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The Duke
2021 · Film · 96 min
Directed by Roger Michell
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver steals 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. What happens next becomes the stuff of legend.
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There's a fantastic film about TV Licensing called The Duke, I highly recommend it: https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/the-duke-review-jim-broadbent-charming-tv-licence-theft-venice-film-festival-633354?srsltid=AfmBOooL9LhvwiCsR6H_QY1zdltQxlidwas4GLE9x8i5zXqdga6Imz77
> When the film opens, [Kempton Bunton] is refusing to pay his TV licence fee on a technicality, since he can only get ITV because he’s removed “the BBC coil” from inside the set. It’s all part of his “Free TV for the OAPs” campaign, but despite his well-meaning demeanour, he serves time at Her Majesty’s expense for refusing to pay up to Auntie Beeb.
This reminds me of the recent movie about the man who stole the Duke of Wellington portrait from the National Gallery in London in the 1960s.
Both were caught due to their own actions and not those of investigators.
It was amusing because he (Duke of Wellington thief) was only convicted of stealing the frame, as the jury decided that he had only borrowed the painting itself.