Mr. Turner / Sony Pictures Classics, Film 4, Focus Features International and BFI present ; a United Kingdom/French Republic/Federal Republic of Germany co-production ; produced by Xofa Productions in association with Lipsync Productions ; a Thin Man film ; a film by Mike Leigh ; produced by Georgina Lowe ; written and directed by Mike Leigh.

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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 ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Publisher)
FilmFour (Firm) (Production company)
Focus Features International (Firm) (Production company)
British Film Institute (Production company)
LipSync Productions (Production company)
Xofa Productions (Production company)
Thin Man Films (Firm) (Production company)
Other Authors: Leigh, Mike, 1943- (Film director, Screenwriter)
Lowe, Georgina (Film producer)
Spall, Timothy, 1957- (Actor)
Atkinson, Dorothy (Actress) (Actor)
Jesson, Paul (Actor)
Bailey, Marion, 1951- (Actor)
Johnson, Karl, 1948- (Actor)
Pope, Dick, B.S.C (director of photography.)
Gregory, Jon (Film editor) (Editor of moving image work)
Davies, Suzie (Production designer)
Yershon, Gary (composer (expression))
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; optional English SDH and audio description track.
Published: [Culver City, Calif.] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2015]
Subjects:
Turner, J. M. W. > (Joseph Mallord William), > 1775-1851 > Drama.
Painters > England > Drama.
Biographical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Genre:
Drama.
Biographical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Mister Turner.
Format: Video DVD
Description
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.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Widescreen.
Special features include commentary, featurettes, theatrical trailer.
Call Number:PN1995.9.A76 M57 2015 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rating: R; for some sexual content; Canadian Home Video rating: PG; Not recommended for children. Sexual content.
Credits:Camera, Dick Pope ; production design, Suzie Davies ; editor, Jon Gregory ; music, Gary Yershon.
System Details:DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Cast:
Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Karl Johnson.