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FilmMovie ReviewsMr. Turner — 2014

Mr. Turner

2014

2h 30m

Biography/Drama/History

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Cast

Timothy Spall (JMW Turner)Paul Jesson (William Turner Snr)Dorothy Atkinson (Hannah Danby)Marion Bailey (Sophia Booth)Karl Johnson (Mr Booth)Ruth Sheen (Sarah Danby)Sandy Foster (Evelina)Amy Dawson (Georgiana)Lesley Manville (Mary Somerville)Martin Savage (Benjamin Robert Haydon)Richard Bremmer (George Jones)Niall Buggy (John Carew)Fred Pearson (Sir William Beechey)Tom Edden (CR Leslie)Jamie Thomas King (David Roberts)Mark Stanley (Clarkson Stanfield)Nicholas Jones (Sir John Soane)Clive Francis (Sir Martin Archer Shee)

Director

Mike Leigh

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Synopsis

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.

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