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Timothy Spall portrays English painter J.M.W. Turner, in director Mike Leigh's biography "Mr. Turner."

| Sony Pictures Classics Timothy Spall portrays English painter J.M.W. Turner, in director Mike Leigh's biography "Mr. Turner."

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