Mr. Turner

This article is about the film. For people with this surname, see Turner (surname).

Mr. Turner
Theatrical film poster
Directed byMike Leigh
Written byMike Leigh
Produced byGeorgina Lowe
Starring
CinematographyDick Pope
Edited byJon Gregory
Music byGary Yershon
Production
companies
Distributed byEntertainment One Films[1] (United Kingdom)
Diaphana Films (France)
Prokino Filmverleih (Germany)
Release dates
  • 15 May 2014 (2014-05-15) (Cannes)[2]
  • 31 December 2014 (2014-12-31) (United Kingdom)
Running time
150 minutes[3]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Germany
LanguageEnglish
Budget£8.4 million[citation needed]
Box office$22.2 million[4]

Mr. Turner is a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851). Written and directed by Mike Leigh, the film stars Timothy Spall in the title role, with Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Lesley Manville, and Martin Savage. It premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,[5] where Spall won the award for Best Actor[6] and Dick Pope received a special jury prize for the film's cinematography.[7]

The film was critically acclaimed and received four nominations each at the 87th Academy Awards and 68th British Academy Film Awards. Its soundtrack, by Gary Yerson, was nominated for multiple awards.

Describing Turner as "a great artist: a radical, revolutionary painter", writer/director Leigh explained, "I felt there was scope for a film examining the tension between this very mortal, flawed individual, and the epic work, the spiritual way he had of distilling the world".[8]

  1. ^ "Mr. Turner". Film4. 31 October 2014.
  2. ^ Foundas, Scott (15 May 2014). "Cannes Film Review: 'Mr. Turner'". Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. ^ "MR. TURNER (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Mr. Turner (2014)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. ^ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Awards 2014 : Competition". Cannes. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. ^ "London Film School celebrate Cannes win". 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  8. ^ Walsh, David (18 September 2012). "Toronto International Film Festival 2014—Part 1: Something different in filmmaking". ICFI. World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 21 September 2014.