At 7.30pm at the Comrades Hall on Friday, 21st October, Broadwindsor’s Community Film Club will be showing…
The Duke (12)
Directed by Roger Michell and starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. Running time: 96 minutes.
In 1961, 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 the condition that the Government invested more in care for the elderly – he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage – how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.
- Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.
- Film Club members – Free entry
- Guests – £4
- Refreshments available, including a bar.
- Seats can be booked in advance by contacting:
Emma Myers – broadwindsorem@gmail.com or
Margaret Wing – 01308 867252
