The Personal History of David Copperfield
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- Common Sense Age 10+
- Critics Consensus 92%
- UHD
- Dolby Vision
- CC
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- Comedy
- 1 Hour 59 Minutes
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3.4 • 29 Ratings
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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.
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- Rent $5.99
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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.
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- Rent $5.99
- Buy $14.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: The Personal History of David Copperfield puts a fresh, funny, and utterly charming spin on Dickens' classic, proving some stories truly are timeless.
Dickens' classic retold with comedic style; some violence.
Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Dev Patel
- Aneurin Barnard
- Peter Capaldi
- Morfydd Clark
- Daisy May Cooper
- Rosalind Eleazar
- Hugh Laurie
- Tilda Swinton
- Ben Whishaw
- Paul Whitehouse
- Nikki Amuka-Bird
- Darren Boyd
- Gwendoline Christie
- Matthew Cottle
- Bronagh Gallagher
- Aimee Kelly
- Anna Maxwell Martin
- Victor McGuire
- Peter Singh
- Jairaj Varsani
- Director
- Armando Iannuci
- Producers
- Armando Iannuci
- Kevin Loader
- Screenwriter
- Armando Iannuci
- Simon Blackwell
Information
- Studio
- Film4
- Genre
- Comedy
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2019 Dickensian Pictures, LLC and Channel Four Television Corporation.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo, Dolby 5.1)
- Additional
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French (Subtitles, Stereo), Spanish (Subtitles, Stereo)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
