Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
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Earnest, prestige, contemplative and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Timothy SpallJMW Turner
- Dorothy AtkinsonHannah Danby
- Marion BaileySophia Booth
- Paul JessonWilliam Turner Snr
- Lesley ManvilleMary Somerville
- Martin SavageBenjamin Robert Haydon
- Ruth SheenSarah Danby
- David HorovitchDr Price
- Karl JohnsonMr. Booth
- Peter WightJoseph Gillot
Crew
- Mike LeighDirector
- Mike LeighWriter
- Dick PopeDirector of Photography
- Gary YershonOriginal Music Composer
- Jon GregoryEditor
- Georgina LoweProducer
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