THE DUKE
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
SYNOPSIS
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly — he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge — Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage — how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.
Director
Roger Mitchell
WITH
Dame Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Fionn Whitehead, Amiee Kelly, Craig Conway, Heather Craney
Run Time
1 hour, 36 minutes
Released
September 27, 2021
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Classics
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Closed Captioning
Descriptive Audio
Country
United Kingdom
SUBTITLES
None
RATED R
Language and Brief Sexuality
SHOWINGS
MAY 6 | FRI
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 7 | SAT
1:00, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 8 | SUN
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 9 | MON
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 10 | TUE
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 11 | WED
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 12 | THU
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 13 | FRI
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 14 | SAT
1:00, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 15 | SUN
1:00, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 16 | MON
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 17 | TUE
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 18 | WED
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
MAY 19 | THU
5:10, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.
Reviews
“The script by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman is full of delightfully droll dialogue, and director Roger Michell keeps things as light and sharp as lemon soufflé.”
“Bring your mum and your gran (or anyone’s gran if yours is not available) preferably to a matinee, and you’ll have a delightful time and be home, whistling cheerfully, in time for tea.”
“Broadbent’s considerable charisma as a prototype social justice warrior is just about enough to pull the rag-and-bone cart home on a film which becomes more defiantly contrived as it goes on.”
TICKET INFORMATION
EVENING PRICES
$12.00 |Â Adults
$9.50 |Â Students
$8.75 |Â Children
$8.50 |Â Military
$8.75 |Â Seniors
$6.50 |Â Members
$5.00 |Â UNL Students
MATINEE PRICES
$10.00 |Â Adults
$9.00 |Â Students
$8.25 |Â Children
$8.00 |Â Military
$8.25 |Â Seniors
$6.00 |Â Members
$5.00 |Â UNL Students
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