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Chris Bunton is known for Relic (2020), It's Fine, I'm Fine (2022) and Way Out Assistance (2020). More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
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Feb 25, 2022 · And now all these years later, Christopher Bunton is finally revealing the full story about what actually happened - the inspiration for director Roger Michell's final film, The Duke,...
It was Chris Bunton, Kempton's grandson, who first pitched the idea of a film, having himself been told the story by his father when he was 14 years old.
Jul 26, 2016 · When Chris Bunton was born with Down Syndrome his parents wondered if he’d ever achieve the independence they dreamed of… but he has exceeded all their expectations. At just 22 years old ...
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- The Duke Disappears
- Burglar Or Borrower?
- An Unexpected Epilogue
After besting Napoleon during an 1812 battle in Spain, British commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, alighted in Madrid and posed for two paintings and a sketch by Goya. The Duke of Wellington, depicting Wellesley from the torso up, was passed down privately until John Osborne, 11th Duke of Leeds, auctionedit off in 1961. The roughly ...
Within a week, the portrait was back on display at the National Gallery, the ransomer’s charitable terms unmet. Investigators still pursued him but, yet again, all they really had to do was wait. On July 19, Kempton Bunton entered a London police station and turned himself in. He decided to confess after spilling the beans to someone he worried wou...
Though Bunton died in 1976, his story was far from over. For decades, people continued to wonder whether a more physically capable culprit had actually filched The Duke. And in 2012, declassified filesappeared to prove those suspicions correct. In July 1969, when Bunton’s son John was picked up by police for an unrelated incident, he feared that hi...
Feb 20, 2022 · NewcastleWorld caught up with Chris Bunton, Kempton’s grandson, who has played a pivotal role in bringing the film to the big screen.
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This wasn't the story of a malevolent Dr No or a glamorous Thomas Crown committing the perfect crime, but of a chap named Kempton Bunton who embodied British eccentricity, underdog...
