The Personal History of David Copperfield

The Personal History of David Copperfield
U.K. theatrical release poster
Directed byArmando Iannucci
Screenplay by
Based onDavid Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyZac Nicholson
Edited by
Music byChristopher Willis
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05) (TIFF)
  • January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24) (United Kingdom)
  • August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28) (United States)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15.6 million[2]
Box office$14.4 million[3][4]

The Personal History of David Copperfield is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the 1850 novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. It stars Dev Patel as the title character, along with Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw and Paul Whitehouse.[5]

The world premiere was at the Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2019 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2020 by Lionsgate and in the United States on 28 August 2020 by Searchlight Pictures.[6][7]

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  2. ^ Gant, Charles (19 December 2019). "Armando Iannucci on 'David Copperfield': "it's a celebration of what I feel Britain is"". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ^ "The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ^ "The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. ^ "The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. ^ "The Personal History of David Copperfield". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  7. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (23 July 2020). "'Star Wars' Films, 'Avatar' Sequels Pushed Back a Year in Disney Release Calendar Shakeup". Variety. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

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