The Personal History of David Copperfield

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Comedy 2020 1 hr 59 min
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Dev Patel leads an ensemble cast of talented stage and screen actors from across the world in this lavish, tongue-in-cheek reimagining from Searchlight Pictures of Charles Dickens’ classic story. After suffering through his earlier life as an impoverished orphan, things take an intriguing turn for David Copperfield (Patel) when he meets up with his outrageous, well-to-do aunt Betsey Trotwood (Tilda Swinton). Following a new trajectory, Copperfield embraces danger, treachery, romance, and ultimately the chance to shine as a writer in Victorian England. Directed by Armando Iannucci with a screenplay by Iannucci and Simon Blackwell based on Dickens’ novel, The Personal History of David Copperfield also stars Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw and Paul Whitehouse.
Comedy 2020 1 hr 59 min
Starring Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi
Director Armando Iannucci

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The Personal History of David Copperfield
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Dev Patel leads an ensemble cast of talented stage and screen actors from across the world in this lavish, tongue-in-cheek reimagining from Searchlight Pictures of Charles Dickens’ classic story. After suffering through his earlier life as an impoverished orphan, things take an intriguing turn for David Copperfield (Patel) when he meets up with his outrageous, well-to-do aunt Betsey Trotwood (Tilda Swinton). Following a new trajectory, Copperfield embraces danger, treachery, romance, and ultimately the chance to shine as a writer in Victorian England. Directed by Armando Iannucci with a screenplay by Iannucci and Simon Blackwell based on Dickens’ novel, The Personal History of David Copperfield also stars Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw and Paul Whitehouse.

Dickens' classic retold with comedic style; some violence.

  • Average 7.6
  • Reviews 236
  • Fresh 217
  • Rotten 19

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Studio
Film 4
Genre
Comedy
Released
2020
Run Time
1 hr 59 min
Rated
PG

© 2019 Dickensian Pictures, LLC and Channel Four Television Corporation.

Languages

Primary
English (AAC, Dolby 5.1, CC)
Additional
French (France) (Audio, Subtitles), Spanish (Latin America) (Audio, Subtitles)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.

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