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The Duke / a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Pathé, Ingenious Media & Screen Yorkshire present ; a Neon Films production ; produced by Nicky Bentham ; screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman ; directed by Roger Michell.

Summary:
Set in 1961 when 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 agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in so doing saved his son and his marriage to Dorothy Bunton.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.
Wide screen (2.39).
Special features: Making The Duke.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Mike Eley ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; music, George Fenton.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode, Jack Bandeira, Aimée Kelly, Charlotte Spencer.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for language and brief sexuality.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
English dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Subject: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Portraits > Drama.
National Gallery (Great Britain) > Drama.
Art thefts > Investigation > Drama.
Taxicab drivers > Drama.
Fathers and sons > Drama.
London (England) > 20th century > Drama.
Genre: Historical films.
Comedy films.
Crime films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 26 of 27 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 27 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library DVD DUKE (Text) 50686016202504 Main Floor Available -
Altoona Area Public Library DVD DUK (Text) 33240005347110 Adult 7 Day DVD Available -
Cambria County Library DVD Duk (Text) 85131001835850 CACM DVD Available -
Exeter Community Library DUK (Text) 44249010015817 DVD Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) A-DVD DU (Text) 35740635865090 DVD Checked Out 04/05/2024
Highland Community Library DVD DUK (Text) 35610000997523 HGHM DVD Available -
Huntingdon County Library DVD 747 (Text) 30298100623572 DVD Available -
Indian Valley Public Library DVD Duke (Text) 39427103680286 DVD Room: DVD Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library DVD Duke (Text) 39427103680294 DVD Room: DVD Fiction Available -
Lehighton Area Memorial Library R DVD (Text) 30445100215897 Adult DVD Available -


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