BT-04. The Personal History of David Copperfield
UK/USA, Feature Film, 2019, 119 min
The Personal History of David Copperfield re-imagines Charles Dickens’ classic ode to grit and perseverance through the comedic lens of its award-winning filmmakers, who give the Dickensian tale new life for a cosmopolitan age, with a diverse ensemble cast of stage and screen actors from across the world. Emmy winners and Academy Award nominees Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, The Death of Stalin, HBO’S ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├àΓÇ£Veep├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├é┬¥) and Simon Blackwell (In the Loop, HBO’S ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├àΓÇ£Succession├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├é┬¥) lend their wry yet heart-filled storytelling style to revisiting Dickens’ iconic hero on his quirky journey from impoverished orphan to burgeoning writer in Victorian England.
Starring Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Paul Whitehouse, Gwendoline Christie, Anthony Welsh, Benedict Wong
Distributed by Searchlight Pictures
Release date: May 8, 2020
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Directed by Armando Iannucci
Colorado Premiere