Taglines: From rags to riches… and back again.
The Personal History of David Copperfield Movie Storyline. The life of David Copperfield is chronicled from his youth into adulthood. David has an idyllic childhood and is taken to visit the family of his nanny Peggoty (Daisy May Cooper) in their boat house in Yarmouth. When he returns his young and widowed mother Clara (Morfydd Clark) has married the sinister and cruel Mr. Murdstone (Darren Boyd) who beats the boy.
The abused David Copperfield (Dev Patel) is sent to work in Murdstone’s factory where he lodges with Mr. Micawber (Peter Capaldi) and his family who are pursued by their creditors. After being told of his mother’s death and funeral David escapes from his life of drudgery and finds his wealthy aunt Betsey Trotwood (Tilda Swinton) and her lodger, the eccentric Mr. Dick (Hugh Laurie). After troubling problems with Steerforth (Aneurin Barnard) and Uriah Heep (Ben Whishaw), Betsy Trotwood finances David’s ambition to become a gentleman and author.
The Personal History of David Copperfield is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the Victorian era novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. It stars Dev Patel as the title character, and Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw and Paul Whitehouse. The world premiere was at the Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2019. It was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2020 by Lionsgate and is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 8, 2020, by Searchlight Pictures.
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)
Directed by: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Paul Whitehouse, Lynn Hunter
Screenplay by: Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci
Production Design by: Cristina Casali
Cinematography by: Zac Nicholson
Film Editing by: Mick Audsley, Peter Lambert
Costume Design by: Suzie Harman, Robert Worley
Set Decoration by: Nick Dent, Todd Ellis, Thomas Goodwin, Polly Stevens
Art Direction by: Charlotte Dirickx
Music by: Christopher Willis
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic material and brief violence.
Distributed by: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: August 28, 2020
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