The Duke (2020)

The Duke is a 2020 British comedy-drama film directed by Roger Michell, with a screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. Dealing with the 1961 theft of the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, the film stars Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin and Matthew Goode. It was Michell's penultimate film before his death on September 22, 2021.
The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the United Kingdom and Ireland on June 13, 2022 by Warner Bros Home Entertainment through Pathé, and in the United States on July 26, 2022 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
== Images ==
File:The Duke 2020 UK DVD cover V1.jpeg|UK/Ireland DVD cover (front)
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File:The Duke 2022 UK Blu Ray cover.jpeg|UK/Ireland Blu-Ray cover (spine)
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File:The Duke 2020 UK Blu Ray disc label.png|UK/Ireland Blu-Ray disc label
File:The Duke 2020 US DVD cover V1.jpeg|US DVD cover (front/spine)
File:The Duke 2020 US DVD cover V2.jpeg|US DVD cover (back)
File:The Duke 2020 US Blu Ray cover V1.jpeg|US Blu-Ray cover (front/spine)
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==Storyline==
=== Plot===
In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. An uplifting true story about a good man who set out to change the world and managed to save his marriage.
=== Genres=== 
*Biography
*Comedy
*Drama
===Home Media Rating===
*12 (Ireland)
*12 (UK)
* R (US)
==Details==
===Country of origin===
*United Kingdom
===Category Number=== 
*58222 (US) (DVD)
* 58224 (US) (Blu-Ray)
=== Home Media Release Dates===
* June 13, 2022 (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
*June 13, 2022 (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
*July 26, 2022 (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
==Home Media Openings==
*Opening to The Duke (2020) UK Blu-Ray (2022)
==Company Credits==
===Production Companies ===
* Pathé
*Ingenious Media
*Screen Yorkshire
*Neon Films
*Kempton Productions
*Yorkshire Content Fund
*Great Bison Productions
===Distributors===
*Sony Pictures Classics (2020) (US) (all media)
* Pathé (2022) (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray) (through Warner Bros Home Entertainment)
*Pathé (2022) (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray) (through Warner Bros Home Entertainment)
*Warner Bros Home Entertainment (2022) (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray) (through)
*Warner Bros Home Entertainment (2022) (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray) (through)
*Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2022) (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
==Technical Specs==
===Aspect Ratio===
*2.35:1
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