a disillusioned Taxi driver, manages the unthinkable, and steals a famous work of art, Goya's Duke of Wellington.
It's a very interesting story, an audacious plan, with the most surprising outcome of all, a truly interesting central character in Kempton Bunton, I loved the combination of Broadbent and Mirren, Kempton and Dorothy are an intriguing couple.
It's an enjoyable watch, it's amusing, heart warming and quite exciting at times, some may argue that it's a little dry in parts, and that maybe so, but the tone is spot on.
It's visually very strong, with The Streets looking authentic, and the cars and fashions perfectly accurate.
Highlight for me, the acting, the combination of Broadbent and Mirren is one to wow any audience, in as real scenes the pair get to show their rich talents.
8/10.
It's a very interesting story, an audacious plan, with the most surprising outcome of all, a truly interesting central character in Kempton Bunton, I loved the combination of Broadbent and Mirren, Kempton and Dorothy are an intriguing couple.
It's an enjoyable watch, it's amusing, heart warming and quite exciting at times, some may argue that it's a little dry in parts, and that maybe so, but the tone is spot on.
It's visually very strong, with The Streets looking authentic, and the cars and fashions perfectly accurate.
Highlight for me, the acting, the combination of Broadbent and Mirren is one to wow any audience, in as real scenes the pair get to show their rich talents.
8/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Dec 25, 2022
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- Also known as
- Wellington Dükü
- Filming locations
- Hyde Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK(on location)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,526,970
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,776
- Apr 24, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $14,233,027
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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